Video allocation on Lenovo B570

Hi everyone... Yesterday I bought a Lenovo B570 and I don't know how I can allocate video memory. I searched for tutorials but I didn't find anything.
I looked into BIOS and the available options are: Information, Configuration, Security, Boot and Exit.
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The amount of video memory your computer has is dependent on the amount of pre-allocated memory set for your system plus the Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT). DVMT dynamically allocates system memory for use as video memory creating the most efficient use of available resources for maximum 2D/3D graphics performance.
DVMT allocates memory based on system needs. Many graphic-intensive applications (especially games), require a minimum amount of video memory in order to run correctly (or even to run). Video memory is allocated based on the amount requested by the operating system. When the memory is no longer required, it is returned to the operating system for use by other applications or system functions.
Also you may want to go into the Intel display tray, under 3D settings select the memory footprint on highest this should allow you to maximize your shared video ram usage.
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-030506.htm
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New Lenovo B570 - Screen black at power on

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Tom_crh,
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Lenovo B570 Fingerprint scanner not responding/is gone and other issues

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I've been having some issues lately with my laptop. It comes with a fingerprint scanner, but as of yesterday is stopped working. Normally I can login by swiping my finger, but now it doesn't even show up. It usually has 3 users slots on the login screen. Mine, my sisters, and another slot for the fingerprint scanner. Now that third one doesn't even show up. My fingerprint scanner isn't reading anything at all, nor is it even showing up in many places. I have no idea what could have caused this. Any help?
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Welcome To Lenovo Community
We are really sorry to hear about the issue you are experiencing .Please try the following
Please Load Bios defaults , save and exit
Load windows , Login to your sisters account and check if it is diplaying the same unknow devices or driver missing devices
Log Off login to your account and uninstall all the drivers listed under others or with yellow astrick mark
Go to control panel , Programs & features Uninstall Bio Access utility
Download latest drivers, Bios, Bio Access from support site and update .
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?DocID=HT073117
Have a check and let us know the results
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How to register Lenovo B570 for warranty in the UK?

Having bought a new B570 just before this new year (28th Dec 2011), I am still finding it impossible to register this laptop.
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Apparently my Lenovo B570 is called as Ideapad in the Singapore region and I get directed to that website - but I am in the UK and in the on-line registration form, I don't see any European nor USA - on the UK specific site there is no form where I can register for this 'my own warranty' rather than the 'base warranty' - in my case it turns out my laptop was manufactured a few months ago and the base warranty would not last for one full year after my purchase - this is not fair.
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hey vlbaindoor,
i'm guessing that you bought the B570, from Singapore?
Do note that in the International Warranty Page >> http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-service/iws.page?
The B570 , did not list UK and therefore not eligible for International Warranty.
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Lenovo B570 Won't charge unless power cord is in a certain postition.

My Lenovo B570 is faced with a new problem. Now my laptop wont charge unless the power cord is in a certain position. I want to send it in repair but i am afraid that i will have to pay MORE money to repair the computer. I tried a universal charger i had and it is the same thing.

Hi kschumake83,
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Can I replace the 5400 RPM drive with a seagate 7200 RPM drive in a Lenovo B570

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To add a little to what Tanuj said, you may have a (fixable) issue when moving to the new drive.
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[SOLVED] Arch won't start, uefi lenovo B570

Hi, i am trying to install arch on my lenovo B570 laptop. I downloaded the latest iso from the site and used usb universal installer to create usb install media. In the boot options of my laptop i pick the usb as the first boot device and run it. I can see the efi menu and i pick arch_x86_64, but it seems to me that gummiboot is not firing. After this i only see black screen, and the usb stops blinking. After a while (3-4 min) the lap-top restarts. In the options of my bios i can't find anything like secure boot option, i have read on the forum similar issues and someone said that this should be disabled, but i don't see any option like so. My bios is very primitive, there is only boot order to set and nothing else.
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I prepared the usb inside Lubuntu, i used gpadted to create new msdos partition table (mbr) and removed any partitions.
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umount /mnt/{usb,iso}
sync
EDIT: I also tried with fdisk...
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mount /dev/sdb1 -t vfat /mnt/usb
I get this, and the usb is not mounted:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
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dmesg | tail
[ 1678.604687] FAT-fs (sdb1): bogus number of reserved sectors
[ 1678.604696] FAT-fs (sdb1): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
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EDIT: When i try this, i get Permission denied:
sudo awk 'BEGIN {FS="="} /archisolabel/ {print $3}' /mnt/iso/loader/entries/archiso-x86_64.conf | xargs mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1 -n
EDIT: I don't know why the previous command didn't worked but this one worked:
sudo mkfs.vfat -F32 -n `awk 'BEGIN {FS="="} /archisolabel/ {print $3}' /mnt/iso/loader/entries/archiso-x86_64.conf` /dev/sdb1
Just to check i open gparted and i can see my usb /dev/sdb, one partition sdb1 FAT32 label: ARCH_201212. I copied the content from the iso to the usb, unmounted both the iso and usb folders and sycned, and again i get black screen..
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Please Help me!!!!
I had purchased Lenovo B570 laptop . It was working fine for couple of month after that when i press the main button to on the laptop it showing blank display.
Power button is ON, hard disk indicator blink for few micro second then goes off .Battery is full charged. Some time the cooling fan is working . Please help me for the same . whether there is problem in RAM or Hard disk?
Regards Ajitab

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hi afletcher91,
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Lenovo B570 wont connect to wireless netowork.

For christmas me and my brother both recieved a lenovo B570
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Lenovo B570(P/N:59316294) support mSATA?

Dear forum members.
I have a lenovo B570 model with P/N : 59-316294 (Model No : 20093) that I bouhgt in 2012 Sep.
Recently, I hope to speed-up my B570 to attach mSATA SSD.
If my B570 is opened, the feature is as belows.
If bottom cover is opened,  blank slot is appeared.
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This blank slot is mSATA?
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      B570 model has mSTAT Slot?
Pleaese share your knowledge.
Thanks.

hi yangwool,
Welcome to the Lenovo Forums.
Looking at page 38 of the B570 hardware maintenance manual, the Mini PCI-E slot is being used by the Wireless card and/or a WWAN card.
- Link to picture
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Lenovo B570 boot fail

Hello.
I have Lenovo B570 laptop for two years. I last two months appears error when starting.When I press start button nothing is happening.Start button lights and fan works very hard.After 10 days I started again and was working normally but trought 5 days again same error occurs during the startup. Does anyone has a solution or can teach me what to do about this ? Someone told me that motherboad is dead, someone that problem is with intel graphic ...I dont know, I am sad :/

Welcome to the Lenovo Community !
From what you have described it sounds like your laptop has a hardware problem. Try doing what I call a soft reset of the BIOS. This can be useful in some situations to resolve hardware conflicts Here's how......
1. Unplug the charger / adapter
2. Remove the battery.
3. Press and hold the Power Button for 15 seconds.
4. Re-install the battery, plug in the charger / adapter if needed and power up the system to see if the problem was resolved.
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If you don't feel comfortable working inside your laptop then I suggest you contact Lenovo Support for service. You can find the phone number for Lenovo Support in your country or area by using the link below....
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Lenovo b570 Sim Slot

Hi everybody, this is Ahsan having lenovo b570. I want to use the built-in sim slot in my lappy as a GSM Modem. Is it possible? If yes then how? A prompt response will be highly appreciated.

Hello Ahsan,
Using Internet from SIM is really convenient.
You need to check if the WWAN hardware module is present in the laptop otherwise you need to get it installed from the service center then install Wide Wireless Lan driver
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Lenovo B570 won't Power on at first

Hi all,
I purchased a new Lenovo B570 a couple of months ago and have been having major issues with powering the laptop on since I have had it. when I first got it out of the box it started fine no problems and ran windows update and installed a few programs (nothing too major other than MS Office, yahoo messenger, skype, etc).
I noticed after about a week that it had an issue when trying to start from a shutdown. When I pressed the power button, the power light would turn on, HD light would indicate activity, however nothing would appear on the screen. I forced shutdown and tried to restart and the same happens. After a few more tries, eventually the screen will light up and suggest running start up repair. this starts then I get various blue screen messages sometimes just once, sometimes 2-3 times on separate instances and eventually I can start the machine up and when it is on and running it's great and there are no issues at all.
I researched both on this forum and via google about potential issues and have tried one-key recovery back to original spec and also updating the BIOS and removing the fingerprint software, none of which resolved the issue (see threads below for examples of potential solutions that I have tried). In the last couple of days I tried a new experiment where I turn on the power after a shutdown, and as described above just get a blank screen, however rather than force shutdown straight away, I allow it to remain in this state for about an hour, then perform force shutdown. Straight away I press power on again and immediately the laptop starts, no BSOD, no start-up repair just straight into starting windows as you would expect and the laptop works as hoped for.
This indicates to me it could be a power issue with booting up at the start, but I'm afraid I'm not very technically minded in these things so would appreciate any help or feedback from someone who might be able to suggest a solution that I haven't tried yet as although I can get the laptop to work now, it is an issue having to wait for the power to 'charge up' before I can use the laptop.
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/My-lenovo-b570-hangs-on-start-up/td-p/500247
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-B-V-and-Z-series/Lenovo-V470-V570-Boot-up-problems/td-p/4999...
I am based in the UK if that helps at all. any help greatly appreciated.
cheers
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hey Fraser67,
welcome to the forums.
from your post here, i would suggest that you get in contact with our service team and send your unit for servicing.
get in contact with them via >> http://bit.ly/LNVsuppNum
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