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Lenovo Legion Slim 5 Laptop: Ryzen 5 7640HS, 16" WUXGA 144Hz, RTX 4060, 16GB DDR5 $949 + Free Shipping

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Best Buy [bestbuy.com] has Lenovo Legion Slim 5 Gaming Laptop (Storm Grey, 82Y9000QUS) on sale for $949.99. Shipping is free. There are Open-Box Excellent options for $860.99 to save even more on this laptop.

The deal is similar to the 16 inch Lenovo Slim 5 Ryzen 7 deal that just passed except this deal is with the Ryzen 5 chip. Still a pretty good deal for the laptop with a RTX 4060 chip for under $1K.

Specs (source):
AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS 6-core, 12-threads (4.3Ghz / 5.0Ghz Boost) Processor
16" WUXGA (1900x1200) IPS 300nits Anti-glare, 55-60% sRGB, 144Hz, Dolby Vision, FreeSync, G-SYNC, Low Blue Light Display
16GB (2x8GB) DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM Dual-Channel Memory
512GB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive SSD
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6 Graphics
Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax 2x2 MU-MIMO + Bluetooth 5.1
1080p Camera with E-shutter
Backlit Keyboard
Ports:
1x HDMI 2.1, up to 8K/60Hz
1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer and DisplayPort 1.4)
1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer, Power Delivery 140W and DisplayPort 1.4)
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Always On)
1x Card reader
1x Ethernet (RJ-45)
1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
Windows 11 Home
80 Whr Battery w/ 230W Slim Tip (3-pin) Power Adapter
14.16 x 10.25 x 0.99" (5.29 lbs)
Warranty: 1-year Courier or Carry-in

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This deal is $400 less (30% savings) than the website's suggested list price of $1349.99.
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Model: Lenovo - Legion Slim 5 16" Gaming Laptop - Ryzen 5 7640HS - 16GB Memory - 512GB Storage - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 - Storm Grey

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12-04-2023 at 04:52 PM.

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12-04-2023 at 04:52 PM.
Has been cheaper before: https://slickdeals.net/f/17069668-lenovo-legion-slim-5-laptop-ryzen-5-7640hs-16-wuxga-144hz-rtx-4060-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-900-free-shipping?src=SiteSearchV2Algo

No reason to buy at this price especially when the 7840HS with QHD display was just $50 more 2 days ago.
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12-04-2023 at 05:29 PM.
12-04-2023 at 05:29 PM.
I got the 7840HS certified refurbished version. Looks pretty good. Only thing is that it always fails to upgrade BIOS from Lenovo Vantage. Ended up with an invalid firmware. Luckily, it has a feature to detect and recover from the broken firmware. So, all is not lost! :whew: There has been threads online speculating that it is due to a very small EFI partition. And you will have to do a fresh windows install to be able to recreate a larger partition for it. Just wondering if you folks who got the brand new ones have the same issue or not.
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12-04-2023 at 05:37 PM.
12-04-2023 at 05:37 PM.
Quote from Dr.Wajahat :
Has been cheaper before: https://slickdeals.net/f/17069668-lenovo-legion-slim-5-laptop-ryzen-5-7640hs-16-wuxga-144hz-rtx-4060-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-900-free-shipping?src=SiteSearchV2Algo

No reason to buy at this price especially when the 7840HS with QHD display was just $50 more 2 days ago.
It was meaning in the past. Doesn't mean it will come back in the near future. Also there is an open box Excellent option that is cheaper for $860.
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12-04-2023 at 05:42 PM.
12-04-2023 at 05:42 PM.
Quote from ericdabbs :
It was meaning in the past. Doesn't mean it will come back in the near future. Also there is an open box Excellent option that is cheaper for $860.
It's holiday season and it's definitely going to be cheaper in the coming days.
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12-04-2023 at 05:43 PM.
12-04-2023 at 05:43 PM.
Quote from charles-scouting :
I got the 7840HS certified refurbished version. Looks pretty good. Only thing is that it always fails to upgrade BIOS from Lenovo Vantage. Ended up with an invalid firmware. Luckily, it has a feature to detect and recover from the broken firmware. So, all is not lost! :whew: There has been threads online speculating that it is due to a very small EFI partition. And you will have to do a fresh windows install to be able to recreate a larger partition for it. Just wondering if you folks who got the brand new ones have the same issue or not.
Have you tried downloading the BIOS firmware file from the Lenovo site itself. Might work to "reset" the current setting and it should resync with Lenovo Vantage.
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12-04-2023 at 05:43 PM.
12-04-2023 at 05:43 PM.
Pros and cons vs the G14?
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12-04-2023 at 05:50 PM.
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Pros and cons vs the G14?
What is the G14 laptop?
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12-04-2023 at 06:06 PM.
12-04-2023 at 06:06 PM.
Quote from ericdabbs :
What is the G14 laptop?

Sorry, I asked this in the wrong thread. I thought this was the 14" Legion Slim.
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12-04-2023 at 06:14 PM.
12-04-2023 at 06:14 PM.
Quote from ericdabbs :
Have you tried downloading the BIOS firmware file from the Lenovo site itself. Might work to "reset" the current setting and it should resync with Lenovo Vantage.

Yes, tried the last two recent versions directly downloaded from the support site. Same result! Not trying to hijack this thread. If this is a widespread issue, then it is not much of a deal.
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12-04-2023 at 06:24 PM.
12-04-2023 at 06:24 PM.
Quote from charles-scouting :
Yes, tried the last two recent versions directly downloaded from the support site. Same result! Not trying to hijack this thread. If this is a widespread issue, then it is not much of a deal.
I didn't buy a refurbished 16 inch Legion Slim 5 but an Open Box Excellent one from Best Buy and I was able to update the BIOS just fine. Not sure what is going on with your PC. What version of BIOS does your Legion 16 Slim 5 do you currently have?
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I didn't buy a refurbished Legion 16 but an Open Box Excellent one from Best Buy and I was able to update the BIOS just fine. Not sure what is going on with your PC. What version of BIOS does your Legion 16 currently have?

Mine is M3CN34WW from June. Lenovo Vantage recommends M3CN38WW from September. There is also a ...39WW from November. The new ones address quite a few CVEs so I think it is probably worth to upgrade. BTW, how big is your EFI partition? Mine is 100MB.
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12-04-2023 at 08:35 PM.
12-04-2023 at 08:35 PM.
Quote from charles-scouting :
Mine is M3CN34WW from June. Lenovo Vantage recommends M3CN38WW from September. There is also a ...39WW from November. The new ones address quite a few CVEs so I think it is probably worth to upgrade. BTW, how big is your EFI partition? Mine is 100MB.
I started off with M3CN34WW out of the box and the Vantage tool upgraded me to M3CN38WW which I think it did successfully. Like you mentioned for some reason Lenovo doesn't list the M3CN39WW but I will go ahead and manually update it myself. How do you find your EFI partition?

EDIT: I just updated my BIOS to M3CN39WW successfully. Still curious about what is going on with your laptop.

EDIT2: Downloaded a partition tool and was able to see my EFI partition size. It looks like it is 260 MB. So yeah if you only had 100 MB, that might be too small which is what caused your BIOS upgrade problem.
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12-04-2023 at 10:32 PM.
12-04-2023 at 10:32 PM.
Quote from ericdabbs :
I started off with M3CN34WW out of the box and the Vantage tool upgraded me to M3CN38WW which I think it did successfully. Like you mentioned for some reason Lenovo doesn't list the M3CN39WW but I will go ahead and manually update it myself. How do you find your EFI partition?

EDIT: I just updated my BIOS to M3CN39WW successfully. Still curious about what is going on with your laptop.

EDIT2: Downloaded a partition tool and was able to see my EFI partition size. It looks like it is 260 MB. So yeah if you only had 100 MB, that might be too small which is what caused your BIOS upgrade problem.

Search for "disk management" from start menu, choose "Create and format hard disk partitions " you will see the partitions in the tool.
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12-04-2023 at 11:36 PM.
Quote from charles-scouting :
Search for "disk management" from start menu, choose "Create and format hard disk partitions " you will see the partitions in the tool.
Like I posted in my edit, I used a Mini Partition Wizard tool and saw my EFI partition size is 260 MB. After the reformat, what is your EFI partition size now?
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