20 Most Recent Lenovo 3000 N500 Notebook Questions & Answers

Hello, If you forgot your BIOS password,do not worry, you can reset your system back without requesting a BIOS password,Simply unscrew your laptop and get the motherboard of your laptop, locate the CMOS battery on the motherboard and remove for sometime for the battery to discharge say 4-10minutes,or better still if you can locate the jumpers for the BIOS and reset it,the BIOS password will be removed.It is the battery that keeps the BIOS chip alive by suppling it power,if power is not supplied to this chip,then the information on it will be lost. So, remove the battery for some minutes or reset your BIOS jumper on the motherboard WISH YOU THE BEST.

Sounds like the hardware is failing to me.

Have you tried running it in XP mode? if not give that a try it is possible that WoW may not have been patched yet to run on windows 7
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The mouse pad maybe faulty or the ribbon cable from the mouse pad to the motherboard may not be properly connected. Reseat this cable.
You can connect an USB optical mouse to the laptop. I prefer you use a USB mouse all the time over the mouse pad.

Following link should be useful for your Lenovo Y500 Camera Driver.

For Windows 7 (32 Bit)
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/ot/en/driversdownloads/Drivers_Show_1958.html

For Windows 7 (64 Bit)
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/ot/en/driversdownloads/Drivers_Show_2869.html

its mainly the problem in your hardisk or ram go for any substitutes it will work

With proof of ownership, a good computer store can fix this.

Drivers and software 3000 Y500 Notebook

i don't have a solution ... but i do need one for the n586 also... i bought it on line the description said that the internal screen will not display and the external does... when i received it and going threw diagnostics i came across a system password in the bios... i have worked on lenovos in the past and i know they have some weird settings in the bios to begin with ... i believe this is a security feature that shuts off the internal screen... will not charge the battery... and will not recognize a fresh install of windows (but will read windows on a hard drive that is preloaded) if i was to try to install windows fresh it will not see the hard drive... i need either a schematic to trace down the eeprom chip,or to locate the cmos jumper(not clearly marked if it has one) OR the original bios flash because there isnt any updates for that yet ...... PLEASE HELP.... the mother board is a Hannstar J mv-4 94-0 1221

check the bios settings .... they usually have a screen setting ... one option would be to set it to auto select..... Does it still get external video?

You can download a free driver update software and run a full scan. Then you can select whichever driver you need. One example of software like that is that: http://download.cnet.com/SlimDrivers-Free/3000-18513_4-75279940.html

Either your charger is not working or your battery is worn out. Had same prob. with my Acer 5532. After pricing a new one from Acer, I looked on Ebay and found a replacement with 12 month guarantee for a third of the price, so I bought the one off Ebay. Working fine!!!