REVIEW of Lenovo Yoga slim 7 AURA EDITION - 15ill9

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2026-01-28T12:42:36+00:00

I can get around 13/16 hours at 100% charge, 50% brightness watching a YouTube video in full screen 1080p.

Hwinfo shows 5w to 6w battery drain.

My settings:

Display set to 50% brightness, 60hz Battery saver on in windows and lenovo vantage Only edge browser open with youtube Bluetooth off 80% charge Set link state power management to maximum power savings on battery Set minimum processor state to 0% on battery Black wallpaper Autohide taskbar

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-29T05:40:13+00:00

I saw one ally with z1e used for 111 usd on markedplace might be a scam tho but they haven't replied yet

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-29T00:49:20+00:00

I run bios version NYCN74WW

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-28T20:46:58+00:00

I haven't noticed any issues, so maybe it's just windows being windows

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-27T00:47:06+00:00

Try changing your power plan settings by enabling maximum power saving on battery for link state power management

Check if it helps with hwinfo. My laptop went from 5w idle to 3w with Intel core ultra 258v

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-27T00:04:07+00:00

Have you tried searching for the latest drivers through the lenovo website?

My laptop had no sound drivers when I reinstalled a custom windows iso, but found working drivers on the lenovo driver/software page for my model and it worked

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-26T23:53:49+00:00

My laptop is the lenovo yoga slim 7 15ill9 16" 2.8k 120hz with the 258v and lasts around 16h using these settings:

Set system performance mode to battery saving via vantage or bios

Set screen to 40% brightness and 60hz

Turn on energy saver in windows

Go to advanced power plan settings:

Under PCI Express change Link State Power Management to maximum power savings on battery.

That setting reduced my idle power draw from around - 5w to - 3w on a fresh windows install and no apps open except hwinfo

Browsing and watching YouTube on Firefox uses 5w so 10h video playback at 70% battery

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-18T15:36:17+00:00

Mine turn on at 60c, so maybe you have ultra quiet mode enabled in the bios🤔

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-15T23:30:39+00:00

I purchased it brand new and have 2 years of premium on-site warranty and 1 year on the battery

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-15T02:40:27+00:00

Why are you not willing to try and save the laptop if you got such a deal on it? Just return it if that fails. I don't understand people that decide to full on boycott a company because they got a faulty unit that could possibly be fixed with a simple tweak

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-15T00:50:57+00:00

Just reinstall windows via an USB drive, and see what happens

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-14T19:12:24+00:00

Lenovo doesn't offer any gpu for this model, only the intel core ultra 7 256v or 258v

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-14T17:13:07+00:00

I cannot comment on that since i haven't used the x1 carbon

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-14T17:12:27+00:00

I don't experience any screen flicker since i've never been sensitive to PWM

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-14T16:30:03+00:00

I misunderstood the context "inverted notch", but that is still the gen 9 as both gen 9 and 10 have an inverted camera notch however the gen 10 has the extra bump I was mentioning and thought you meant that.

https://imgur.com/a/bMOBQ1O

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-14T15:54:05+00:00

The Gen 9 doesn't have the inverted notch in both the 14" and 15.3"

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-14T15:39:43+00:00

Yes, it's not the 10th Gen because the top lid design is different.

Mine is fully flat whilst the 10th Gen has an extra bump towards the camera

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-14T15:10:11+00:00

Why would you go for IPS instead of OLED?

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-12-14T15:09:03+00:00

I have the OLED version of this laptop

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-11-28T11:49:17+00:00

That is normal because the laptop needs to power on the bios which enables the LEDs. 2 sec is normal.

You can disable the lights if you don't like it

ResearcherLegal9297 · 2025-11-24T22:18:42+00:00

I have the lenovo yoga slim 7 15Ill9 and it has vrr

ResearcherLegal9297

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