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SL400 Windows XP
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 4:11 am
by paracelsus
I have a ThinkPad SL400 2743-4MG with Intel graphic card. I installed to it a Win XP SP3, but it was too slaw. I read that the Intel dont support the chipset on XP.
Help me, please! What can I do?
Re: SL400 Windows XP
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:50 pm
by ZaZ
When you say "slow", how is it slow? XP should be supported since all the drivers are located on Lenovo's website. Did you run PC-Doctor to see if there's any issues?
Re: SL400 Windows XP
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 5:02 pm
by paracelsus
The "slow" mean that the boot and the explorer is very very slow. I called the lenovo support and they said that the Intel doesnt support the XP on this model, but I think somebody know a solution to this, any hack or other.
Re: SL400 Windows XP
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:07 am
by paracelsus
PLEASE!!! Somebody help me! It's very important for me!
Re: SL400 Windows XP
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 5:47 pm
by johannt
This seems like a problem with the sata drivers for your HD. It may be in compatibility mode after the xp install.
Here are some instructions for a clean install on a sl500(same as sl400). In part 1 it mentions the HDD driver.
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/mess ... ge.id=3099
Try to install the driver and see if it helps.
Re: SL400 Windows XP
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:56 pm
by redrock
I have found Vista Basic to run pretty good on an SL400 (2Ghz duo, with 2 Gigs of RAM). I had originally planned on installing XP but now having second doubts of having to do all this work now and later have to do a clean upgrade Win 7 when it launches.
What is the consensus on Vista running on these machines ?
TIA...
redrock...