The ultimate first time checklist guide to help you getting started with your new laptop!
-Check box for obvious shipping damage
-Check laptop for dents and scratches
-Check packaging (confirm new model)
-Check power brick and cord damage
-Check for cracks, fractures or impact marks
-Open and close lid (check hinges)
(when setting up windows, don’t connect to wifi, therefore you won’t have to deal with unnecessary microsoft services)
-Verify actual specs are what you bought (hwinfo and model number)
-Check all keys multiple hits (enter key)
-Check for dead pixels (black and white screen tests)
-Check all ports working (check snugness and fit)
-Check profiles and fan speeds (noise)
-Check RGB across diff profiles (dark room and well lit)
-Check for backlight bleed
-Check trackpad for motion and click feel
-Check different resolutions
-Take system image “out of the box”
-Remove bloatware (McAfee, etc.)
-Update Vantage software (if available)
-Update bios (check Discord for best current version). However if you don’t have any issue with it, don’t. Don’t fix it if it ain’t broken. [First time users, don’t update Bios]
-Update NVIDIA driver (check Discord for best current version)
-Connect to wifi and run Windows update
-Take system image “updated” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9BGn4MivJw
-Charge battery and confirm 100% as start point
-Review Discord/Reddit for any new issues experienced by new owners
-Install benchmarking and hardware info tools
-Download flight sim and games
-Confirm benchmarks measure up to other users of same model
(Cinebench for CPU, aida64+heaven for combined load stress test, 3Dmark timespy/firestrike for an overall benchmark, shadow of the tomb raider for a non-synthetic benchmark)
Benchmarks you can run on your Legion to verify and compare performances #
- TimeSpy (CPU, GPU and global performances scores)
- Cinebench R23 (multi-core and single-core CPU performances)
- CrystalDiskMark (config set to SSD) for read/write SSD performances
- Built-in benchmark of the game SOTTR (free demo) with settings set to HIGHEST, once at native resolution and once at 1080p
- No benchmark specific to RAM, as it is part of the global CPU performance
Conditions for results comparison #
- Mux mode : dGPU (hybrid mode disabled)
- OC : OFF
- Power profile : performance
- Cooling : Back lifted
- Power supply: plugged-in
- Temperature Limit: 110c (AMD), 100c (Intel)
Extra :
Above conditions are only for comparison purpose, feel free to run bm with other parameters if you want to.
Sharing results – Posting format (e.g.) :
Device : Legion 5 pro CPU : 5800H GPU : RTX 3070
RAM : 32gb [stock] / [HyperX]
Mux mode : dGPU OC : [OFF] / [ON + applied parameters]
Power profile : performance Cooling : Back lifted Nvidia Driver – 511.23
Enjoy and have fun!
Revised Version
https://rentry.org/laptopsetupguide
Credits @Speedbird
