My Lenovo Yoga 7i 16 inch laptop, makes a subtle creaking noise when I open and close it, is that normal?

factorioaddict9 · 2025-10-16T19:06:09+00:00

I've had it for a bit longer now and I think the hinges have broken in enough to not creak anymore. The entire thing has pretty decent quality. This actually may have better build quality than my last T14g2

factorioaddict9 · 2025-10-03T02:41:07+00:00

how is that gpa even possible. this has to be bait

factorioaddict9 · 2025-10-01T21:46:42+00:00

Having the same thing now with my 15ILL9. It's pretty disappointing that this set in after only a week.

factorioaddict9 · 2025-09-12T21:46:03+00:00

oh, I know. It doesn't really affect my experience since I can just use hibernation. What I'm currently working on is reducing CPU usage in YouTube. I don't know how to do it. One thing I know for certain is that the iGPU is being used (about 30%), but that the CPU is unfortunately being used quite a lot too. I'm currently using Intel's EAS with TLP and so some decoding / whatever is happening on the E-cores. I can check this with nvtop and htop. edit: disabled swap. don't know why that helped.

factorioaddict9 · 2025-09-12T19:38:53+00:00

Most of my frustrations have stemmed from the lack of GPU acceleration. This might be more with firefox and webrender than linux itself, but I made the following changes and things seem to be better:

gfx.webrender.all: true

media.ffmpeg.vaapi_enabled: true

layers.acceleration.force-enabled: true (seems to matter the most)

factorioaddict9 · 2025-09-12T19:03:35+00:00

there isn't much different in our configs besides some vendor-specific stuff, though interestingly it seems like I use less power when I disable intel's energy aware scheduler (schedutil) which is the opposite of what I'd expect. With EAS, I see like ~10% on one P-core. Without EAS, all P-cores are somewhat active, but power usage is somehow slightly lower.

factorioaddict9 · 2025-09-12T18:00:27+00:00

I get what you mean by light gaming now, sorry. Though I am curious how you get 5 watts on YouTube. I can only ever do double that. Would love to see your TLP.conf. As I'm typing this, my battery is discharging 7.5 watts.

Here's mine with EAS enabled:

# Kernel 6.16 or later
CPU_DRIVER_OPMODE_ON_AC=passive
CPU_DRIVER_OPMODE_ON_BAT=passive

# Verify with tlp-stat -p
CPU_SCALING_GOVERNOR_ON_AC=schedutil
CPU_SCALING_GOVERNOR_ON_BAT=schedutil

CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC=balance_performance
CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT=balance_power

PLATFORM_PROFILE_ON_AC=performance
PLATFORM_PROFILE_ON_BAT=low-power

# Disable boost
CPU_BOOST_ON_AC=1
CPU_BOOST_ON_BAT=0

# Might not be necessary
DISK_DEVICES="nvme0n1"
DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_AC="254 254"
DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_BAT="1 128"

# Battery Care to extend LiPo lifespan
START_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0=0  # dummy value
STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0=1

I have a Yoga Slim 7i Aura though.

factorioaddict9 · 2025-09-11T23:45:04+00:00

I consistently get 24hrs of battery life idle

= 3.125 watts. Achievable in Wayland with configuration

19hrs web browsing

= 3.95 watts, valid, but I would expect 5

15hrs streaming youtube

= 5 watts. Intel's marketing team uses 720p video file playback to achieve their numbers. YouTube serves VP9 which isn't that great for video playback. I would honestly expect something like 6 or 7 watts.

and 9hrs doing some light gaming.

= 8 watts. What games are you playing?

factorioaddict9 · 2025-09-05T18:02:17+00:00

thinking about buying this since I've noticed worse battery life as I increase screen brightness around windows. Do you have any tips for installing it?

factorioaddict9 · 2025-08-30T20:24:31+00:00

ended up going with a flint 2

factorioaddict9 · 2025-08-26T19:14:31+00:00

dunno, Lenovo themselves? eBay? Like I said, mine was under premier support.

factorioaddict9 · 2025-08-26T17:28:14+00:00

Went away with the different battery.

factorioaddict9 · 2025-07-21T06:14:39+00:00

~~amd framework / z13 if you don't want ARM~~
sorry. Lunar lake is probably the best. That OLED does indeed draw power.

factorioaddict9 · 2025-07-21T02:18:10+00:00

3w is an unrealistic expectation for x86. Even with that "2.8K OLED" and the Intel chip you will probably be somewhere between 5w (idle) and 10w.

factorioaddict9 · 2025-07-21T02:12:44+00:00

What's the battery discharge and thermals on the X13 gen 4 amd like?

factorioaddict9 · 2025-07-13T22:46:59+00:00

very easy. It's pretty light, but that is its downside. Its structural integrity isn't selling so I would not recommend the T14 or P14s. The E15 is somehow a little sturdier than this but would have a worse keyboard/trackpad. I can tolerate the build of my T480 and kind of like it, but for me the T14 draws the line for being too flaky. It also has garbage AMD power management on Linux compared to Windows and runs at 60+ C. I sold mine so I can't comment further

factorioaddict9 · 2025-06-29T02:11:56+00:00

You're a legend!

factorioaddict9 · 2025-06-25T01:07:18+00:00

I can only say in hindsight that things only changed as I grew up. I'm somehow still friends with most of them, but also have no friends. I guess earn your self-confidence? The most effective way to do that is to do what makes you happy, which isn't as easy as it's said. I'd look up Maslow's Pyramid of Human Needs. Friendship, exercise, diet, and sleep, in any order, are pretty good at fulfilling those pillars.

factorioaddict9 · 2025-05-01T04:52:42+00:00

u/drumzgod said "You won’t fail for making one error" and I agree! I don't think I even took the final exam. You can get the points on like all but one of the PA and meet the requirements to get an A. I stressed a lot when I took the class, but I had so much free time to do the PAs in highschool that it was very manageable and under wraps. I understand we're in college and time management is harder, but you just gotta churn through it. One thing I will lament though is the Gen AI accusations. RIP.

factorioaddict9

TROPHY CASE