| Manufacturer: | Lenovo | |
| Device type: | Laptop | |
| Model: | IdeaPad | |
| Series: | Z Series | |
| Model number: | Z500 | |
| Compatibility: | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |
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| Loading volume: | 3.4MB | |
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This page contains installation information. latest downloads drivers Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 (Z Series) using Lenovo Driver Update Tool.
Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 (Z Series) drivers are small programs that allow the Notebook hardware to communicate with the software operating system. Maintaining updated Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 software prevents crashes and maximizes hardware and system performance. Using outdated or corrupt Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 drivers may result in system errors, malfunctions and failure of equipment or computer. What's more, installing the wrong Lenovo drivers can make these problems worse.
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Information about drivers and utilities for Lenovo IdeaPad Z500
To laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 could fully work with Windows, you need to install special drivers and utilities. You can find links to them on this page. They are intended for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
To reduce the size, all drivers and utilities have been packed into self-extracting 7-Zip archives. When starting, you need to specify the folder in which you want to unpack the driver. The operating system for which the driver is intended is indicated after the links. If it is not specified, then the driver is suitable for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Windows 8.
It is quite logical that before installing drivers and utilities, you need to somehow install Windows on a laptop. Procedure Windows installation XP is described in detail in the manuals: and . Installing Windows Vista and Windows 7 are almost identical: and . If you have any problems with the installation, then contact for help here:.
Drivers for Lenovo IdeaPad Z500
Driver information: they are required for the normal operation of many system devices such as SMBus, USB, PCI Express and so on.Installing this driver is mandatory . It is also recommended to install Intel Rapid Storage. Together with it, a utility for monitoring the hard drive and new SATA drivers are installed. To install, run the fileIRST.exein the archive linked above.
Driver information: they are needed for the correct operation of energy saving systems and dynamic overclocking of the laptop. First you need to install Intel Management engine interface. If your laptop has a processor Intel Core i5 or i7, then you additionally need to install Intel turbo boost. This driver provides correct work processor dynamic overclocking technology - Intel Turbo Boost.
Driver for the Intel video chip built into the processor:/ (Windows XP) / (Windows Vista, 7 and Windows 8)
Driver for discrete nVidia graphics card:/ (32-bit) / (64-bit) (Windows Vista, 7 and Windows 8)
Driver information: these drivers are necessary for the full operation of the video card in the laptop. In this laptop, there may be two of them: one built into the processor (Intel), and the second discrete nVidia. The laptop supports the technology automatic switching between them -NVIDIA Optimus. First you need to install the Intel drivers, and then nVidia. Unfortunately, Windows XP does not support switchable video and make it work nVidia graphics card it won't work in HR. Any questions about video drivers you can state here: .
Driver for Realtek sound chip: /
Driver information: these drivers are necessary for the full operation of sound on a laptop. Together with them, a utility is installed to configure various sound effects and parameters. It is a must to install. If you have any problems with the installation and operation of the sound driver, then contact for help here: .
Driver for network card Realtech: /
Driver information: these drivers are for laptop ethernet adapter. Without them, the network will not work. Various issues regarding these drivers are discussed here: .
Driver information: driver data is needed for wireless wifi laptop adapter. Because in this model can be installed different adapters, then before you start installing the driver, you need to determine which wireless adapter you have installed. How to do this is described in the first post of the topic: . There you can decide various problems with the installation of drivers and the operation of the wireless network.
Driver for Bluetooth adapter:/ (Windows XP) / (Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8) / (for CSR adapters)
Driver information: these drivers are for laptop bluetooth adapter. Together with them, a program for working with Bluetooth is installed. Since the adapter itself is optional, before you start installing the driver, you need to determine whether it is in the laptop and whether it is turned on. To do this, you need to use the utilityReadyComm. You can download it from the links: / . If there is an opportunity to turn on Bluetooth - turn it on and install the driver. If not, then most likely, there is no adapter itself.
Complete set of drivers and utilities for laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1 .
Summary of Drivers and Utilities for Lenovo IdeaPad Z500
This page contains links to full set drivers and utilities for all laptop modifications Lenovo IdeaPad Z500. To reduce the size, all files are packaged in self-extracting 7-Zip archives. Please note that the name of the archive contains information about the device for which the driver is intended, about the operating system, its bit depth, and the update time. If the file name and near the links do not indicate which operating system it is intended for, then this means that the archive contains drivers for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1. The edition installed on your laptop Windows can be found in the window Properties of the system which opens through Control Panel -> System.
Software suite for Lenovo IdeaPad Z500
Set of useful free programs can be downloaded from the links: / .More detailed information you can learn about the set of programs presented above in the article:.
Installing Windows on a laptop
Before proceeding directly to the drivers, it makes sense to understand the issues of preparing and installing Windows on a laptop.
If you decide to reinstall the system, then first of all you need to do backups all important data from system partition another. This applies to both personal data, documents, images and other files, as well as the settings of some programs, which are often stored in folders. Users and Documents and Settings. In addition, it makes sense to make images of hidden partitions or everything hard drive by guide: . After finishing Reserve copy it is recommended to download the necessary drivers and utilities for the required operating system in advance. This is due to the fact that after installing Windows it will not always be possible to access the Internet due to the lack of drivers for the network card, Wi-Fi or modem.
Consider now directly the installation of the system. The Windows installation procedure is detailed in the manuals:
In case of problems with installing Windows, seek help in the appropriate forum topic: , or .
Drivers and utilities for Lenovo Z500 for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1
Below is a list of drivers and utilities. It is recommended that you install them in the order in which they are listed here. It is worth starting the installation with the drivers for the chipset.
Driver for chipset and other Intel system devices
Driver information: it is necessary for the full operation of USB ports, internal buses SMBus, ACPI, memory controller and other system devices. If you have the option enabled in your BIOS AHCI then you can also install the package Intel Rapid Storage. It includes a monitoring utility hard state disk and driver AHCI that allow you to optimize hard work disk and SSD. To install, you need to run IRST.exe in the archive with the driver on the links above.
Driver for Intel Management Engine Interface and Turbo Boost
Description of the drivers and its installation: these drivers are needed to improve power consumption performance. First you need to install Intel Management Engine Interface Driver. If you have a processor Core i5 or Core i7, then you can also install a monitoring utility Intel Turbo Boost. To install, unpack the archive and run TurboBoostSetup.exe.
Driver for video cards Intel and nVidia
You can download the driver for the Intel video chip from the links:/ (Windows XP) / (Windows 7, 8 and 8.1)
Description of the driver and installation instructions: These laptops are equipped with an Intel video chip built into the processor. Some configurations are additionally equipped with a discrete graphics card nVidia with support for dynamic switching technology NVIDIA Optimus. Switching is configured separately for each application in nVidia Control Panels. Since Windows XP does not support switching video cards, then make the video card work nVidia will not work. Have to or work on the video card Intel or upgrade to Windows 7, 8 or 8.1. If you really need Windows XP, then you can try this option:. By itself, installing video drivers is quite simple. First you need to install the driver Intel, and then nVidia if such a video card is installed in your laptop. If you suddenly have problems, you can read the manual: and ask for help in this forum thread:.
Realtek sound card driver
Driver Description: sound in this laptop is handled by a chip Realtek. Without drivers, it does not fully work. Installed with drivers special application for settings sound card. Installing drivers is quite standard and should not cause any difficulties. All questions about sound drivers please state here:. Pay attention to the first post of the topic.
Driver for Realtek network card
The driver for the network card is available at the links: /
Driver information: they are necessary for the operation of the network card, with which the laptop connects to a wired network and accesses the Internet through it. Run to install drivers setup.exe. If you have any difficulties, then contact the forum for help:. Pay attention to the instructions in the first post of the topic.
Driver for laptop Wi-Fi adapter
Driver Description: depending on the configuration in the laptop Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 can be found wireless adapters on chips Ralink, Atheros, Broadcom or Intel. Before installing the drivers, you need to determine which adapter you have installed according to the instructions in the first message of the topic:, and then install the desired driver. Installing these drivers is mandatory and should not be difficult. In addition to these drivers, it is recommended to install the utility Lenovo Energy Management ( / ).
Notebook Bluetooth adapter driver
The driver for the Intel adapter is available at the links: /
General information on drivers and installation recommendations: Bluetooth adapters are installed in some modifications of this laptop Broadcom, Atheros or Intel. Before installing the driver and software for working with Bluetooth, you need to find out if the adapter itself is installed using the utilities ReadyComm( / ) and Lenovo Energy Management( / ) and whether it is enabled. You can determine the model of the installed adapter according to the instructions in the first message of the topic:. There are links to other driver versions in the same post.
Realtek card reader driver
Driver Description: A driver is also required for the card reader to work properly. Installing these drivers is standard and should not cause any difficulties.
Driver for USB3.0 port
Driver Description: it is required for normal operation of the USB3.0 port. You need to install it.
Laptop webcam driver
Description of the driver and how to install: these drivers are needed for the normal operation of the laptop webcam. In addition to the driver itself, it is recommended to install the utility Lenovo YouCam. It allows you to take photos, videos, apply various effects, record on a timer and when motion is detected. You can download it from the links: / . Instructions for determining the camera model and how to install drivers on it can be found in the first message of the topic:. A whole guide is devoted to installing drivers for the camera:.
Notebook touchpad driver
Information about the driver and its installation: it is necessary for full operation. additional features touch panel under the keyboard (multi-touch, various gestures, scroll bars, and so on). Along with it, a utility for configuring the touchpad is installed. The archive contains drivers for touchpads Cypress, Elantech and Synaptics. For installation the correct driver run the script install.bat. It will automatically detect the installed touchpad and start installing the correct driver.
Lenovo Utility Kit for Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 laptop
- Lenovo Energy Management: /
- Lenovo ReadyComm: /
- Lenovo YouCam: /
- Lenovo OneKey Recovery: /
- Lenovo Veriface: /
- Lenovo SRS Audio: /
That's all. Thank you for your attention.
If you have any questions, check first with and then with the corresponding forum topic. You can find it with .
User
Screen. The corners are disgusting, you bend, unbend the display, and it shows you all the different shades of the same color (of course, probably, the workspace of AutoCAD or Photoshop for the desired color scheme You can adjust by simply bending the display, but I don’t like such adventures at all.). The display is not impressed, although the contrast and the picture is quite worthy. The anti-glare is pleasant, at one time I used a glossy socket - these are two big differences. Somehow I didn’t even think about the display when buying, more priorities were for the case, and the filling.
What is your matrix model? I would not say that the corners are disgusting, the usual TN.
foul, of course, but not as much as on some sockets, where the lid is made of textured aluminum.
I do not agree, it is very sloppy.
I seem to be satisfied with the performance, but I fed the available 4 gigabytes of memory with at least 4, and preferably 8 gigabytes.
What memory model did you install?
At 100% charge, I set the files to be copied to the iPod, for about 30 minutes, he probably nightmared the files at an average load, average brightness, and gobbled up 60% of the battery, fuck it. Of course, I launched the browser a couple of times, got out on the Internet via modem, for 10 minutes, then turned everything off, played with the display settings, but in 30 minutes more than half the battery - sorry, no way. I dug into the modes and tried to set something up, but all the same, the battery is eaten mercilessly, apparently 4 battery cells are really not enough. I miscalculated in this regard with the battery.
You need to calibrate the battery. After calibration, my autonomy increased by almost 1.5 times. Now he thinks that he is charging the battery by 100%, but in fact, by 70 percent in total.
I spoiled the fact of a non-removable battery, this is already a completely crazy idea on the part of the developers.
Made for the sake of the subtlety of the apparatus.
Newbie
lytboris, for others, everything is fine, they write flies.
Now all the bullshit is going on game Far Cry 3
It began to lag, in the game menu (in other games it also lags) with the mouse somehow I point, also the edges are some kind of square steel.
The rate of percent above 75 gr does not rise
Of the utilities other than the standard ones, there is nothing either.
Energy Management works (high performance is worth it), I just set the "battery protection mode" but since everything works from the network, I think that's not the point.
In the Nvidia control panel under "PhysX configuration setup costs Geforce 740"
In the Nvidia control panel under "Manage 3d settings" is "High performance nVidia processor"
Drivers are also up to date..
what the fuck...
can demolish firewood and intel, and force, and re-install ..
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Newbie
Bought this laptop in August I am very pleased with the characteristics, but there are a couple of nuances that I just can’t figure out:
1) firstly, as soon as I bought a laptop, I didn’t install anything yet, I noticed that Win8 takes a little time to load, even compared to my old HP Pavilion dv7 4050-er
2) secondly, when installing any games, the laptop starts to work quite so hard, in the task manager it repeatedly showed 100% disk utilization, on the old laptop I managed to install 2 games in parallel and still play without any lags
3) thirdly, I thought it was a Win8 problem, installed Win 8.1 nothing has changed, then installed Win7 and it also takes quite a long time to load, which is a little frustrating
Can someone explain what is the problem.
Notebook Lenovo IdeaPad z500 Intel Core i7-3612QM 2.10GHz RAM 6GB GeForce GT 740M
Newbie
Angel_one,
1eon,
Thanks for the advice.
Today, after 9 hours of work, the laptop went to blue screen death. I will describe the situation.
It rebooted, all the drivers loaded as expected, except for the Geforce video card driver. The tray icon hangs, but when you click on it, we get an error message, something like - the video driver or video card was not detected. We go to the device manager and see that the geforce 635m video card has disappeared and how to return it is not possible, because in order to install the video driver again, the video card must be detected in the dispatcher, otherwise not one version of the firewood is installed.
Just in case, I decided to go into the BIOS and see what can be done and what settings are there. There is an item for the video card that works in two modes - switcheble and UMA. I installed UMA and rebooted - no change, the video did not appear. by default "switchable" and lo and behold, the video card appears in the device manager and any drivers are freely installed. Installed firewood this time 331.82, everything works fine. Let's see what happens with these firewood. driver, nothing else. And in order to detect it in the system again, you need to change the mode in the BIOS back and forth. It’s not clear what this is connected with.
Newbie
Good day, friends and comrades!
I really want to solve this problem: I bought the z500, it was win8 (64 single language) - I immediately looked at it. I sat on the 8-ke, I decided to switch to 7 (fortunately there was a license and the disk was at home). As the most stupid person: I demolished all the sections to hell - I reset the hard one for the most I don’t want to. I created 2 sections and put 7. But that's not the point. I decided to return to the store version, but it was not there. Hidden section killed. With a sad look, I go to the store and complain to the techies, anyway. Those answered me: it’s not possible, you killed the hidden partition and bought win8 legally, you just can’t see it and don’t return it, pay 2 pieces and you will be happy. Then persuasion began about the fact that almost every laptop has its own assembly of Windows (the main question: " Is it so?") or can I download the image from the official website and install it?
I have the key on win8 (teared it out using some utility) on this moment costs official win7 (32bit). Help back on 8
Owen3 Newbie
Hello, I am concerned about the performance of my Z500A in games. Previously there was an error http://cs311226.vk.me/v311226501/468c/JriqkCeHgtw.jpg and its solution took too long for a long time and in the end somehow managed to decide this problem. But why is this happening? Because of this problem, I rolled back to the initial version of the drivers, because nothing worked at all on the new ones! Further... http://cs310622.vk.me/v310622501/6ee2/OaBfT5mbKFw.jpg such an error. Constantly some problems with the video card and its composition as a whole. Not a laptop, but a whole bunch of problems, which has been boring to the chapel for half a year already. The release of new video driver updates does not help. For example, today I have an error http://cs310622.vk.me/v310622501/6ee2/OaBfT5mbKFw.jpg , the solution of which I don't know! Some frustration from the laptop! Is this just me? Answer! Perhaps tell me smart advice, which I actually hope for. Maybe I'll try to install Windows 8 - maybe it will work like clockwork. Now I have Windows 7.
I had no problems with the video card on the Lenovo Z500, nothing will change from installing Windows 8. There are options:
1) still dig deeper with the drivers
2) Try to work on the built-in video card, see how the system behaves
3) reinstall windows and install everything from scratch
4) take it to repair so that they can test it all
I tried to reinstall Windows, nothing helped, maybe on 8rk there will still not be such a trouble with errors. only to spoil the nerves because of them. Perhaps this is a defect of the laptop, which cannot be removed in any way ?!