IBM thinkpad T43 Windows 8 Video card problem

[Chandima283]

The GPU is ATI mobility radeon x300 and in display properties it shows as ATI mobility radeon x600.
The only problem I have is, When playing videos, the computer get stuck.

[Chandima283]

What should I do to fix this problem.
Thanks

[ajkula66]

Welcome to the forum!

I'd suspect the CPU, and not GPU, to be your problem.

What's the full 7-character model number of that T43? How much RAM do you have in there?

[Chandima283]

Welcome to the forum!

I'd suspect the CPU, and not GPU, to be your problem.

What's the full 7-character model number of that T43? How much RAM do you have in there?

Its 2669-6EK with 1GB RAM

[Chandima283]

In windows xp, it detected as x300. But after I installed Windows 8, It detects as x600

[ajkula66]

ThinkPad T43 (2669-6EK)
P M 760(2.0GHz), 512MB RAM, 40GB 5400rpm HD, 14.1in 1400x1050 LCD, 64MB ATI Radeon X300, CDRW/DVD, Intel 802.11bg wireless(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 1 Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure Chip, Fingerprint Reader, 6 cell Li-Ion batt, WinXP Pro


Your first move should be upgrading to 2GB RAM...and even then, don't expect miracles. These machines - although I love them dearly - are getting long in the tooth and flash doesn't play nice with their single core CPUs.

Good luck.

[Chandima283]

Installed video card drivers for vista, from the lenovo site. now its fine, and the problem solved.

How to change the amount of shared memory for the video card?

[ajkula66]

How to change the amount of shared memory for the video card?

You can't. It's automatically determined by the system.