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Title: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: Jay w on 24 August 2008, 23:35:29

I have been given a working IBM T41 lappy that i intend to use as a spare/tutorial machine.

I have put a fresh version of XP home edition of it, however like a numpty i didn't make a note of the make of the sound card or ethernet adaptors and now nothing works.

I foolishly expected XP to load the drivers onto the lappy for me as i was under the impression it came with a load of them preloaded.

Any ideas on how i can fine out who make the items or get the drivers?

Thanks

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: VXL V6 on 24 August 2008, 23:38:02

There are some specs here that may help:-

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-55328.html

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 24 August 2008, 23:39:29

I think this may help a bit

http://www.driverfiles.net/Notebooks/IBM/ThinkPad-T40,-T40p,-T41,-T41p/download/page,sh,27549,70,19,.html

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 24 August 2008, 23:40:12

By the way try Win XP Pro if possible.. :-/

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 24 August 2008, 23:41:25

Have you tried the IBM website.?

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: Bandit127 on 24 August 2008, 23:42:13

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There are some specs here that may help:-

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-55328.html

Same site, just surfed to the drivers page, here
Drivers and software - ThinkPad T40, T40p, T41, T41p (http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46258)

Should get you started.

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: TheBoy on 25 August 2008, 11:40:21

Yes, as others have said, try IBM first. If that failes, go for generic drivers once you have the spec.

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: Jay w on 25 August 2008, 16:28:13

cheers guys.....off to get the drivers and get this bloody thing working again

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: Tommy on 25 August 2008, 18:13:53

I have an old T22 and each time I clean it out and reinstall xp I go to the ibm site and there is an option to auto load all the drivers. You download a small piece of software and it looks at your machine and downloads all it needs from IBM

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/TVSU-UPDATE.html#DLP

Should get you started

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: Jay w on 25 August 2008, 19:56:31

the biggest problem i have currently is getting the bloody ethernet drivers to work   >:(

I can't connect to the internet as it doesn't recognise the card fitted

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 25 August 2008, 19:59:47

Then you have to download from another machine and transfer it via USB flash or with a CD-R..And I think writing them down to CD is good idea as it will be an archieve for later use..

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 25 August 2008, 20:04:06

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the biggest problem i have currently is getting the bloody ethernet drivers to work   >:(

I can't connect to the internet as it doesn't recognise the card fitted

Seems to be the biggest problem with laptops in particular, of all drivers why cant they make the LAN PnP :-/

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: TheBoy on 25 August 2008, 20:17:09

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the biggest problem i have currently is getting the bloody ethernet drivers to work   >:(

I can't connect to the internet as it doesn't recognise the card fitted

Seems to be the biggest problem with laptops in particular, of all drivers why cant they make the LAN PnP :-/

The LAN devices are plug and play. Trouble is, XP, being 7yrs old, only has 7yr old drivers on the CD, so newer devices are left without drivers.

Title: Re: help needed with drivers for XP
Post by: Bandit127 on 25 August 2008, 20:32:56

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Then you have to download from another machine and transfer it via USB flash or with a CD-R..And I think writing them down to CD is good idea as it will be an archieve for later use..

I think Cem is right on this one.

However, Ethernet chipsets are quite generic. It might be worth manually selecting an old IBM driver from the list. If PnP will let you install it, you may be able to get it going enogh to get you on t'internet.