Yoga 2 Pro Display flimmern / flackern

Hallo Forum,
Ich habe mir vor kurzen das Lenovo Yoga 2 pro mit Core i5 gekauft. Zunächst war ich auch voll auf zufrieden. Vorneweg, Verarbeitung ist super und das Gerät an sich zu empfehlen.
Problem: Wenn das Gerät auf sehr geringer Helligkeit eingestellt ist (was zB. zum angenehmen lesen in dunkler Umgebung erforderlich ist) beginnt die Hintergrundbeleuchtung zu flackern bzw. flimmern. Besonders tritt der Effekt auf weißen und hellgrauen Hintergrund auf.
Zuerst habe ich in Foren, unter anderem dem Englischen Lenovo Forum von ähnlichen Fehlern gelesen und daraufhin die „adaptive Helligkeit“ in Windows deaktiviert, sowie die Energiesparoptionen des Intel Treibers. Jedoch ohne Erfolg.
Zunächst ging ich von einem Hardwarefehler aus und habe das Gerät eingeschickt und mir dasselbe Notebook lokal gekauft. Jedoch 1:1 der gleiche Fehler. Mehrere Personen haben mir zudem bestätigt, dass Sie meinen Eindruck teilen können und auch das flimmern als störend empfinden.
Beobachtungen haben gezeigt das es im Akku Betrieb stärker auftritt als im Netzbetrieb, aber auch dort war das verhalten zu sehen.
Mich wundert, dass es auch nach langer Suche keine Beschreibung des Fehlers auf Deutsch bzw. in deutschen Internetseiten gibt, obwohl das störende Verhalten auf 3 von mir getesteten Geräten auftritt.
Kann jemand diese Beobachtung teilen? Derzeit habe ich keines der Geräte behalten, würde aber sobald das Problem behoben ist aufgrund der guten Verarbeitung und des guten Konzeptes erneut zu diesem Gerät greifen.

Hallo zusammen,
bitte beachtet noch folgende Forenthemen:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Yoga-2-Pro-Pentile-matrix-RGBW-characteri...
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Yoga-2-Pro-Screen-Flickering-and-Screen-...
Da laut euren Beschreibungen die bisherigen Workarounds das Flackern nicht lösen konnten, wendet euch bitte an den Support, damit das Display werksseitig auf Fehler überprüft wird.
Gruß
Sebastian
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Been looking around but can't find anyone mentioning the screen/display wobble when using the yoga 2 pro in laptop or stand mode. That baffles me. I tried normal touching on the screen on the Yoga 2 Pro at Best Buy in laptop and stand modes and the display bounces back and forth horribly. I can't believe this wouldn't be a deal breaker for many people unless most people just aren't using the touch screen (in those modes) that much. And if they aren't, what's the point of having the touch screen (other than tablet mode). Windows 8 is meant to be used with a touch screen in ANY mode.
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Hmmm. Wonder if you've actually used the Yoga 2 Pro. Or maybe you're trying a little too hard to defend your expensive purchase. Either way, calm down, buddy. This system seems nice, just not for me with that wobble when *BARELY* touching the screen. The Surface Pro 2 solves the issue with a backstand. The Samsung Ativ series doesn't seem to have this issue. And, yes, both of those are comparable systems.
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Photoshop GPU and Yoga 2 Pro Display Driver

When I first bought my Yoga 2 Pro, Photoshop’s latest versions (CC and CS6) ran perfectly with their Graphics Processor (aka GPU aka Intel HD Graphics 4400) enabled. However, after an automated update that I didn’t notice, I receive a “display driver stopped working and recovered” message when I open Photoshop. Then I receive an “insufficient memory” message inside Photoshop and Photoshop’s Graphics Processor is disabled. Inside Control Panel-Devices, the Display Driver roll back option is disabled. So I download the latest driver from Lenovo (Intel Video Driver for Windows 8.1 64-bit - Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, version 10.18.10.3304, ivga136w8164.exe), install it, and Photoshop works with no error messages and its Graphics Processor automatically enabled. A day later, when I open Photoshop I get the same errors. So I reinstall the 3304 driver, Photoshop works fine, and a day or two later the same cycle repeats.
Anyone have a solution, please?
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hi
The guide I Posted Above,
This step stops the updates for the drivers only.
if this is what you did then that's I think is the best way if the current update of the driver is causing you issues.
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Select System and Maintenance
Select System
Now click Advanced system settings in the left-hand panel (if the UAC is turned on, click Continue to proceed)
Next, click the Hardware tab
Click the Windows Update Driver Settings button
Now you need to select the driver update option you want to use.
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Select System and Maintenance
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Yoga 3 pro cant stream video on external display or laptop

Saw a previous post on this, didnt seem like it was fixed. Having real issues with hooking up to an external display, when the web browser (chrome) is extended to the external display, my internet lags hard...i cant even stream a vid on youtube.
I've disabled realtek (fixed cracking speakers) tried a completely new cord set up from micro hdmi to dvi...nothing works. When i drag the browser window back to the laptop screen, it works fine.
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Have you tried changing the screen resolution on the Yoga to something lower than what it is set on? A 1080i screen has a resolution of 1,920 × 1,080, my Yoga 3 Pro has a default resolution of 3200 x 1800. I have not tried connecting my Y3P to the TV yet, but the conversion could be causing an issue.
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Yoga 2 Pro: No display after Windows Update failed.

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What do I do next? I am away on business on Monday and need this fixed before then. Any ideas?
Cheers

Harriette wrote:
Last night windows 8.1 tried to update 7 updates when I restarted my Yoga 2 Pro laptop. The update hung on on the first update. In the morning when I started up, there was no display. When I plugged it into an external display only that display worked.
I have tried refreshing windows with no luck.
A Lenovo Solution Centre scan of the hardware fails all Video Card tests, with the Result code: WVC007000-DJ7X1I
(not sure what this means).
What do I do next? I am away on business on Monday and need this fixed before then. Any ideas?
Cheers
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Yoga 2 Pro Max External Display Capabilities

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Mischa213 wrote:
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The Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro utilizes a Samsung LCD panel with a Pentile Red-Green-Blue-White (RGBW) pixel matrix, as opposed to a standard Red-Green-Blue (RGB) matrix on more conventional LCD panels. The Pentile matrix uses a modified physical layout of the pixels, taking advantage of white sub-pixels to deliver a brighter display at lower power consumption levels
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OFFICIAL FIX
An updated system BIOS has been released that, in conjunction with a new version of Lenovo Energy Manager, adjusts pixel and backlight intensity to optimize yellow performance, regardless of the selected power mode.
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To download the updates:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS035004
Installation notes: Based on internal testing and customer feedback in the forum, it is possible in some cases that the system may not restart automatically after the BIOS flash completes. The screen will be black and the keyboard backlight will be on. If this occurs, press and hold the power button until the system shuts down, then press and release to restart. The energery manager must be updated for the yellow color correction, so there may be a pause on boot up, or when returning from sleep before the colors update.
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Lenovo Energy Management for Yoga 2 Pro Laptop
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Dear Lenovo, it is great that "Official FIX" solved yellow color issues for Windows users. Linux users however are still trying to use their hardware with its full potential. IMO Mr. Mark Hopkins (Lenovo Social Media Manager) shown little respect by closing long discussed forum thread about yellow color issue: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Re-Yoga-2-Pro-13-Yellow-Color-Issues/td-p/1270427/page/116 - If he did not do that you would receive a chance to get more information on how many users is really affected by the problem. Please stop your ignorance and at least provide specific information on what does Energy Management fix realy change and how can this be replicated on other operation systems. Thanks in advance,

Yoga 2 Pro stuck volume, missing cursor, onscreen keyboard unusable

I'm having several issues with a Yoga 2 Pro laptop running Windows 8.1 that's about a year old.
1) Volume is stuck at 0. I can raise the volume, but it automatically lowers back down to zero, as if the volume-down key is stuck. The volume indicator is always onscreen.
2) Cursor is missing, however I can still right click/left click. Also, the cursor will reappear when I uninstall the Synaptic touchpad drivers.
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3) Uninstalled/reinstalled programs (Energy Management, Transitions, etc.)
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I've had the problem a couple times before, and one thing that DID work was to hold down the power button for ten seconds while the computer was off, then let it reboot. Unfortunately that solution is no longer working. The threads I've linked below have been the closest I've found to a problem like this, but neither of their solutions worked for me.
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Yoga-Flex-Laptops-and/Yoga-13-Volume-Control-Issues/td-p/976589
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Yoga-Flex-Laptops-and/Yoga-2-Pro-Problem-Volume-Touch-Touch-Keyboard-no...
Any help would be much appreciated! Definitely affecting my usability of this otherwise wonderful machine.

Update in case anyone else comes across a similar problem: I ended up sending my laptop into warranty, and it came back a week later working completely. No idea what the problem, cause, or fix was, although they didn't replace any major parts (battery, cable, cpu, fan, hard drive, keyboard, touch pad, display, memory, motherboard...going off the list they sent back, none of those were replaced), so I'm not sure what to think. Not even a factory reset. I'd love to know what the issue was, in case it comes up again but am happy that my laptop is once again functioning in either case!

Screen color changing random - yoga 3 pro

hi guys
had a problem for a few days now, sometimes, out of nothing, the screen color turns yellowish....like a warm color....i right click in the home screen, personalize, display, calibrate color, the template for color calibration appears, i enter next...and voilá, it comes back to the cold white color....it just happened as i turn from tent mode to laptop mode to wright this thread
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Hi pcarq007
The Yoga 3 Pro has a "paper display" setting.It's meant to help you read stuff (reducing eye strain) giving the display a yellowish,book page like tint.
You can turn it on or off by pressing "Fn"+"Esc".
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Yoga 3 Pro Brigtness Keeps Resetting

I've been having this problem with my Yoga 3 Pro whereby my screen brightness will reset to a very low value every few minutes, no matter how often I try to change it. Whether or not i change it in the charms menu, in the Power Options menu on the control panel or otherwise, it always resets to an annoyingly low brightness level within minutes and I have no idea why. I've searched online and none of the solutuions I found worked.

hi
Can you check and make sure that this is disabled.
Intel Display Power Saving Technology or Intel DPST
Also please check this thread and hope it helps
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Yoga-Flex-Laptops-and/Yoga-2-Pro-Auto-brightness-feature-and-how-to-dis...
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Yoga 3 pro : problem connecting to HD TV with micro/mini HDMI to HDMI

I purchased a YOGA 3 PRO (512GB) and couldn't be happier with how light and slim this jewel is. The CPU works fast and overall it's a gret UltraBook.
BUT
I just can't connect my Yoga 3 Pro to my TV. I purchased this Ultra Book at BEST BUY (this model is apparently an "exclusive" of Best Buy), and since I knew i need to connect it to an external monitor to do real work on photoshop, I also purchased an INSIGNIA micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
As shown below, my 32" HD TV (one of the latest models from LG / ref. 32LB5800) is recognized by Windows 8.1 and the INTEL HD Graphics 5300 Display driver (which i updated to the latest version 10.18.10.3960), but unfortunately the TV says "NO SIGNAL".
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I've tried to connect the Insighnia mini-HDMI to HDMI cable in all 3 HDMI inputs on my TV, but same pathetic result. The first input is HDMI ARC, the second one is regular HDMI and the third one is for mobile devices (HDMI MHL), but all 3 returned the same "NO SIGNAL".
So I figured maybe it was the TV. Thus i plugged my Yoga 3 Pro to a Pioneer Plasma TV that was about 3-4 years old, straight to one of HDMI inputs and same thing, no image. However, Windows 8.1 found the TV and even suggests the ideal resolution.
In both cases the TV model was found by Windows 8.1 and shown under the "Screen Resolution" menu. I selected "Extend these displays" to use the TV as a main monitor, but of course this doesn't help the case.
So i started digging this forum and read a lot of coomplaints about the previous version of the YOGA PRO and that the micro-HDMI plug was poorly designed and the cable connector needed to be "trimmed" a little by 1mm or so to allow it plug fully into the port. So i tried that too, and even though i succesfully removed 1mm of rubber around my Insignia cable connector, it didn't help whatsoever since apparently, the new YOGA 3 PRO doesn't have this issue any longer, its design solved indeed that weakness of its predecessor.
So I'm asking: what the hell is the problem then? it's driving me crazy. I've literrally spent the past 6 hours trying to figure it out, but without any success. This forum has ZERO post about a problem of connection of a YOGA 3 PRO to an HDTV. I know it's a very recent model, but still, I can't believe to be the only one experiencing this issue.
If I don't find a solution quickly I'm afraid I'll have no other choice but to return it. It's unbelievable that both the latest iterations of the LENOVO YOGA PRO are having issues (likely different) connecting to an HD TV using the mini/micor HDMI port.
Not sure if this is a hardware or software problem, but LENOVO better get their act together and fix this stat!
UPDATE: i also noticed that when the cable is plugged into the micro-HDMI port, there's no more sound on the ultrabook. I played a video while the cable was plugged in and NO SOUND. I'm not sure if this is normal or not. I would assume connecting the Yoga 3 Pro with the cable into the TV makes it believe that the sound shall be directed towards the TV now, hence the disabled sound on the Ultrabook, even though on the receiving side, the TV still doesn't get any signal from that cable, neither video nor audio.
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well it turned out the culprit was the INSIGNIA Micro-HDMI to HDMI cable sold by Best Buy. I tried another cable brand and now it's working just fine! Go figure...

Keep Yoga 3 Pro in Laptop Mode

I connect my Yoga 3 Pro to a Lenovo USB dock and display to a large monitor at my office desk.
When I close the lid, my Yoga changes from Laptop Mode to Tablet Mode. I would like to keep it in Laptop Mode when the lid is closed at work, so that I can display some programs in larger font -- in Tablet Mode on my external monitor, QuickBooks is unreadable.
Is there a setting I can change so that, when I connect to my external display, I can close the lid and keep my Yoga in Laptop Mode during that session?
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I'd try disabling the ymc service.
Try stopping it in Task Manager -> Services
I'm running without it, since my accelerometer is shot and makes the Yoga think it's in tablet mode all the time, and it seems to keep it in laptop mode all the time.

Yoga 2 Pro - Frequent issues after Tablet Mode and Suspend in Windows 8.1

Hi,
I bought a Yoga 2 Pro running windows 8.1 in December 2013. The machine runs fine, but from the beginning I experience frequent system issues whenever I have the Yoga in Tablet mode (display turned to the back).
The issues sometimes arise directly after I resume from tablet mode. More frequent the issues appear once I had the machine in tablet mode and after had it in suspend mode!
Some of the frequent issues that arise after I resume from tablet mode:
Power surge at right USB Port, where I have my mouse connected! The connected device cannot be provided with enough power. (Note, the left port still works), or
WiFi not working any more (No WLAN device detected, WLAN not functional), or
Bluetooth not working (No Bluetooth device detected, BT not functional)
All issues reliably disappear with a system restart!
I have already updated my drivers, scanned the Lenovo and Microsoft forum whether this is known without success and hope this avenue will bring me more luck.
What makes the bug hard to narrow down is that I do not have a recipe to reproduce the error. Not every time I turn the display in tablet mode the symptoms are equal! But what I can is that the tablet mode is the most common denominator I found so far.
Any helped/suggestions much appreciated.
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Yea, great... it seems like these articles and suggestions come up in the forum, and then there is always someone that says "it didn't work but this solved it for me" which ammounts to setting the screen at full brightness all the time.   LENOVO, HOW ABOUT FIXING THE ISSUE!!! It definitly has something to do with power, in my case _the only_ thing that fixes it is either plugging in a power cord or closing the screen, reopening it and hitthing the power button to turn it back on (both are REALLY annoying if you're trying to get work done).
I'm a fairly experienced IT guy, and I used to swear by _IBM_ Thinkpads and related laptops, then when they went to Lenovo a few years ago it seems like the support has gone to hell and the hardware appears nice but is sketchy (this thing should have never shipped with this display problem or the wifi card issues that it shipped with).   Honestly if issues like this don't get resolved Im not likely to order any more, ever. Not for my self or for my organization, we will stop persueing contracts with you and certifying the hardware for our work (though with the lenovo purchase it was deemed that the hardware wasn't certifyable for certine applications anyway). Yes, that will cost you a few thousand sales a year, which is a drop in the bucket for you, but I'm sure I won't be the only one.

Yoga 2 Pro - Light bleed on screen - is this acceptable / normal for this screen?

Hi all,
I wonder if someone could give me some advice as to whether the light bleed I'm experiencing on my Yoga 2 Pro is 'acceptable'. It doesn't bother me in normal day to day tasks like office work, email, web browsing but it's pretty distracting when watching videos in a dark / dim room, particularly where the video itself contains dark scenes or letterboxing.
I've done a bit of searching on the web it seems that black light bleed is a pretty common issue with these types of displays.
The following photos were taken on a DSLR in a totally dark room whilst running a video of complete black on youtube:
Brightness 100% - overexposed a bit in camera to show main areas of light bleed. The lower right corner is the most severe. Light bleed is also quite prevalent along the bottom of the screen.
Link to image 1
Brightness 70-80% - exposed to represent as closely as possible what i see when watching the black video in a dark room.
Link to image 2
Brightness at 50%
Link to image 3
Would this light bleed warrant a return? I bought this from John Lewis in the UK and they have an excellent returns policy. I do love the laptop but the light bleed is pretty annoying. I've seen some images of other peoples light bleed and I worry that if I was to get this replaced I may end up with one with much worse light bleed than what I currently have.
Any thoughts and advice would be most appreciated.
Cheers.
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Ok, I think I have identified the source of the light bleed from the top right corner. It seems that whatever they use to glue the panel down to the backing has loosened. If I press down on the top left corner of the screen it is rock solid. If I press down on the top right side where the light bleed is it flexes downward. When I push down on the border the light bleed disappears.
So it would appear I don't have a panel problem, I have a glue problem. Bummer. Will contact Lenovo today. Hopefully getting this fixed won't involve sending my Y2P into some shop for 3 weeks.
The light bleed sucks but what concerns me more is that the panel's integrity seems to be failing and could get worse. I hope Lenovo has a local shop that can take a look at this.

Yoga 2 Pro vs Thinkpad Tablet 2

Hi Lenovos,
I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro tablet which I got as a gift and I'm rarely using it coz of the size and Android. I'm Web a Developer so to do some on-the-go coding, I thought to exchange this with a portable windows tablet and I got some offers from Thinkpad Tablet owners. Neither Thinkpad Tablet nor Yoga Tablet 2 pro are selling in my region so I dont have the proper idea about the actual region based price.
Is it worth to exchange my Yoga Tablet 2 pro with a 64GB Thinkpad tablet? I know my one has a good display and additional features such as Projector, Subwoofer, stand etc.. but what is the point if I'm not using them. If you were me, would you consider exchange this?
Regards

How about the Yoga 2 10 with Windows? Same size , boasts the same processor and RAM as the Yoga Tablet Pro 2. It has 32 Gb of internal storage, but you can add a MicroSD card for an additional 64 Gb.
The Thinkpad 2 if I'm not mistaken has a 2 year older processor (Z2760) than the Yoga Tablet's Z3745. The Z3745 processor supports 64 bit OS's and features the SSE 4.1/ SSE4.2 instruction set.
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