I have one of the early Windows 8 licenses for 29 and a Samsung 830 / 256GB SSD concerned and it installs Windows 8-64bit.
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Thus, the USB 3.0 ports and the sound card work properly are two things to consider:
1. Renesas USB 3.0 controller uPD720200a.
Before installing the firmware on the controller version must be 4.0.2.0 updated.
Download the firmware and update instructions: [...]
2. soundcard.
For the installation procedure of the Q180 must necessarily be booted in USB legacy mode.
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After installation, I have reviewed the video driver:
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In my installation Windows 8 has installed all the latest drivers with no intervention.
The PC starts and responds incomparably faster, and the new graphics driver has the video quality significantly recovered. The Windows event log shows for weeks, except an occasional warning, no critical error messages.
Happiness would be perfect if the Lenovo complaints in User Forum would take seriously, and would at last comfortable at a BIOS update with a AHCI option.
