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Hi,

I couldn't find any threads about this so here's my post.

I recently ripped vista off my brand new t61, and put in XP.

Thanks to all the info and people on this site, it went smoothly.

But now I have two items to figure out...

1. Every time after I boot into windows, i get a message about finding a PCI device, and wanting to install a driver for it.

I can't figure out what it is because i've installed all known drivers and did a thinkvantage system update.

2. I am not sure how to verify i installed the intel matrix controller correctly. In my bios, I've set config back to AHCI mode, and it boots. I tried going to Device Manager, and look for any controllers that says Intel anything related, I can't find it.

Does that fact that i can boot up in AHCI mode mean that I installed the driver correctly?

my config is the most basic T61 config with SXGA+, and intel robson card (wish i didn't buy this now), 7200 rpm 100gb, and no other upgrades.

Thanks in advance for any tips.

Try disabling the security chip in the bios.

cheapster wrote:Hi,

I couldn't find any threads about this so here's my post.

I recently ripped vista off my brand new t61, and put in XP.

Thanks to all the info and people on this site, it went smoothly.

But now I have two items to figure out...

1. Every time after I boot into windows, i get a message about finding a PCI device, and wanting to install a driver for it.

I can't figure out what it is because i've installed all known drivers and did a thinkvantage system update.

2. I am not sure how to verify i installed the intel matrix controller correctly. In my bios, I've set config back to AHCI mode, and it boots. I tried going to Device Manager, and look for any controllers that says Intel anything related, I can't find it.

Does that fact that i can boot up in AHCI mode mean that I installed the driver correctly?

my config is the most basic T61 config with SXGA+, and intel robson card (wish i didn't buy this now), 7200 rpm 100gb, and no other upgrades.

Thanks in advance for any tips.

Yes if the BIOS is set to AHCI mode and you can boot it is install correctly, if it wasn't you would either get a blue screen or a message that there is no harddrive.

In device manager do you have SM Driver, and if you expand it do you have two items listed in it? SM bios service and SM bus service?

You'll find the AHCI controller under IDE ATA/ATAPI controller