Lenovo Yoga 7 14" Gen 7 2in1 Ryzen Issues

furyou on 05/10/2022 - 10:31

The Lenovo Yoga 7 14" Gen 7 are arriving from the Jul/Aug deal. Wonder how you all find it.

It's my 1st Win11 machine, and so far the start menu/taskbar is super annoying, I can't work out where my windows are, starting new apps seem to hide them behind my current open windows.

Tried some regedit hacks and none of them work for this.

I'm wondering if we can downgrade to Win10. Lenovo says no.

Also have some issue with the usb c ports.

I got one of these 7 or 9 in 1 hubs https://www.ozbargain.com.au/search/node/usb%20c%20hub

The Lenovo Yoga 7 14" Gen 7 has two usb c ports on left. 1 is PD, one is TB.

In the PD one the hub works fine both ways. In the TB one, the card reader in the hub works only when plugged face down.

The other ports in the hub seem to work even when the card reader won't show up this way.

Lenovo says "please reset your laptop". Yep, every solution is to factory reset and see if it changes. Sadly I don't have time to wipe every day and spend another 2 days installing again.

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Comments

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 05/10/2022 - 10:37
    +2

    You cannot downgrade to Win10, but you can wipe and install Win10 manually. Or just install StartAllBack.

    As for the USB hub, a lot of the cheapies have issues. Nothing new there.

    Not sure how either of these issues are Lenovo's fault/problem nor why you are logging support tickets with them….

    • furyou on 05/10/2022 - 12:50

      really? I have a hub that works perfectly on a dozen different devices. 1 out of 2 ports in a new laptop doesn't work, and only in 1 orientation. And it's the hub's fault not the port? OK.

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 07/10/2022 - 09:07

        I assume you have tried other devices in those USB ports? And?

        • furyou on 07/10/2022 - 10:34

          I have nothing else that's USBC.
          The only thing I've worked out is the hub is made of 2 subdevices:
          1) hub with usb ports
          2) hub with sd/hdmi/etc

          In the 1 port in the laptop one way shows both in device manager, the other way only shows #1.
          Could be enough power isn't delivered in that orientation in that port only.

  • iamherenow on 05/10/2022 - 10:51

    Lenovo says "please reset your laptop". Yep, every solution is to factory reset and see if it changes.

    Imagine their workload if they were actually helpful! Then your laptop would have to cost a lot more, but no one would buy it…

  • RemarkableFly7336 on 14/10/2022 - 23:42

    I've been having a lot of issues with the wireless card in this laptop (AMD RZ616, MT7922) — wifi keeps dropping out, the entire bluetooth stack crashes, even get a BSOD or two about every one or two days. I'm sure its not hardware failure as I've had Lenovo replace the motherboard and wireless card under warranty and the issues still persist. Looks like Mediatek wireless cards are still highly unreliable despite their collaboration with AMD (googling suggests the previous MT7921 had more or less the same problems).

    I wonder if anyone else if having the same issues, and if you managed to fix them (maybe by installing an Intel wireless card or something). A shame really because this single issue makes the laptop borderline unusable but otherwise the rest of the hardware is pretty good.

    (First time posting so if I should be making a new thread for this let me know!)

    • furyou on 15/10/2022 - 09:39

      wifi I haven't noticed. I have wifi n only tho.

  • findingbargains on 02/12/2022 - 09:23

    I have a problem that there is no display on my monitor when plugged into either of the two USB-C ports. I plug the monitor in via a DisplayPort cable into a CableMatters DP to USB-C dongle, which by the way, works fine with my Legion laptop either directly into a USB-C port or via a TB4 dock. Using a DisplayLink based dock at work, it works fine. The USB-C ports on this Yoga are supposed to support DP Alt Mode so I wonder whether the USB-C ports are faulty. Anyone else having this issue?

    • furyou on 02/12/2022 - 10:29
      +1

      I don't have a usb to dp. Only usb to hdmi. Would that test the same thing?

      I also wonder if the two usb-c ports are the same. Only one of them has a power plug sign but it seems you can charge the laptop with both.

      • findingbargains on 02/12/2022 - 12:42

        Unfortunately I don't have a HDMI to USB-C adapter to test with at the moment. If that did work, great, but I would probably prefer to use the native HDMI port on the laptop itself, in that case. Anyway, I raised a ticket with Lenovo support. Let's see what they say.

  • furyou on 04/12/2022 - 20:21

    I noticed is how slow WIFI is to start. When booting, once logged in I have no network access for another 30s or so. Not local not internet. I've never seen this in any other machine.

  • furyou on 04/12/2022 - 20:27

    Anyone have irregular keyboard problems? It feels like some Lenovo accidental T touching software or something. When I start typing at normal speed some of the letters will disappear. If I press each key on the keyboard one at a time with one or two seconds in between they will all show up. If I type two keys per second I will lose random bits of it.

    Sometimes happens and sometimes doesn't so I think there's something wrong with the software and maybe the timer is stuffed up or something

    • RemarkableFly7336 on 18/01/2023 - 22:39

      I found blocking sites from using motion sensors in the web browser (e.g. in Chrome: Settings —> Site Settings —> Permissions —> Motion sensors —> Don't allow) fixed the keyboard issues in certain websites. It also explains why Brave and Firefox seem to work for people here https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/735597, since Brave blocks motion sensors by default, and I don't think Firefox even supports the feature

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