Achieved: My TP A31P 2,6Ghz, 2GB,256GB IDE-SSD alive and kicking

[friedrich-eugen]

Hello

I managed to have my "historic" piece of Thinkpad back to life some week ago...

• It runs Windows 7 SP1, not speedy but properly, just somehow a bit slow, but it works, it is as up to date as possible, it is secure and it allows to get a glimpse of the achievement, that this Laptop was.
  It handles batteries properly, something that disturbed me for quite some time, obviously quite a few board are not fully functional any more.
  I managed to get rid of the driver/system problem "ati3duag.dll".
  I managed to have an larger SSD instead of a IDE drive with the help of an M-SATA to IDE-converter and have the installation (a) transfered and (b) working.

So now it sits literally on a shelf and I do have it boot from time to time, just to see it does work, still.


PS.: I think I'll be able to restore one completely and another 70%. Anyone interested, PM welcome...

[kfzhu1229]

As I said in PM, taking care of its gpu is a good idea.
as for the 70% complete A31p, what is missing from it?