Thinkpad T400 - Clean Reinstall? Drivers?

[squarecnix]

Hi guys,

I just bought a new lenovo thinkpad t400 and It came with windows 7 64 bit home premium. (I have only 2gb of RAM but i plan on adding more later).

My question is, today I have upgraded using windows anytime upgrade to get to windows 7 ultimate , (which i already had).

But im wondering If i should still do a fresh install? In my experience fresh installs have always been better much faster etc...


AND if I do this fresh install, how hard will it be to find ALL my lenovo drivers and utilities and install them properly? I want all my Fn buttons to work properly and the green notifications to pop up on screen when I use them, etc etc.. But in the past I have clean installed laptops and found I lost use of the Fn buttons which was more than enraging.

So my first question 1) is do you guys think I should just be happy with the ultimate 64 bit upgrade I did? Or fresh install?

2) which browser is the best? On my beast PC at home core i7 OC@ 4.0ghz 6gb ram gtx260 and more I dont want to type, Chrome works terribly for some reason, but IE and FF work EXCELLENTLY. on Chrome Pages wont load sometimes I have to push go twice or three times but on my netbook which is obviously MUCH slower and less powerful chrome works well! So for my thinkpad in your opinion?

[ZaZ]

Maybe you want to see how it goes with your upgrade before you take the plunge. You can always do a clean install later if you want. All of the software installed on your machine, including the apps and drivers, is located in the SWTools folder on the C:\ drive. They may not be the latest version, but you can download those on Lenovo's website or use System Update. If you do a clean install you need to install the System Interface and Hotkey drivers, in that order, to get the on screen displays.

I use FF, mainly for the customization. They all seem about the same to me.

[squarecnix]

Maybe you want to see how it goes with your upgrade before you take the plunge. You can always do a clean install later if you want. All of the software installed on your machine, including the apps and drivers, is located in the SWTools folder on the C:\ drive. They may not be the latest version, but you can download those on Lenovo's website or use System Update. If you do a clean install you need to install the System Interface and Hotkey drivers, in that order, to get the on screen displays.

I use FF, mainly for the customization. They all seem about the same to me.

yea im using the new beta FF now. Nice browser i love it.

But hey man I got bluetooth on my TP and I cant seem to find a way to use it. I type bluetooth in the start menu search bar it shows bluetooth but I click it and nothing happens. There is a bluetooth light next to my wireless indicator on the actual monitor but it does nothing.

This and I cannot seem to find the card reader which I asked to be installed as well..

[Colonel O'Neill]

I'm using the Minefield nightly
A bit off topic, but do you find that Firefox crashes really often when using the Ultranav (especially scrolling?).

I think if you turn on Bluetooth using Fn+F5, you'll get a little BlueTooth icon in the system tray from which you can connect to any of your BlueTooth devices. I don't use my BT very often, but that's what seems to be the way it works.

[squarecnix]

Hey Colonel

I dont think ive ever had the freezing/crashing issue. hmm.. try downloading the newest FF? Im using the beta one. and ill try your Bluetooth Fn key thing


I see your sig says satisfied t400 owner.
One question I have to ask which I just found out about last night which infuriated me: the t400 led backlit 1440x900 webcam.

the webcam on this t400 absolutely sucks. a 1/10 easily. Crazy white balance. Ridiculously dark. Reddish/Yellowish tents. And it seems to be a problem others have.
I have the intel 4500MHD. Do you know anyway to fix this? I really hope I dont have to go through lenovo. This PC is less than a week old, and I fear if I send it back, they'll f*ck something else up!

This problem is much more important than my original question. lol lets switch gears a bit