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T400 Clean Install Issue for the Hybrid Graphics Card

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T400 Clean Install Issue for the Hybrid Graphics Card

#1 Post by ThunderRiver » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:21 am

I did a clean install on the T400, and installed all the essential drivers under the SWTools folder, but I am seeing issue with the ATI card not function properly.

After installing from the Videos folder, and rebooted the laptop. There is a warning sign next to the "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series"

Under Device Status, I see the following error message

"This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31)

Click 'Check for solutions' to send data about this device to Microsoft and to see if there is a solution available."

Has anyone seen this error? I already tried reinstalling the driver again, but that doesn't seem solve the problem. In fact, the PowerManager now has trouble switching graphics, with the balloon message "System cannot enable High-Performance Graphics "Close any 3D or video applications and disconnect external displays. The switch Graphics processors."

Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

ThunderRiver
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#2 Post by ThunderRiver » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:21 am

Just figured it out. This feature requires Vista SP1

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#3 Post by kingweb » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:09 am

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!

I wasted a whole day trying to figure out why it didn't work!!
I went back to Lenovo's version of Windows!

A lesson to be learned!! Always search the forums!!
George
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Z61t Core Duo 2.0 Ghz 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Vista Bus 32.
T61 14.1 T7700, 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Vista Bus 64
T400 T9600, 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Vista Bus 64

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