[rescue] Never thought I'd ask this

Phil Stracchino phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
Mon Oct 22 10:25:28 CDT 2007


nate at portents.com wrote:
>> I'm tearing my hair out trying to find an OS that works
>> properly on this Thinkpad i1300.  2K Pro doesn't have a graphics
>> chipset driver that works.
> 
> Have you tried downloading the appropriate driver from IBM's site?  This
> one in particular:
> 
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4PEQAM&velxr-layout=printLenovo

I believe I tried that driver and it wouldn't load.  I could try it
again, I suppose.

> Don't expect Windows to provide you with the appropriate drivers for your
> machine, and don't expect the drivers provided in Windows Update to be the
> right or best ones either.

*nod*  I've had Windows offer me "updated" nVidia drivers two major revs
older than what I had installed.


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