Thank you for this tear-down video. I got tired of the shitty thermal paste that Lenovo splattered in there and decided to replace it with some of my Arctic Silver 5. Temps are a significantly better now. Obviously, this video was a great help. If there is anything I can suggest, it would be to warn people to: constantly ground themselves and to create a diagram of what screws go where - near the beginning of the video instead. These two things are incredibly important, as static can ruin your machine. Otherwise, good direction. Well done.

dear watching in July 2023, and it very usefull. Thanks

I can't tell you how helpful this video just was to me! My friend and I took on what seemed like a very complicated task in disassembling my Lenovo Y500 in order to replace the LVDS LCD Video Cable that was malfunctioning, and your step-by-step instructions were a god-send! Thank you so much!

Hey thanks for posting this walk through. I've had this laptop for a good 3 years now and have never once opened it and I was wondering why my performance was so slow compared to when I first bought it. Turns out the fans in both graphic cards were caked with dust (there was so much dust you couldn't feel the air come out of the exhaust!) and after cleaning, I applied fresh arctic silver 5 thermal paste and voila. Idle temps went from 60c to 40c and I can now play games without the cards throttling. Thanks again.

I had a totally dead Y510P. I used your vid to strip down and unsolder, then re-attach the CMOS battery. Sorted ! Thanks very much for your detailed tutorial. Cheers!

Thank you for making and posting this video!! It really helped my friend and I replace the thermal paste on our other friend's Y510p.

10:00 correction - breaking the "warranty label" won't break your warranty. Although Lenovo support may try to insist, it's actually against the law (either in US or EU) and if YOU will insist, you'll get your warranty. Not relevant to 510p, as it's quite old model and is well behind the warranty period, but for anything newer that's how it is.

Thanks for the vid! You helped me fix my flickering screen issue. Just had to make sure LCD cable was plugged in all the way.

Hey bro, although the video is a little long but I enjoyed watching it because of your calm manner. Excellent job! Thanks.

Dude. Your video was invaluable. I was able to get into my laptop, unsolder one pin from my cmos battery. Resolder it. And it fixed my black screen issue. Many thanks to you. :)

damn, that SSD boot is so fast

Great video, thanks for posting. It's funny, my "warranty sticker" was already broken, and I got my computer new from Lenovo and I've never opened it up before, hah.

VERY good job on the instructions, AND... nice RUSH tat! I'll be using this video soon when I get a replacement fan.

Thanks for pioneering the disassembly. Nice job!

Thanks for the very informative video, I just applied thermal paste which was dry as desert and watching this helped a lot and made things 100% easier! ( I actually forgot to touch some metal but nothing went wrong :P)

Everyone always replace the paste

thanks a lot man! I had an accident with power jack, your video was a great help for fixing it!

Vert kind of you to post this video. It gave me enough information to replace a broken case.

Thank you so much! Awesome video, very helpful.

Thanks man, your video was very helpful even today! :)

I understood every step! & my task was successful! Thank you sir!!! Job well done!

Great video, although watching it nearly gave me a heart attack. i have this model and just took the memory out and the thought of accidentally touching one wrong wire could cause damage scared me. maybe one day ill feel confident enough to open it up like you have done:)

thank yu very much for yur tutorial it save my life cause yu explain it so well, great explanation vid, good vibes bro, peace :)

Thank you!!! graphic card is what i needed to know before panel would come off THANKS!

I just bought this laptop (the version sold here in spain is just one 755M and a 1TB+8SSHD), and I though it would be easier to get to the CPU so I could replace thermal paste, when needed. I see its more of the same tendency with most laptops nowadays to hide it. Being a laptop that can easily get to high temperatures when pushed due to their high performance CPU and dedicated graphics, I believe it should be a priority in their designs unless they want us to buy a new laptop every 2 years :/

very good video. appreciate it. thanks :) greetings from sweden

Thanks for the video bro, it was very helpful for me!

Great video! Question: Did you see a significant increase in performance going from a hybrid drive to a fully SSD? Also I bought this laptop today. It's seems like it's going to be awesome....especially for under $1000.

2 questions, A) This laptop has 2 different GPUs depending on when you bought it, do you think you can buy the newer GPU and install it instead of the one you already have? B) do you know the difference between the Y510 motherboard and the Y50 motherboard?

Thank you. This is very helpful to me. Much appreciated.

I love you Devon!

Great tutorial thanks for posting

can you make a video on how to clean the internal fans and dust filter and how to safely remove the primary gpu/videocard as well? i'd really appreciate it

Many thanks. This is a realy great video.

Hi baustin nice video definitely helpful. I was wondering what temperatures you're running for your CPU. I just bought this laptop and it's running hot. I'm thinking I should re paste the thermal paste. Thanks again! :)

great video man.

good video！btw, I am a y430p user. This video also use for 430p…

Nice teardown! As I can see Lenovo did net install the PCI-E plug on this motherboard? So no way to put a mSDD drive? Sad. Could it be possible to have one installed it you have a soldering expert around?

Good vid!

hey, your video helps me alot! thanks man! I just have a litle problem with keyboard... I try push but for some reason dont go! sooo I see a litle clips round... is just click and the keyboard is free! :) thanks mate!

thanks dude you helped me change the keyboard yer the best

Thanks Dude...Awesome and Helpfull Video... :)

Hey. Did u or anyone manage to enable WOL/WoWLAN on his y510p? Bios (Vers 3.7) doesnt show that option, and in dev manager/ wifi adapter "allow this device to wake the computer" is greyed out

thank you. you make my day!!!

great tutorial, thanks man !

Nice video :)

Helpfull video , thanks

Nice walk through, but a couple things that should be overlayed should be for newbies to ground themselves... but the main one is to watch the video first. I broke off a black clip for the ribbon because u said to push and not lift up... ALSO, my laptop will not turn back on, at all, i followed your steps directly. Any ideas what could've gone wrong? I did everything up to the point of removing the Mobo, I was just cleaning it with air duster

After reading the video description it seems that laptop has two graphic cards paired together through SLI? so the ROM disk bay is used for storing a video card? Did you do that yourself or it came from the factory with it?

Hey i watched your video, i appreciated it. quick question though, am i able to take this processor and stick it onto a desktop?

Hey man. Nice video. Really needed this. Thumbs up. Also, could you help me out troubleshooting my Y500 with i7/gt650m(no sli)/8gb ram? So what happens is, if I press the power button, it lights up for a second and then turns off. But if i leave the laptop off overnight, and try pressing the power button in the morning, it would turn on, keyboard would light up and I'd reach the Lenovo logo screen. Then it goes off again. Is it an issue with cooling or thermal paste? Also, does the fan on the processor turn on as soon as you power on the laptop? Please help me out. I tried getting a repair but they're telling me it would cost around $200 to repair the motherboard.

Hi, excellent movie :) I have a request and at the same time question = do not know what thickness are thermopady in Y510p?

It was an amazing video. I have a keyboard botton poped out and I couldn't get it right on its place.. It would be very generous from you if you could tell me how to do it in a video. thank you again.....

Man can you Do a video for lenovo y50 !?

Baustin McManus I watched your whole video, good job and thanks! I took my y510p apart to fix the dc power port + harness but then once I put it back together, the touchpad and the usb/headphone/microphone ports on the right side stopped working. Any way you can help me out? Much appreciated.

Baustin McManus In this video you mentioned your screen not working because you forgot to plug something in, well I sent a functional Y510p with a minor lcd cable glitch to Lenovo and they said my warranty was void so I asked them to return the laptop but now it won't event boot. The screen won't turn on, not even via HDMI or VGA, but the keyboard backlight works, the SSD is heating up a bit and the GPU fan starts to turn for a while and then stops while all the LED indicators and keyboard stay lit. Could this be caused by the technician forgetting to connect something?

Thanks for this video man. The Y510p Manual is not good to taking apart the keyboard. I followed your video and it was pretty easy (but scary as well). Cleaning the keyboard and ribbon didnt resolve my problem so I am thinking of buying a new keyboard. Any ideas where I can find one? I need the US english version, I have seen some being shipped from China but I am unsure. Installing a new keyboard, do I need to take any specific precaution or just do the same what I did when disassembling and cleaning my keyboard.

Thanks a lot!

Can you please do a review on the Gopro and can you do a test on assasin creed black flag thanks

oh if you could, can you post a teardown for your 2nd gpu? thanks

I have the Y410p purchased last year. Other than some specs and components maybe being different should the process and steps in this video be pretty much the same? Also, what processor would you recommend for gaming purposes? Right now it's completely stock. It has an SSD but it's only seems to be 25 GB when I open my file explorer and it seems to be 100% empty anyways... They didn't put the OS on it probably because it doesn't fit. I find it silly that they would put such a small SSD on it that it can't even house the SSD...

Is thing laptop worth it if I buy it used?

I've tried to remove the bottom plate on my y510p but it goes very Hard. Are there only this 9 screws?

Do you think I would notice significant improvement to game performance by upgrading to the i7-4700MQ from an i5-4200M? Thanks!

What camera are you using and what app are you running on your phone? Thx ;)

Baustin McManus Did you put the thermal paste for the processor and the others that go with it or did you manually do it? im thinking of applying thermal paste to my processor and gpu. please advise. thanks dude

Full disassembly! thanks.And i'm having problem with speaker grill , I accidently drop some scratch remover on speaker grill and it get white color so i look into speaker grill and found very small hole on the side of the grill but it don't sure if i tamper it from outside will it break a grill? I can't disassembly because i got a warranty void over screw. Any ideas? Thanks // Sorry for bad english

The first time you took out the keyboard, how hard was it? I removed all the screws on mine but the corners of the keyboard do not budge at all so I applied a bit more force than usual but still nothing...

I've got a very stubborn middle tab underneath the screen that doesn't want to unclip.

Baustin McManus Hi I have been watching your youtube vids on the lenovo y510p which I also have. Since the turbo boost has been disabled on the intel i7 chip in the device what other intel i7 processors can I use to swap it out with. And also will swapping the intel chip effect any other aspects of the computer in a negative way?

Thanks a lot for the Video. Followed your video to replace the thermal paste. Was scary at the end :D [Broke a plastic lock & a golden screw holder came out for the corner case screw in the process - no big deal] Was happy to see the Laptop boot properly ***Except - My mouse pad isn't working (Normally I use a Bluetooth mouse) Can anyone tell me where I was wrong? Thanks

Is the msata slot on the left side of the RAM?? I am considering waiting for the y50 and see what it brings.... it seems like an860m but i dont want to spend extra on touch....an wondering whethrr it will have msata slot and if the performance will be as good as this ski version..... dreaming....

Very nice Dis assembly. Could you Please clarify my doubt?.I have Lenovo Y500.But I just want to replace my Y500 MB with Y510P Motherboard is that possible?.And also i just want to know because my Y500 MB is charging port is dead because of that Battery Guage Reset Software.And my Lapi is out of warranty too.Please help me out about the Design and compatibility.Thank you.

@0.44 is that a sub-woofer the small rectangular thing with wholes??? I have the same laptop but i dont hear any sound or music coming out of it!

thank you))

thanks

Did you notice a significant gain with th I7?

does this null the warranty when you open the laptop.. another question does applying thermal paste improve the temperature of the laptop?

thx

hmmm, I followed this video for a keyboard replacement but the laptop won't turn on now...any hints?

So, you have to completly disassembly it just if you want repasting the cpu or gpu?

I bought the core i5 version on newegg. Is it true that it does not have an msata slot? I don't want to open anything since I dont want to void the warranty since I've only had it for 3 days

question: how much ram is in your system and what type is it? im looking to upgrade from 8 to ad-least 16. than you in advance

I got problem with hinge and screw on back cover, so I can't open the back cover ;(

thanks :)

any info how can i remove the power cable itself? i disconnected the cable from the motherboard and removed the screw from the jack. Both sides are free but there's a cube on the wire which seems like glued onto the plastic and doesn't move an inch. Yeah my jack is faulty and need to replace the whole cable.

I know this is old but did you ever changed the power jack? just wondering how easy or difficult it might be I see you unscrewed it from the frame but I cant see if you disconected the jack itself... mines starting to acting up sometimes it wont recognize the power cable conected

have you upgraded your WLAN before because the stock one is suck a drop connection?

hey man, i'm planning to upgrade my GPU from GT 755M to the GTX 880M SLI on my y410p if possible, because he ultrabays on the y410p is pretty darn hard to find, and my stock GPU doesn't have SLI. do you think it is possible to upgrade my GPU? Thanks!

Hey, I did something wrong and my audio/micro/usb on right side not working also keyboard red light not working too... Could you give me some advice?

hi, i have the some y510p and my mother board are crashed, so i`d like to know the model of mother board, and maybe you know where i can bay new one

Did you have to do anything to the bios so that the motherboard would accept the i7 processor??

Hey, what's a good source for OEM mobile i7s? Cursory Googling makes the mobile CPUs seem tough to get ahold of.

which screw, i need to pull out, if I just want to change the keyboard?

Is there a major difference in power between the i5 and the i7?

Thank you very much, I have a few questions: I tried opening my laptop yesterday(before watching this video) and seems like I disconnected my track pad, any idea about where should I connect it from? I also want to re-apply thermal paste to the CPU and GPU, should I clean the paste there before applying the new one? And how do I remove it?

can someone please tell me how to get the wide ribbon cable of the keyboard back into the socket? I have to use an unhealthy amount of pressure, but it still doesn't fit... ( I guess the white line on the cable has to be aligned with the socket?) Please help!

My SD card slot protector is stuck inside the slot. Any ideas on how to get it out?

Hello, is that Lenovo Core i7? In my case I have one with an i7 processor, the problem I have is that being turned off I connect an Arduino to the USB, after that I no longer turn on only the power button remained blinking and it does not start anything, based on your experience that you consider what could have happened ?? I hope you can advise me Thank you very much

I have a question, ive lost some of the plastic pink termal tape 17:26 (some broken) where can i get them, how important are them? can i use my pc without them? thanks