Lenovo Legion T7i Motherboard and AIO Upgrade Guide: With Great Power Comes Great Cooling! 

Hey everyone. I know it’s a long video, but I wanted to make sure that anyone who watches this was able to complete the upgrades with the video and didn’t have to wait for a part 2 and 3. Don’t forget to subscribe and have a safe weekend!!!! -Jeff

Hey 👋🏻 when swapping the board and ram did you have to reinstall windows? Did you need to purchase a new key?

You can take the backplate off, theres a two Face adhesive that a bit tricky but doable. Try with to pry tools and slowly move it all the way around, or use a hairdryer and make it a bit warm. Also pushing the stand off slowly aswell. Might aswell go with a new case if u change the MOBO imo

No rgbs, I bet you like clapped out 80s shitboxes with a turbo LS. Performance over looks! That's how we like to roll.

Dumb question here.. But will the case fit any ATX form factor motherboard? Or did you do some searching around to get a specific one?

Not sure why someone would buy a Lenovo Legion, than put in a MSI MB, and liquid cooling. I built a PC from scratch for 2k with a I9 16core. I used EVGA PS, MB, same Graphics card. Only difference is mine is white case and doesn't have Lenovo on it and have 3x 1tb Samsung 990 EVO PCIe.

Hi, I bought this motherboard for home lab project. The issue I got is it's not booting. No lenovo logo and no power to usb on the back. I tried everything. Fans do run. It doesn't have onboard video outputs so can't try other display plugs than the GPU ones The only thing I see is I don't have the second CPU atx 4 pin connector plugged in because my PSU doesn't have it. Is it required, do you think the motherboard NEEDS it to boot?

Will this motherboard work in a legion t5 26amr5 90rb?

I've done the same thing to my Legion T7-34IMZ5, "Upgrading" this POS system is a pain in the ass and a rabit hole, first you think hey, lets swap the memory for faster, than you find it has no XMP support, than you see the BIOS, and think why the F is this even a Z490, and you decide F it, need to swap this POS motherboard, I'll just re-use the cooler, than you find the backplate that's like welded on the board, making you buy a new CPU cooler, of course water cooled, than you notice the difference in fan quality, and think this really bothers me............ Long story short, if you consider buying a Lenovo gaming PC thinking you can upgrade it, DON'T DO IT !! If you are not technical, and won't ever touch it, you could, it's a nice "base" system for that. Was it worth the upgrade for me, YES, I gained like 40 fps in a heavy game like warzone. I added; MSI mag core liquid 240r MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK (Allowed me to slightly overclock my 10700K) G.Skill Trident Z RGB CL16 2 x 16 GB USB 3.0 front panel extension cable Front panel extension cables

Do I set the cooling to advanced or premium in the bios?

Is it possible to do the same in the T7 34IMZ5 legion?

Swapping my motherboard ATM. Honestly, I wanted to swap my motherboard so I could get rid of the Lenovo crap and enable XMP for my RAM instead of using disgusting CL22 timings. Also, trying to use a Ryzen CPU instead of the Intel one it came with since that one thermal throttled waaaaay too much. Got to say everything was smooth sailing until the front io and LEDs. Dang proprietary board had some whack connectors. Computer booted up after installation, but fans went turbo. Like I mean 4000 rpm. Any idea how to fix this? I tried the bios settings, but it didn't change anything.

Is there a way to get that Legion logo lit up again or nah?

Can you make a video show how to move the files and do the windows reset

Hi Jeff The IT Guy and congratulations on the video. I own a Lenovo Legion T530-28ICB and have changed the proprietary motherboard, to an Asrock B365 Phantom Gaming. Thanks to your video, I solved the ignition problem and by inserting the PLED + and PLED- cables, in the two remaining holes I managed to turn on the front white led. I have a problem: the Lenovo audio cable is not working. Do you have any advice for correct operation?

Started binge watching this series. I know they sell better legion towers but I assume because of the shortage, they are only offering this one. Hoping when i have the funds, legion is selling the better gpu and cpu systems

I started my new mobo search and came across this video. The fact that they disabled XMP on the stock MOBO makes me beyond pissed. I want to upgrade my stock ram but no way I'm paying Lenovo part pricing of $234 per 16gb stick of "compatible" ram.

I'm about to switch out my mobo on my Legion tower, very similar to yours. Did you have any issues with the Lenovo software after you swapped the mobo? Not that I care about it, I'm more curious if it caused any weird issues.

I honestly 100% enjoyed this video, I've watched it 4 t8mes in the last year because I, in fact, have that same computer, the amd 7 5800 with the 24L case... it is and was a total pain. But you could have gotten everything to hook up if you really wanted to. Especially that usb 3 front panel header from lenovo, they have it, and a lot of those other cables ran so crappy. Just takes more time to mess with than you seem to have wanted to give it. All n all love the videos you made upgrading this pc. I personally decided, because of the same odd ram issues with the lenovo board, to just keep that pc the way it is, and use it as an editing rig. I mean it won't be the best, but I mean it does have 2 nvme, wifi/bluetooth, usb c back input, a total of 4 usb 3.1s and 2 usb 2.0 with a few extra headers.... so yeah, besides the crappy ram issue and the proprietary lenovo rgb software and front logo, the computer has been solid since I had mine built by Best Buy. I had them add 32gb of ram , 1tb nvme to the other slot, and I waited in line for the evga 3070ti ftw3 card, so the included oem 1660 super never really saw the light of day😂 I just sold it for 300 and used the 300 to start a 600 budget build with a ryzen 5 5600g 😅 so that will be my gaming rig. I've had my lenovo for a year, and it's still doing well, Maybe you can give us an update about it when you have some time.😊👍🏾 great few videos on the lenovo, great videos all together on your channel. 😎✌🏾

Anyone know if I have to reinstall a new licensed copy of windows when I swap my motherboard?

Hii mate any chance you cn help me with the power button. I just can't find the cable to put in the PWRBTN and as such the power button doesn't work with the new motherboard.

How did you get the power switch going? On the one I’m messing with it has a separate one for the power switch and I can’t get it to work even lining it up in the new case. Weird.

Am i going to have to switch cases because my cpu runs 80-90c and i know thats to hot and if i do its not a problem just asking

Hey Jeff, Did you have to reinstall windows after the motherboard swap

I can't figure out where to plug front panel cable in

Привет можно было подключить вентиляторы к Corsair commander ?

Hey Jeff, would the MSI gaming plus be suitable, i cant find a Gaming WIFI in my country

You think it'd be hard to just add the OEM 240mm legion liquid coolor onto this instead of the corsair one you added? Its on the more expensive models but they have the same case and motherboard. After you took off the heatsync and fan in your other video that was on the CPU it looked like it got quite hard.

Might sound like a dumb question but….why didn’t you use thermal paste on the cpu?

Is it completely impossible to use the original motherboard for this?

Hey man, would I be able to put all the Legion 7i components into a corsair ATX case? Im just wanting a white case.

OK, so a few reviews of the T7i say the water cooler can be noisy, which is why I might want to do this right away, however I’m going to be too busy and would like to use it right away. As an inexperienced computer builder, I just want to check if the new motherboard will speak to a backup OK, and what I should bear in mind? Thanks again for your advice!

Hello, what motherboard did you originally have on the t5?

So if you change the motherboard does Windows deactivate? Because people say that it does and people say it doesn't.

I have basically the same PC but with the 3070. I’m going to change my MOBO but how do I get the windows product code for the machine?

i got this same model PC as a gift but the second m.2 slot not picking up in bios can you tell me how to get it working?

Any idea what the original board is? As in oem? Msi? Lenovo doesnt build its own i thought? Im looking to do the same swap.. f ing lenovo blocking xmp on the board

Do you know if the MSI MEG Z490 Ace motherboard will work for this pre-built? I'm kinda new to all this . Great video subscribed 👍

Been following along with the series. Thanks for sharing all this! At least knowing what we know now, when it is time for me to upgrade my PC in a year or two, I could go back to this video. Best wishes to you man!

Do you know if this supports rocket lake processors? Its an intel 11700k 1200 socket lga i7 I have a Lenovo legion i7 with a 3080 RTX the model number is 34IMZ5 From what I found these motherboards seem to support the 11th gen Intel processors as well. Only thing I'm trying to figure out is if I'm installing it as for the BIOS update from what it says in order for it to work do you know if they will ship with that compatibility?

I changed my motherboard, it’s lighting up but no fans, gpu running, and nothing on the monitor.

Great video bro!! I’m looking to do the same on my Legion T5i

Hey Jeff, I’m looking at one of these machines and can see you’ve upgraded yours. I’m not really interested in upgrading one but I can get one with 10700k and an RTX 3070 for £1500 in UK. I had to send back an HP Omen because it failed on me after 12 days. Just wondering what your thoughts are on these machines just stock? Are they reliable?

Been following the series, for a while, picked out my own 7i Legion, and I have a question for you, my man. So I recently put in a seagate 2TB HDD, in the drive bay in the back, and when I now go into disk management, the drive doesn’t pop up in the BiOS. I know the sata cables are in already. Do you have any clue as to why this might be the case? I heard you need another connector for the sata stuff but I have no idea. I appreciate the help, Jeff. Have an awesome one, dude :)

Beautiful video. Did you have difficulty with the video card? Was it easily recognized or is it not recognized after the motherboard was changed? Thanks so much