oh yeah its working. It was working with a live linux cd, and even windows 7 ultimate. I dont know what was up with it. Im just glad to get up and running. Now to figure out if I need to update this SSD or not. Thank you again.

OMG!! Why didnt I think of this earlier. I copied everything over to a USB Drive and made it bootable. It is working so far. Its amazing what you can think of when you are not pressed to fix something....

That was an excellent idea. I got excited, but I tried it and it still doesnt work. This is getting really irratating. Why is this happening. Does windows 7 ultimate have more preset drivers than windows 7 professional?

Please I still need help.

Actually looking through the error, it is looking for the CD-Rom device driver... WTF is this windows 98 all over again???

Anyone know where I can get the DVD-Rom device driver?

No I have not. I dont think it really is an option as I do not have an adapter to go from laptop sata to anything else.

I suppose the firmware isnt that big of a deal, its more the windows 7 issue. Why wont it do anything with the drive? What drivers is it looking for?

I currently have windows 7 ultimate on my thinkpad x300. The install went fine, no drivers needed etc.. Well I am needing to downgrade to windows 7 professional and I am having a major problem. After the windows 7 install boots and loads and when it comes to selecting the drives and partitions, IT D...

Well I updated the bios from 1.09 to 1.10 and windows still cant see the hard drives. Does anyone know what drivers windows 7 x32 is looking for during this install?

Anyone? I really need some help.

I have a thinkpad x300 with the samsung SSD hard drive. The laptop was bought last year and I am trying to upgrade the firmware on it. (BTW does it support TRIM?) The SSD firmware is PS105L16 and the model specifically is MCCOE64G8MPP-0VA. When I try and update the firmware with the ISO, it will boo...

thank you for the info!

Is the dvd drive in the T-42 hot swappable? and also where can i get an upgrade?

ok because when i uninstall the driver and reboot it says found new hardware comes up in device manager with the yellow ! and pretty much installs itself again. LOL

bump

Well i dont know if its "shipped" or whatever, but its what came out of the box. LOL i tried the driver that comes from the ibm site and it doesnt work. i will try and get the modle # off the card. edit// here is the card http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/IBM_11a/b/g_Wireless_LAN_Mini_PCI_Adapter and it...

that number came off the wifi card itself, after i pulled it from the machine. i might have to open it again, but i am pretty sure that is the modle number.

yes it came from the original t42 2373 6zu.

bump!!

I need the driver for the philips wifi card 12127-e that comes standard in a T42. I cant find one anywhere for the life of me. it will be going into a non IBM computer so the ibm driver doesnt work. I really need one because i dont want to have to take both laptops apart again. LOL Thank you very mu...