Re: [Thinkpad] X61: Installing the Intel 965 Vista driver manually, and XP downgrade

I gather this applies to X61s too? Where does one go to get the Intel
driver?

> You can install the Intel driver manually. It is a minor chore to install
> it, but it's *much* better than the Lenovo driver. All of the driver
crashes
> and display corruption I had on my X61 Tablet with 64-bit Vista went away
> with the latest Intel driver.
>
> 1) Run the driver setup and click Next on the InstallShield Wizard screen.
> It will unpack some files and open an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
> Driver setup program. Leave that page open and don't close it until you
> complete the rest of the procedure.
>
> 2) Right-click the desktop and select Personalize, then click Display
> Settings.
>
> 3) Click Advanced Settings, then Properties and Continue on the UAC
dialog.
>
> 4) Click the Driver tab, then Update Driver.
>
> 5) Click "Browse my computer for driver software", then "Let me pick from
a
> list of device drivers on my computer".
>
> 6) Click Have Disk, then Browse.
>
> 7) In the File Name box, type %TEMP% (just like that, with the % signs)
and
> hit Enter or click Open. This will display your Temp folder.
>
> 8) Right click in an empty area of the folder display and select Sort By,
> Date Modified.
>
> 9) Now the newest folder inside Temp will be the first one displayed (with
a
> name like something~tmp). Open it, then open the Graphics folder.
>
> 10) There should be a file named igdlh32.inf or the like (igdlh64.inf for
> 64-bit Vista). Select it and click Open, then click OK on the Install From
> Disk dialog.
>
> 11) Select Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family in the list, then
> click Next to install the driver. It will ask you to reboot when it's
done.
>
> On the Vista vs. XP issue, if you decide to go back to XP, look in the box
> the machine came in. You may have a set of XP recovery CDs there - my X61
> Tablet came with them. They're not labeled XP, but they are XP CDs. If
> they're not there, you can order them from Lenovo/IBM support. For more
> information, go to www.lenovo.com and enter "xp downgrade" (without the
> quotes) into the search box. Be sure to make a Vista recovery set before
you
> run the XP recovery.
>
> -Mike
>
> > From: Glenn Butcher
> >
> > Ordered (at lenovo.com) and received my X61 (1.8Ghz Core Duo,
> > 1GB RAM, 120GB HD) in 1.5 weeks from Shanghai back in October
> > (traveling, don't have exact dates with me). Came with Vista
> > Home Basic, which seemed to run okay on the 1GB RAM, but I
> > recently ordered and installed another standard 1GB module
> > from Silicon Mountain for all of US$24 (3 day standard USPS,
> > Boulder CO -> Colorado Springs). Seems to be working fine.
> > Note that the HD is an upgrade; seemed worth the expense for
> > them to do it at the gitgo rather than scrap and replace it later.
> >
> > My only "complaint" so far is with the Intel 965G graphics;
> > Second Life crashes at the end of precaching, and I believe
> > it's because the most recent driver released by Intel in
> > August isn't yet available from Lenovo. I tried downloading
> > the driver from Intel, but it won't install itself due to
> > some signature mismatch. I didn't buy the machine to run SL,
> > so I'm still quite happy with the machine. However, I am
> > very bothered by Vista's memory needs; at work I open 20-30
> > apps on a Dell w/XP in 1GB and it just cranks. Oh, when I
> > ordered the X61, Lenovo had an option to 'upgrade' from Vista
> > to XP for about 75$...
> >
> > g
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Received on Mon Nov 12 07:18:24 2007