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Whilst visiting parents, and getting the chance to carry out a bit of maintenance (Spyware, Windows and IBM updates), I noticed that an unidentified device had parked itself in device manager on their T41 (XP-SP2), and I have no idea what it is, other than that it appears to be something Lenovo-related.

There is a previously unseen new device named 'SM Driver' with a sub-device named 'SM bios service', the latter having an exclamation mark through it. Further prodding in properties reveals the manufacturer to be 'Lenovo TVT SMBIOS'



This may be nothing to be concerned about but I'd really rather it be either not be there, if it is not required, or reconciled with whatever driver is required to keep the exclamation mark happy!

Any help and/or advice from you knowledgable folk would be much appreciated! Many thanks.

In the T60 forum they have similar (unsolved) problems, albeit with Vista. Maybe reading up there may help?
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=254360

Edit:
Just found this in a German forum: you apparently need to install the TPM driver to solve that problem:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-58656
The above are for a T43, find the equivalent for your T41.

A couple of possibilities.

You may need to install the ThinkPad Power Management driver for Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Me, 98SE - ThinkPad.

Or perhaps you need Updated SMB Device Hub controller driver to correct Windows blue screen error.

Another possibility would be Intel Chipset Support for Windows 98SE/2000/XP - ThinkPad R40, R50/p, R51 (1829, 1830, 1831, 1836, 1840, 1841), T40/p, T41/p, T42/p, X31, X32.

I am not too sure there is a TPM device (Security Chip) in the T41. AFAIK, that was introduced with the T42 series. I do not see any TPM drivers for the T41.