From: TechShop (techshop_at_ameritech.net)
Date: Thu Apr 11 2002 - 01:00:25 EDT
FWIW, my A21m ran perfect with Windows 2000. Updated bios, all current IBM
device drivers and IBM power mgmt driver. Correct setting in bios to for
speedstep, etc. Gave me flawless service. Make sure all your device drivers
available from IBM are installed. I don't ever use MS device drivers that
are recommended by Windows Update.
I don't agree that Thinkpads crash with W2000 or XP. I've used both
operating systems extensively on several Thinkpads; T20, T21, A21m, A21p,
600E. If the setup is right, the operation can't be beat.
Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve C." <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
To: <james.ritterbusch_at_prudential.com>
Cc: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [A21m] crashes on bootup
> Frequent crashes like that are a commom problem with
> Win2000 and also XP. They don't like lots of different
> kinds of video and sound cards and some motherboards,
> leading to frequent crashes. It especially doesn't
> like ATI video controller chips. In a desktop machine
> you could change the cards, possibly put in an nvidia
> card or new motherboard but that's not possible in a
> laptop so you should go back to Windows 98SE or ME
> which work good too.
>
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