LENOVO G780 LAPTOP - NEW INSTALL ON NEW LAPTOP
Lenovo G780 Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium (I detest Windows 8); 6GB Memory; 500GB Hard Drive.
There are 3 changes/upgrades I would like to make; but so much of this may be propriety and void my warranty, and because Lenovo's "technical support" was unable to give me an answer one way or the other (one techie said NO and yet another said YES, you will NOT void your warranty); so which is it - I am turning to my fellow members to get some answer as to whether I can do 3 things:
(1) change the i5 chip to i7
(2) Change the 500 GB drive which currently contains the OS, by transferring everything on the 500GB drive to a new 1TB drive.
(3) Change the Windows 7 Home Premium to: Windows 7 Pro (64). I know this can be done because I have the UPGRADE disks from Microsoft.
Any help and suggestions made on whether -or not - I can upgrade the new laptop as per my above written thoughts would be appreciated./
THANK YOU!
GadgetDude
There are 3 changes/upgrades I would like to make; but so much of this may be propriety and void my warranty, and because Lenovo's "technical support" was unable to give me an answer one way or the other (one techie said NO and yet another said YES, you will NOT void your warranty); so which is it - I am turning to my fellow members to get some answer as to whether I can do 3 things:
(1) change the i5 chip to i7
(2) Change the 500 GB drive which currently contains the OS, by transferring everything on the 500GB drive to a new 1TB drive.
(3) Change the Windows 7 Home Premium to: Windows 7 Pro (64). I know this can be done because I have the UPGRADE disks from Microsoft.
Any help and suggestions made on whether -or not - I can upgrade the new laptop as per my above written thoughts would be appreciated./
THANK YOU!
GadgetDude
Changing drive or OS (or anything else on the FRU list) will not void your warranty. If you do send it in for warranty they may want that drive in there for testing if your upgraded drive is causing a fault.
http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/lenovo_g480_g485_g580_g585_g780_hmm_v1.0_english.pdf
The processor is embeded and cannot be changed...
http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/lenovo_g480_g485_g580_g585_g780_hmm_v1.0_english.pdf
The processor is embeded and cannot be changed...
1) Processor cannot be changed in itself. You will have to change the entire Motherboard as the chip is embedded on it.
2)You can change the 500 GB to 1 TB and install the Win 7 64 bit to make use of the 6GB RAM but then you can loose your warranty in some countries (especially in the middle east)
3) You ca go ahead and and upgrade to Win 7 Pro 64 Bit. Warranty will not be an issue.
2)You can change the 500 GB to 1 TB and install the Win 7 64 bit to make use of the 6GB RAM but then you can loose your warranty in some countries (especially in the middle east)
3) You ca go ahead and and upgrade to Win 7 Pro 64 Bit. Warranty will not be an issue.
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Unfortunately, when you're dealing with manufacturers, You are limited to the pre-build configurations that they put up for sale. The model that I purchased, G780 with Windows 7 home premium 64, is the only model that was closest to my configuration: I could change Windows 7 home premium 64, two Windows 7 professional 64, I could also change the hard drive from 500 MHz to 1 TB. And I repeatedly asked them if they could reconfigure the computer to a Windows 7 system and their answer: "no we cannot you have to accept how each ore-built model Is configured, no changes, no upgrades". I believe this Lenovo rep was wrong, but I wasn't about to argue, I would try to make the changes myself.. This is what I have had to deal with.
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