Hey all.
Two months ago my Lenovo Y500 became plagued by a multitude of problems after updating to windows 8.1 to the point of breaking down.
According to my own "research" this was because 8.1 replaced a lot of drivers that should not have been replaced or tampered with and it put some hardware on a "power save" feature for no good reason whatsoever. (the power supply would put itself on a "power
safe" feature for instance causing the whole computer to crash, kind off a daft thing to do).
The video card, the network card, the power supply, the usb's ports, all where causing BSOD's and in the end the SSD drive which apparently contained some important computer operation stuff locked itself down and froze over. And the laptop became a useless
brick not receptacle to any kind of resets because hey, the 8.1 update made sure I could not restore to any OS state since before the 8.1 update.
So the factory send me a brand new spanking Lenovo Y500 with windows 8.1 installed on it (even though I'd rather have 8.0 on it since I still believe the update caused all the issues) and all was good, for a while...
Today I had my first BSOD Power State Failure again, and the wireless lan is behaving haphazardly at best.
Also I can't seem to connect to Itunes due to the 310 error no matter what troubleshooting or tampering I do.
I fear my Windows registry has become damaged or incomplete, but since I am not an expert on these things I come here.
In short the following:
-My Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG device is acting terrible, no matter to which wi-fi it connects it will disconnect at random moments, give me a bad signal strength, and so on. I installed the right drivers according to Lenovo's specs but it's not helping.
On my Lenovo before the 8.1 update I never had any problems at any moment. Not a single driver or modem settings related or network card settings related thins has elevated these problemes. And I am really clueless at the moment as how to fix this.
-The BSOD, I am anxious that they will crop up more and more and break down another laptop, I want to fix all driver related issues and be sure its a-okay from here on out.
-Itunes 310 error, now this is just a bit annoying and I believe its registry related, but I really don't know how to fix it or locate the exact cause.
-My windows registry, how to locate problems, how to repair?
Help would be really welcome, as I am not keen on waiting untill these software related issues break down my laptop just after the warranty has run out :)
Uhm.. I am pretty sure I need to upload some logs, and .dmp's but I will wait a bit untill a "proffesional" asks for it :)