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THINKPAD 380xd problem
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:17 pm
by daveb3650
We had a one of these at work and the boss told me to sling it cos it couldnt be fixed.
Well, i took a chance and bought a new hard drive off ebay and it is working fine now.......well nearly..
I installed windows 98 on it but i dont have any of the drivers for the video card that is inside this machine.
The machine is working but has a 2 inch border all around cos i cant get me hands on the correct drivers.
I've tried Googling and have downloaded all sorts of things that do not work.
HAVE YOU GOT THE INSTALL CD ........PLZ PLZ help me
Thx
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:31 pm
by JHEM
Here are all of the drivers for your system, particularly the video drivers, which will correct your video problem.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... SHY-3XWNVG
Regards,
James
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:53 pm
by AlphaKilo470
Shouldn't this be in a different part of the forum, Legacy Hardware would be more appropriate considering it does not look like anyone is looking to buy or sale anything here.
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:21 am
by daveb3650
Sorry...but im a tad new at this forum.......
I will have a look at that section and see what i can find.
Thanks again
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:22 pm
by daveb3650
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW i'm still lost.........
I'm new to laptops and can't seem to fathom out exactly which file(s) i need.
Anyone got a 380xd with an install cd..........help me please.
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:59 pm
by AlphaKilo470
http://www.ibm.com/support/us
IBM's support site, you should be able to find all the drivers and information you'll need.
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:14 pm
by leoblob
I checked out the above link, and I believe it does have all the files you need. Look for Video Drivers, toward the bottom of the screen, and then pick the file for WIN98.
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:39 pm
by daveb3650
Thanks ....will do it...
screen border
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:37 am
by kevin
try pushing fn+f8 at same time
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:00 pm
by neo_9878
hey kevin, in your sig. it says you have a 380xd with windows xp pro on it. how did you get it to install. I'v tryed and it says not enough memory installed. I have 96MB like you.
Thanks,
Jim
xp on 380
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:16 pm
by kevin
neo_9878 wrote:hey kevin, in your sig. it says you have a 380xd with windows xp pro on it. how did you get it to install. I'v tryed and it says not enough memory installed. I have 96MB like you.
Thanks,
Jim
i fdisked the drive with a (best [censored] boot disk) then restarted comp with xp cd it goes right in, i have done it several times. also did it fat 32 as ntfs didnt work. give it a try, let me know
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:53 pm
by neo_9878
sorry for the long delay. I got it to go in, but I first installed windows 2000 pro and then upgraded to windows xp pro. works fine.