New R40 user: XP reinstall, drivers, upgrades

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Chiana · #1 Post by **Chiana** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:03 am

Hello. I just purchased an R40 off ebay for $500 (I think its a good deal). I want to reinstall windows XP Pro on it (used machine, fresh install, etc). The current owner threw away/lost all the orginal CDs in the move. What drivers/utilities will I need?

Also, what can I upgrade the processor to? It currently has a 2ghz processor.

-Chris

#2 Post by **underclocker** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:46 am

Congrats on the R40, very nice machine with strong battery.

There are a lot of posts on how to do this and about cpu upgrades, use the search function.

Update Windows with SP2, etc. Then run IBM's driver update utility. Here's the link;

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... yle=lenovo

If you have the 2GHz P4, you should be able to go to 2.4GHz or possibly 2.6Ghz.

But remember, as you keep adding to the cost, you could have had a faster, more current R51, R52 or T4x.

Good luck.

underclocker

Chiana · #3 Post by **Chiana** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:59 am

Thanx. Everything is up and running with the exception of a standby problem. Its quite speedy with the 2.0Ghz, so I dont' think I will be changing the processor soon. plus I am afraid that a faster processor will give me lower battery times.

Two years we got my mother a T40(or is it 30?). I liked its build quality, and features. So, I decided to look for an IBM when I needed one and I picked up an R40. It actually seems to have a better build quality then the T. So far I like it, I just need to get that one bug figured out. The keyboard is lovely

-Chris

Bigal · #4 Post by **Bigal** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:14 pm

I've had to wipe my disc and re-install XP but I can't get the wireless network to work. I assume I need the driver downloads but when I use a different computer to get them it doesn't let you. Is there anywhere else that these canm be downloaded from?

futurejp · #5 Post by **futurejp** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:37 pm

I went here (linked from a link further up on this page) http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... estyle=ibm

and I downloaded the Software Installer, which then installed a bunch of updates for my programs. It also installed the Recovery program.

Ever since these updates, my computer has taken a loooooong time to start up, at least a couple minutes pass after I type my password in at the logon screen before explorer loads. Any ideas?

Chiana · #6 Post by **Chiana** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:08 pm

try uninstalling the recovery software.

New R40 user: XP reinstall, drivers, upgrades

New R40 user: XP reinstall, drivers, upgrades

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