I recently got my hands on an old T60 to mess around with (:D); my first impulse was to feed it Windows 8.1. It installed fine, but then I realized this was because I'd put the SATA controller in "compatibility" mode. I just switched to AHCI mode... instant BSOD, just like the official documentation says.
The drivers on Intel's website don't list the T60's SATA chipset at all but I tried them anyway, to no avail.
Then I tried the official driver from Lenovo, over here: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product ... s/DS000795
I'm downloading the driver, "installing" it in Wine (it's just a self-extractor ), copying the driver folders to a USB flash drive and trying to get Windows Setup to like them.
Setup does one of three things based on what I try and feed it:
- Take one look at the directory I picked, go "NOPE" and say there aren't any drivers in the folder
- Successfully read the folder, but show no hardware options in the list unless I uncheck the "hide drivers that aren't compatible" option
- Read the folder **and show a hardware device** - with the "hide incompatible drivers" option *checked*!!
Then I click Next... wait a little while... and then it eventually goes "...NOPE" and decides, and I quote, "No new devices drivers were found." (Yes, [sic] )
Curious... I realize I'm trying to make Win8.1 like Win7 drivers, but it's what gets the X1300 working (yup)...
Any ideas everyone?
- i336_