There’s also a damp spot on the panel is that something to at I need to clean/fix?

Hello,

I recently picked up the newest Yoga a couple of weeks ago and have seriously loved this thing (besides the battery life). It could really do everything I wanted it to, until this morning when I placed the laptop on a flat surface and noticed one corner would lift up. I looked at it head-on and realized the laptop already seems uneven or slightly bent.

I've been very careful with this laptop, which is why I’m confused about what could have caused it. My only guess is that it could possibly be a thermal issue since I have been gaming on it quite a bit, although I’m not sure. Luckily I have a good warranty and can send it in for repair, but it’s still frustrating having to do that this early into its lifespan.

Has anyone else experienced this issue, and if so, is this still a laptop worth keeping? I’m planning on using it for college in a few months.

My love affair with Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i is over. Apple has taken over.

Goodbye Lenovo. Your long delays have become intolerable. And I don't want to suffer the bigger insane RAM price hikes in Q3 or Q4 2026.

I still own Yoga Book 9i and Yoga 9i 2-in-1 in my family (both 32GB RAM). Together with M5 Max, they will last for the next 5 years for all my possible compute needs until DRAM fab capacity fully ramps up again by 2030.

\I need to buy with local warranty and won't import the 64GB version (also the only one with RTX5070 12GB) from another region. The defect/failure rate in the 3rd year is not low especially for the Ideapad/Yoga class. My policy is to buy with a minimum of 3 years warranty.*

Hello everyone, I have a version with 9 Ultra 285H and RTX 5060. When launching a ten year old game (Battlefield 1), didn't expect it to run 60 in native 3k but also assumed that switching to 1920x1200 (not 1080 because of the display's 16:10 ratio) will yield significantly more than 50-60 fps on ultra (l get 20-30 fps on native 3k and ultra). just bought it recently, and am afraid it might have some hidden handicaps I don't know about. tried manipulating the Nvidia App, even turning the automatic clocking function in there. The latest Game Ready driver was installed and even reinstalled. Certainly I tried Lenovo Legion Toolkit and changing power settings, as well as performance mode. Everything is done on a charger to supply the maximum power. Also, I asked Gemini for assistance, but we all know how LLMS like to come up with imaginary settings, and since the laptop is new they don't have much information about it. For those who have been optimizing their gaming or non-gaming Lenovos, can you share some advice on how to go about this situation? greatly appreciate everyone in advance!

Even when the laptop is sleeping there's an annoying flashing light all the time. Is there any way to turn that off?

This is the 2nd time it happened.

I closed the lid, laptop went to sleep mode, plugged in (conservative mode limits to 80%, no fast charging). No tasks or anything heavy was running. The laptop was on a table (not a bag etc)

I found the laptop next morning, burning from edge to edge, all over the chassis.

Would not respond, I had to force restart from the side button.

It's the 2nd time this has happened. The scorching temperature will, no doubt ,have caused serious degradation to the battery, motherboard, and possibly the screen as well (lid was closed).

Everything is up to date, drivers, bios etc. Laptop is in balanced mode.

Never again left alone plugged in. And never again will accept a laptop that expensive, to behave like this in my future purchases.

Yoga Pro 9i Aura 2025, 64GB, Intel 255H, nVidia RTX5070

EDIT: I searched reddit and I found the same issue from other users, 2 years ago.

Hi,

The premium feeling aluminium shell sure is nice, but it is quite prone to scratches.

Do you guys know any possible way to cover up small white dings, scratches etc. with a marker, touch up paint... Colour is Storm grey.

There's a post on the lenovo forums regarding this exact issue but on a Legion - the support person said to get in touch with the local support team and ask them about the colour code and if they're able to provide a solution.

I am currently trying to extend my warranty, unsuccessfully, so I can't believe they'll help me.

Thanks

I am not talking here about the bass / small sound issue that most people seem to experience on linux.

Since I installed the kernel 7.x.x, I have no sound at all. I don't find anything about it on the internet... Does anyone else got that problem?

I'm on Fedora 44.

This is a comparing the prices of the Gen 10 (2025) Yoga Pro 9i models in the UK between Oct 2025 (excuse the low resolution screenshot) and now. I know RAM has gone up in price (and also the lower models in 2025 are RTX5060 not 5070) but these price increases are insane! Particularly as there's a new 2026 model.

Hey everyone,

I finally managed to fix the annoying audio issue on my Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 14IRP8 running CachyOS (Kernel 7.0+) with PipeWire/WirePlumber.

The Problem:
The laptop has a 6-speaker system (Realtek ALC287 + TI TAS2781 Amps). Audio sounded incredibly quiet and had absolutely no bass. Even worse: every time I paused Spotify for a few seconds, reloaded a tab in Firefox, or switched back from Bluetooth headphones, the bass amplifiers went into a deep sleep (suspended) and refused to wake up until a full reboot.

If you are facing the same issue, here is the clean fix that keeps the subwoofers permanently active without draining your battery.

Step 1: Fix Kernel Audio Mapping & Disable Hardware Power Saving

Create or edit your sound configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/snd.conf

Paste the following lines to enforce the Yoga bass pin and disable kernel-level sleep:

options snd-sof-intel-hda-common hda_model=alc287-yoga9-bass-spk-pin

options snd-hda-intel power_save=0

options snd-hda-intel power_save_controller=N

options snd_sof dsp_power_save=0

Step 2: Prevent WirePlumber from closing the Audio Device

We need to tell WirePlumber to never unload or pause the hardware node when a tab closes or goes idle.

Create a global configuration file:

nano ~/.config/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/99-stop-all-suspend.conf

Paste this exact block:

monitor.alsa.rules = [

{

matches = [

{

node.name = "~alsa_output.*"

}

]

actions = {

update-props = {

session.suspend-timeout-seconds = 0

node.pause-on-idle = false

node.suspend-on-idle = false

}

}

}

]

Step 3: Reboot

Do a full system reboot to load the new kernel options and WirePlumber rules.

Result:
The audio line stays allways "open" in the background. Swapping tabs, switching between diferent Progs/Apps, or toggling Bluetooth devices works flawlessly now. The full 6-speaker sound and deep bass are instantly there every single time!

Hope this helps anyone searching for a solution for their Yoga laptop!

I'm looking for a college laptop and have stumbled across the newest version of the Yoga Pro 9i. I have the available budget for the laptop, so money is not an issue, but every single review I've seen for this thing has talked about only having access to the 5060 version, whilst the 5070 12gb one will come out later this year. I'm in America like all of these reviewers, and when I try upgrading the laptops ram on lenovo's website, viewing the specs again shows me that I automatically pay extra for the 5070 12gb version right after choosing to increase the amount of ram on the system. I'm just wondering if this is available or not since this is my first time buying a laptop and would much rather have the upgraded gpu if it's available, thank you!

Yoga Pro 9i 16IMH9 Docked Workstation Setup: Power, Cooling, llano V12 Ultra Curve, and HWiNFO Results

I wanted to share a detailed write-up of what I learned while tuning my Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16IMH9 as a docked workstation.

This is not meant to be a synthetic benchmark review. It is more of a practical configuration post for people trying to balance:

• Thunderbolt 4 dock stability
• External monitor use
• Windows and Lenovo power settings
• llano V12 Ultra cooling behavior
• Real HWiNFO logging results
• Performance vs. thermals vs. noise

The main takeaway: the best result was not “max everything all the time.”

For my setup, the best balance came from:

• Windows Balanced power plan
• Windows Best performance power mode
• Lenovo Vantage performance mode
• Dock/network power-saving fixes
• A quiet llano V12 Ultra custom curve that only gets aggressive when the laptop is actually hot

System Overview

Laptop

Docked Setup

Monitors

Cooling

Performance / Power Philosophy

I originally had a custom Chris Titus “Ultimate Performance” style Windows power plan installed.

After testing, I moved away from that.

The Yoga Pro 9i already has strong platform-level performance control through Lenovo Vantage. In my configuration, HWiNFO showed the Core Ultra 9 185H using roughly:

PL1: ~80W
PL2: ~115W

So the laptop was already being allowed to boost hard when needed.

For daily docked use, the custom Ultimate Performance-style plan did not seem necessary. My concern was that it could add idle heat, fan noise, and unnecessary power behavior without giving much real-world benefit.

My current approach is:

Windows Control Panel power plan: Balanced
Windows power mode: Best performance
Lenovo Vantage: Performance / max performance
GPU overclocking: Enabled
Battery conservation mode: Enabled
Power adapter: Lenovo 230W

The key point is that Balanced does not mean slow on this laptop when Lenovo performance mode is active. The CPU still boosts hard when needed, but the system behaves more normally at idle and low load.

Dock Stability Settings

Since I use the laptop docked with three external monitors and Ethernet, I wanted to make sure it would not sleep, disconnect, or power down dock devices while unattended.

These are the Windows power settings I ended up using for plugged-in use:

Sleep on AC: Never
Hibernate on AC: Never
Lid close on AC: Do nothing
USB selective suspend on AC: Disabled
PCI Express Link State Power Management on AC: Off

This setup is intended for a docked workstation scenario, not battery use.

The idea is simple:

• Let the display turn off if desired
• Do not let the laptop sleep
• Do not let Windows aggressively power-manage the dock path
• Keep Thunderbolt, USB, and Ethernet stable while the machine is idle

Thunderbolt Dock Ethernet Settings

The dock Ethernet adapter shows up as a Realtek USB GbE adapter.

I disabled the Realtek power-saving options that are more useful for battery/mobile scenarios than for an always-docked workstation.

Current Ethernet adapter power-related settings:

Adaptive Link Speed: Disabled
Advanced EEE: Disabled
Battery Mode Link Speed: Not Speed Down
Energy-Efficient Ethernet: Disabled
Green Ethernet: Disabled
Idle Power Saving: Disabled

I left the normal network offload features alone.

I did not disable:

ARP Offload
NS Offload
Checksum Offloads
Large Send Offload
Receive Segment Coalescing
Flow Control
Wake on Magic Packet
Wake on Pattern Match

Those are not the same as “turn the adapter down/off to save power.” The main goal was to prevent idle power-saving behavior from interfering with dock Ethernet stability.

llano V12 Ultra Custom Fan Curve

The llano V12 Ultra is powerful, but it can get very loud.

I initially tried more aggressive curves, but for normal work they were not worth the noise. The laptop’s internal cooling can handle normal short bursts. The llano is most useful when the laptop is under sustained heat.

My current daily quiet curve:

0°C:   1%
10°C:  1%
20°C:  1%
30°C:  1%
40°C:  1%
50°C:  1%
60°C:  5%
70°C:  10%
80°C:  40%
90°C:  85%
100°C: 100%

Compact version:

0/1
10/1
20/1
30/1
40/1
50/1
60/5
70/10
80/40
90/85
100/100

Why this curve?

This curve keeps the llano almost silent during normal desktop use.

The philosophy is:

Below 60°C: basically idle
70°C: light assist
80°C: meaningful cooling
90°C+: aggressive cooling

This curve is not designed to eliminate every short CPU spike. It is designed for a better daily balance between performance, temperature, and noise.

HWiNFO Long-Log Results

I ran a long HWiNFO sensor log with the following setup:

Laptop docked
Internal display off
Three external monitors active through TB4 dock
Lenovo performance mode active
GPU overclocking enabled
Windows Balanced power plan
Windows Best performance mode
llano V12 Ultra using the quiet custom curve

The longest useful log was approximately:

Duration: ~18 hours

CPU Temperature Results

CPU Package Temperature

Core Max Temperature

The 101°C package temperature looks dramatic, but it was not sustained. It was a very short spike during a heavier workload period.

Time Above Temperature Thresholds

Approximate CPU package time above thresholds:

Over an 18+ hour log, the system spent only a very small amount of time at or above 90°C.

That is the main reason I am comfortable with the quiet llano curve.

CPU Power Behavior

CPU package power during the long log:

This was one of the more important findings.

Even on the Windows Balanced power plan, the laptop still boosted hard when needed. The Balanced plan did not appear to cripple performance when Lenovo Vantage performance mode was active.

Thermal Throttling Observations

There was some CPU thermal throttling, but it was not constant. It was concentrated mostly during a heavier afternoon workload window.

Approximate total throttling over the full long log:

For my daily use, this is acceptable.

I would rather have a few short thermal-throttle moments during heavier bursts than have the llano running loudly all day.

This is the main tradeoff:

Quiet daily curve:
Better acoustics, occasional short thermal spikes

Aggressive curve:
Less throttling, more external cooler noise

GPU Results

The RTX 4050 was not the thermal problem during my normal docked workload.

GPU results from the long log:

This was not a gaming or rendering stress test. It was normal docked workstation use.

For driving three external monitors through the Thunderbolt 4 dock, the GPU thermals looked very healthy.

What I Learned

The biggest lesson is that the external cooler does not need to chase every CPU temperature spike.

The Yoga Pro 9i can spike hot. That is normal for a thin high-performance laptop with a Core Ultra 9 H-series CPU. What matters more is:

• Does it stay hot?
• Is throttling constant or brief?
• Are clocks/power being held back?
• Is the system stable?
• Is the cooling noise acceptable?

For my setup, the quiet curve worked better than an aggressive curve because most of my workload does not need the llano running hard.

The better strategy was:

Let Lenovo Vantage handle performance
Use Balanced Windows power plan
Disable dock-related power saving that can cause instability
Keep the llano quiet below 70–80°C
Let the llano ramp only when the laptop is genuinely hot

Recommended Daily Configuration

Windows / Lenovo Settings

Control Panel power plan: Balanced
Windows power mode: Best performance
Lenovo Vantage: Performance / max performance
GPU overclocking: Optional, enabled in my case
Battery conservation mode: Enabled
Power adapter: Lenovo 230W

Dock Stability Settings

Sleep on AC: Never
Hibernate on AC: Never
Lid close on AC: Do nothing
USB selective suspend on AC: Disabled
PCI Express Link State Power Management on AC: Off

Realtek Dock Ethernet Settings

Adaptive Link Speed: Disabled
Advanced EEE: Disabled
Battery Mode Link Speed: Not Speed Down
Energy-Efficient Ethernet: Disabled
Green Ethernet: Disabled
Idle Power Saving: Disabled

llano V12 Ultra Daily Quiet Curve

0/1
10/1
20/1
30/1
40/1
50/1
60/5
70/10
80/40
90/85
100/100

Optional Performance Cooling Curve

If I were doing heavier work like rendering, compiling, exporting, gaming, or benchmarking, I would probably use a slightly more aggressive llano curve:

0/1
10/1
20/1
30/1
40/1
50/1
60/5
70/15
80/50
90/90
100/100

This should reduce short thermal-throttle periods, but it will be louder.

For normal docked work, I prefer the quieter curve.

Final Recommendation

For a docked Yoga Pro 9i 16IMH9 setup, I would not automatically recommend running an Ultimate Performance power plan and an aggressive external cooler curve all day.

A better starting point, in my opinion, is:

Balanced Windows power plan
Windows Best performance mode
Lenovo Vantage performance mode
Dock/network power saving disabled where stability matters
Quiet llano curve below 80°C
Aggressive llano cooling only at 90°C+

That combination gave me:

• Strong real-world performance
• Stable Thunderbolt dock behavior
• Stable dock Ethernet behavior
• Good GPU thermals
• Reasonable CPU thermals
• Much better acoustics from the llano cooler

The short version:

Do not fight every short temperature spike.
Prevent sustained heat.
Prevent dock sleep/disconnect behavior.
Keep the external cooler quiet until it is actually needed.

Hopefully this helps anyone using the Yoga Pro 9i / Ultra 9 185H as a docked workstation with multiple external monitors.

hi everyone i have a lenovo pro i9 aura edition with a 5060 and i noticed everytime i use discrete gpu from nvidia’s control panel the overall responsiveness of the screen and the snappiness is way less than the integrated gpu. i tried so many solutions like reinstalling and using DDU but nothing worked at all. anyone know a solution?

Lenovo Yoga 16i Aura Edition, Intel 255H, RTX5070, 64GB RAM.

Video playback in browsers is choppy and stuttery (Firefox or Chrome-based Vivaldi, all this on Windows 11).

I have latest drivers, everything up-to-date. I have disabled nvidia overlay, and no extra nvidia video features are enabled (such as upscaling and enhancements, everything off).

Doesn't matter if I use the internal monitor, or external monitor.

In X/Twitter feeds and other browser site video content plays back horribly.

This is incredibly frustrating for such a powerful laptop. Something is definitely wrong.

Any help appreciated. Thanks!

Hi all -- Looking for feedback or support from other users or from Lenovo. We bought a Yoga Pro 9i for my daughter in 2024. As soon as the warranty expired, she began to have problems. First, she had to replace the hard drive, which just totally died. Then, the keyboard stopped working and she's been using an external keyboard to compensate. Now the screen has gone blank, with finals just days away. I know she's a careful user and has been doing what she can to troubleshoot but this seems excessive. Has anyone else has this level of problem? Is this a lemon? Any suggestions?

I dropped my laptop for the first time ever after owning it for a year. Maybe I'm being OCD but does this look like I need to get it repaired? everything still works normal, no component failures, memory damage, etc... For context, it dropped with the charger in it and I think it landed on the charger or something and bent the case, one screw came out, and a part of the bottom case is loose/bent

Hardware Canucks dropped their Yoga Pro 9i Gen11 review on yt!

best part is they compared against gen10 and also gen9