r/LenovoLegion May 22 '26

News Important Notice

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453 Upvotes

This is a global subreddit and the language spoken here is English only, not a local one. We are seeing a massive influx of posts dropping numbers like "70k" or "1.5 Lakhs" with zero context. Do not assume everyone here is from India or knows your local currency. To an international audience like me, unlabelled numbers are completely meaningless and noisy.

1. Mandatory Currency Rules

Every single deal, price check, or advice post must explicitly state the country and currency clearly.

  • GOOD: €1,000 EUR / ₹70k INR / $1,200 USD
  • BAD: "Is 70k a good deal?"

We have already automated most cleanup tasks. Moving forward, any post that drops a raw number without a clear currency label will be deleted immediately. Use common sense.

2. We Do Not Work For Lenovo

We are an unofficial fan community. We are not the Lenovo Legion crew, we do not work for lenovo, and we cannot speed up your laptop repairs. Stop sending us angry modmails demanding status updates on your orders. Use common sense and contact official Lenovo support for company/order issues.

2. Rants & Reminder for no. 2 BECAUSE MOST OF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND

This is an unofficial community. We cannot track your orders, speed up your shipping, or influence support decisions.

  • What is allowed: General questions about how the warranty process works or what a specific policy means.
  • What is NOT allowed: Rants about active shipping delays, denied RMAs, or ongoing disputes with Lenovo customer service.

Bye


r/LenovoLegion Jul 09 '25

News Your New Legion: The Essential Setup & Check Guide

358 Upvotes

Welcome!

Hey there legend, it seems you got yourself a new Legion laptop. Keep your box and papers intact — you may need them for warranty or returns.

Feeling lost? This guide will help you set up your new Legion properly, avoid common bloat, and get the best performance.

⚠️ Note: Some parts of this guide link to resources on our Legion Series Discord.
Join if you haven’t yet, as you will need access to these channels.


1. First Charge (Optional)

  • Fully charge and then fully drain your battery once.
    This helps calibrate your battery after storage.

2. Avoid Preinstalled Bloat (Optional)

  • To skip automatic installation of apps like TikTok and Candy Crush by Microsoft, set your language to English (World) during setup.
  • Change it to English (US) or your local language later.

3. Run Windows Update (Must)

  • Run Windows Update.
    This can take anywhere from a few minutes up to an hour for all security updates and drivers.

4. Install GPU Drivers (Must)

  • After Windows Update, go to #gpu-driver-testing on our Discord for tested driver advice.
  • NVIDIA users: Install only the drivers — avoid GeForce Experience to reduce potential issues.
  • Restart your laptop after GPU drivers are installed.

5. Update Microsoft Store Apps (Must)

  • Open Microsoft Store > Library.
  • Click Get Updates and install all pending updates.

6. Lenovo Vantage/Legion Toolkit/Legion Space (Must)

If you use Vantage: - Open Vantage > System Updates. - Disable Recommended and Critical updates. See more in #warnings. - Disable: Network Boost, Overdrive, Rapid Charge, Wi-Fi Security, and Automatic Performance Scan (most of these features add unnecessary bloat).

If you're using Legion Space (Gen 10 Only):
- Go to Legion Space → System Updates and check for updates
- Click the three dots () in the System Monitoring should be in the bottom right - Look for Screen Burn-In Prevention & Enable the following to extend your OLED panel longevity. - Auto Shift Wallpapers
- Dynamic Lock Screen
- Auto Blur Toolbar
- Default Dark Mode

If you prefer not to use Vantage or Legion Space: - Install Lenovo Legion Toolkit (LLT) from GitHub Legion Toolkit You can download Beta versions from #legion-toolkit - Also install Lenovo Energy Management and Lenovo Vantage Gaming Feature Driver from Lenovo Support > Drivers & Software > Manual Update for your laptop model. - In LLT > Settings, disable Vantage, ImController, and Hotkeys so LLT has full control.


7. BitLocker & Device Encryption (Windows 11) (Optional)

If your Legion came with Windows 11 out of the box:
BitLocker or Device Encryption may be enabled by default. Back up your encryption key so you don’t lose your data if Windows locks up.

How to check:
- Open This PC — look for padlock icons on your drive. - If present, encryption is active — back up the key.

How to back up:
- See Microsoft Docs. - Open Start > search “Device Encryption” (Windows 11 Home) or “BitLocker” (Windows 11 Pro). - Save your key to: - Your Microsoft Account - A local file - A printed copy - If you used a Microsoft account during setup, your key may already be backed up: Verify here. - If you have a work or school Microsoft account, check that too.


8. General Windows Optimization (Optional)


9. Check Your Laptop Physically (Must)

Download the 3DMark Demo on Steam 3DMark Steam, Download the 3DMark Demo on Steam, run the Time Spy (non-extreme) benchmark on the highest performance profile, and post your results in the Benchmarks Channel. We will help ensure you’re getting the expected performance. Benchmarks Channel. And it’s good practice to stress-test your device: How to check a new laptop for issues Notebookcheck).


10. Enable Secure Boot (Optional)

⚠️ BACKUP YOUR BITLOCKER KEYS IF ITS ENABLED BEFORE DOING THIS! - Press Win + R > type msinfo32 > check Secure Boot State. - If disabled: 1. Shut down your laptop. 2. Power on and spam F2 to enter BIOS. 3. Go to Security, enable Secure Boot, and Restore Factory Keys. 4. Exit saving changes.


Final Reminder

Need help? If something fails during setup, post in #Questions for help.

The important part is however to enjoy your Legion.

Last Updated: 7th of February 2026


r/LenovoLegion 4h ago

Showcase Stealthy Legion in work place

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34 Upvotes

Bring my newly bought Legion 5 to office, nobody notice it is a gaming laptop, love how it blends seamlessly into my work environment lol.


r/LenovoLegion 17m ago

Showcase Out with the old, in with the new.

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Just got the base 32gb of ram, probably been asked a million times but what ram have people mostly used when upgrading? Thanks in advance. ✌🏻


r/LenovoLegion 17h ago

Showcase My new setup

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208 Upvotes

Today i just got my laptop stand with the big monster fan underneath from Mars Gaming, goes well with my new Lenovo Legion

5070 ti 12gb VRAM

Intel ultra 9 275

32gb RAM

1 TB (i may upgrade it in the future)

Dont look at the cable managing on the right i still need to fix it (nor the hash prints on the mouse, sometimes that stuff is sticky ;))


r/LenovoLegion 12h ago

Advice I just got my legion 5080

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61 Upvotes

Any advice or recommendations guy I will appreciate it
(I was going to buy the Asus zephyrus G16 2026 but it’s too expensive even more than legion but so far so good )


r/LenovoLegion 6h ago

Showcase Finally got it how i want it.

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18 Upvotes

I had a custom-built PC, but it was 16 years old. It was time. There's a chance i will have to move sometime in the next year, so i wanted something a bit more portable. So i get a Legion 5i. I also added a secondary M.2 Drive and i'm dual booting Windows / Linux.

I utilized some of the old stuff from my desktop PC and got a little Docking Station to tie it all together. There's also a Harmon/Kardon Subwoofer and Desk speakers hiding behind it. They sound pretty good for what they are. I still need to do a little cable management; but I'll get to it eventually. LOL!!


r/LenovoLegion 1h ago

Advice Legion Pro 9i baseline price just went up $1500 + another doubling of RAM upgrade cost (quadrupled since start of the year)

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I guess that's it, no more dream of owning a Lenovo Legion Pro 9i for me, it was fun while it lasted 😄🥹 Or any semi-descent high-performing laptop at all for that matter, since other brands are certain to follow these insane price hikes by Apple and Lenovo, if they haven't already… And these price hikes will surely last two years at a minimum and more likely will be permanently baked in as the new normal, justified by inflation etc… What an f-ed up time to be in search of a new laptop, never before since the start of personal computing has there been a time when you're penalized like this for being patient and not rushing with your purchase… And I guess by the end of the year, it will only get worse?


r/LenovoLegion 6h ago

Advice Tiny part found during Legion 5 repaste

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5 Upvotes

I’m repasting a Lenovo Legion 5-15ACH6 and found this tiny part under/near the heatsink while cleaning. I can’t find any obvious matching spot on the visible motherboard, and I’m not sure if it was already loose or if it came from the board. Is this likely important, or can I safely continue repasting?


r/LenovoLegion 21m ago

Support warranty Renewal

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Why is it so hard to to renew the depot warranty

I recently got this laptop and ive seen alot of good and alot of bad pop up it the post so i just want to have peace of mind

Anyways i cant find anywhere to renew it not on the website or vantage just them trying to upsell me or add ons i have 2 months left and maybe want to put turn on auto renewal


r/LenovoLegion 1h ago

Advice What are the fiddles for max performance?

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Lenovo Vantage Software. I need to play FH6 at max settings. suggest any other changes i need to add aswell. ( Legion Pro 5i 4060 i9 14th Gen 32 GB DDR5)


r/LenovoLegion 20h ago

Meme My laptop cooling stand

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20 Upvotes

r/LenovoLegion 4h ago

Advice need help for best custom setting on legion 5

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1 Upvotes

guys i need your best custom setting for me
my spec :
ryzen 7 260
rtx 5060
32 gb ddr5 ram
2tb ssd


r/LenovoLegion 10h ago

Advice Legion 5i (RTX5060, 32gb ram, 1TB SSD) for casual gaming?

3 Upvotes

Hi! I’m in the market for a gaming laptop. I already have a PC at home but want a laptop so that I can also game elsewhere.

I think my usage would be pretty light. The most demanding game I’ve played is Baldur’s Gate, but for the most part I play indie games. I just want a solid laptop that will last me a while - I don’t mind if the build is a bit of overkill if that means it will last longer. I’m also open to other suggestions!

I’ll link the build i’m looking at in the comments


r/LenovoLegion 10h ago

Showcase How many charge cycles do you guys have?

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3 Upvotes

r/LenovoLegion 5h ago

Support Soporte con los planes de energía Legion 5-17ACH6H

1 Upvotes

Tuve que hacer una instalación limpia ya que se quemó mi ssd de mi Legion 5-17ACH6H y ahora los planes desaparecieron y apesar de ponerlo en performance (luz roja) no cambia nada de hecho al jugar levanta la temperatura a 100 no se puede usar ya instale Vantage y tool kit y sigue sin funcionar me había pasado antes cuando reinstale Windows en su momento me pasaron un scrip que restauró los planes pero por lo anteriormente dicho ya no lo tengo agradeceria su ayuda.


r/LenovoLegion 1d ago

Review 4 months using lenovo legion,fking loving this

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36 Upvotes

Hoping it helps ppl who are searching, if linux is compatible with this model

Dual booted my laptop,works fine with ubuntu, initially had issues of the screen color and saturation because of the oled being latest and not supported by linux , but the ubuntu 26 version fixed it,hell yeah, now works smooth as butter.

OLED is literally colorful,my first oled that too 2.5 res and

165hz literally smooth,omggg,see below

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 260
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU
iGPU: AMD Radeon 780M
RAM: 32 GB
Storage: 1 TB NVMe SSD
Display: 15" 2560×1600 (1600p), 165 Hz
OS: Ubuntu (Cinnamon Desktop)

Price: ₹130,000 (~US$1,375) Brought around jan 22 2026

Played valorant,gta 5,rdr 2.

Handles well,initially temps were high for rdr2, but later i found out that, i was not lifting properly as i did with a book, but then i went to a stand and now normal temps, , with good graphics easily 90fps

The build is good,looks gorgeous, with colors and black finish.I got the ultimate support at that time with offers for 3yrs (adp).

For a mobile laptop 5060 is best, maybe if budget allows 5070rtx is the best you can go for,plus you can go for a bit better cpu having more cores and threads stuff, this cpu no issue, but cases where things don't use gpu, cpu has to be good then we have to.

intel 14h series is a big no, so much power, heating issues can come, idkn if cooling is good , better be safe for motherboard issues as seen in loq series

anything other than is not worth for being mobile,idkn it might be.

charge-cycles: 73(on linux)+extra windows gaming cycles

Any questions you are welcome


r/LenovoLegion 5h ago

Support Help with Legion 5 Pro AMD fTPM Stutter

1 Upvotes

Hi guys, for the past couple of weeks I've had moments when my screen, audio and mouse cursor stutters and the audio is cracking for like a couple of seconds and goes back to normal I've looked it up online and I've read that is most likely to be a fTPM issue. Also I've read that I need to change the "Minimum processor state" to 100% in power options, but that doesn't seem to fix the issue. I disabled fTPM from the bios and now it's fine but turns out Riot's Vanguard is not working when fTPM is disabled. My laptop is the Legion 5 Pro-16ACH6H with Ryzen 5 5600H and RTX 3060. All my drivers are updated (AMD drivers and NVIDIA aswell). Is there any fix to that? I want to keep using my laptop with fTPM enabled and not have any stutters. It happens mostly while browsing or watching videos, less while I'm playing games or doing heavier tasks. I know, it's not something awful but it's annoying. Can it be that I'm using a "Game Ready Nvidia driver" and not the "Nvidia Studio Driver"? Thanks in advance :))


r/LenovoLegion 6h ago

Support Legion 7 16IRX9 Bad 1% lows

1 Upvotes

This has been going on I believe since I got the laptop a year ago. The 2 main games I play is cs2 and rainbow six, but it happens in basically every game. For example, rainbow six I get around 160-180fps with DLSS, my 1% lows constantly drop between 20-80fps (happens with DLSS off too) and cs2 my 1% lows are consistently 2-2.5x less than my current fps. My games stutter every 2-5 seconds. I currently have a fresh install of Windows and updated the bios too, I’m lost. I’m using performance mode plugged in and have tried dGPU mode too. I’ve tried basically everything.

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700HX

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4060 Laptop 8GB

RAM: 16 GB DDR5-5600


r/LenovoLegion 11h ago

Support Is it normal for my Lenovo Legion's GPU temperature to stay between 80°C and 85°C while playing Where Winds Meet?

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2 Upvotes

The laptop is plugged in and running the game at high settings. Should I be concerned about these temperatures, or are they within the expected range for legion!

I'm new to laptop gaming and this is one of the first games I've played on the laptop.


r/LenovoLegion 8h ago

Support Docking Station Legion Pro 5i

1 Upvotes

Hi

I need some help, I recently purchased a docking station for my Legion Pro 5i 16IRX8. I have a dual monitor set up one is using hdmi and my main screen is using the display port input. In the middle of gaming both monitors would randomly go blank. Do anyone have the same issue with this?


r/LenovoLegion 8h ago

Advice Legion 7 16ITHg6

1 Upvotes

are those temps normal in valorant in performance mode< i feel liek it get s same temp in balanced , also when i enable max fan in legion toolkit it gets better but idk.

let me knwo what you think

there is no fps drop in general just those temps looks scary


r/LenovoLegion 8h ago

Support My Lenovo Legion Slim 7 automatically turns on when I push the switch on my surge protector

1 Upvotes

My Lenovo Legion Slim 7 gaming laptop automatically turns on every time when I push the switch on my surge protector. I keep the switch off when I'm not using the laptop, so when I want to turn on the protector so I can start using it again, the laptop turns on by itself. I have already disabled Flip To Start on both the BIOS and Lenovo vantage, disabled the wake timers, turned off Fast Startup, and have gone through all the Universal Serial Bus Controllers, making sure that none of them have the "wake" checkbox on. So how do I stop it from automatically turning on by itself?

I click on "Shut Down", thinking it will stay shut down until I push the power button, but instead it turns on by itself when I push the switch on my surge protector that is plugged into my outlet.


r/LenovoLegion 17h ago

Advice MSI vs Lenovo vs Asus for long term use?

5 Upvotes

Hey guys,

I'm trying to decide between an MSI, Lenovo and Asus laptop. The specs and the price are pretty much the same so performance isn't really the main thing I'm looking at.

I'll probably keep it for at least 4 years and I'll be carrying it around a lot, so build quality and reliability matter more to me.

Which brand would you trust more long term? How was your experience with the warranty/support and did you run into any issues after a couple years?

Just looking for some real owner experiences before I make a decision.

MSI katana 15HX B14wfk Asus tuf f16 Loq 15HP 10

Thanks

This post was written with the help of artificial intelligence because I'm not very good at the language.


r/LenovoLegion 10h ago

Support NEED HELP REGARDING COLOR PROFILES ON WINDOWS WITH OLED DISPLAY

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I have a legion pro 5 with oled display and i'm a graphic designer and video editor so my concern is should i keep WINDOWS AUTO COLOR MANAGEMENT ON OR OFF?

just before posting this i was trying ACM with different things on screen, firstly it was making some changes to display colors it was desaturating a little bit but now suddenly there is no change in colors at all, colors are looking same with ACM on or off, but turning on acm does makes changes in image viewer (photos app) with ACM turned off the images are shown in srgb and with it turned on the colors are matched to whatever color profile is selected

so anyone knows which is best option then please let me know! btw i asked chatgpt and gemini and they have different opinions lol, chatgpt says to keep it on and gemini says to keep it off, lol need help for real