Windows 8 drivers for x200t

[jihe]

Will Lenovo support x200t? I think windows 8 will run very well on it if the driver support are there! I can see there are beta drivers for windows 8, but only from x201t onwards. Is this bad news for people with older hardware?

[bill bolton]

Will Lenovo support x200t?

Not explicitly for Win 8.

Is this bad news for people with older hardware?

No more or less than previous Windows releases. There is always a cut off point somewhere on how far back official support will go for a new OS release, but that doesn't mean it won't work on an X200T.... see the X series forum for one user's experience so far.

Cheers,

Bill B.

[ThinkSoRight]

I was able to install successfully the Wwan drivers under windows 8 for the X200T (Ericsson F3507g) - thanks to Ben Lee, who pointed me in the right direction with his X220T (Ericsson F5521GW – see http://www.bibble-it.com/2012/03/17/f55 ... novo-x220t).

1. Uninstall all previous drivers for the wwan card (under programs or device manager).
2. Download the latest working drivers for windows 7.
IMPORTANT for the Ericson F3507g: I took the Ericsson F5521gw/F3607gw Wireless WAN Drivers, but not the latest version, because after version 6.3.3.6 (83Wo12WW), it was the end of support for the following thinkpad models:
• ThinkPad L410,L510
• ThinkPad SL300,SL400,SL400c,SL410,SL500,SL500c,SL510
• ThinkPad T400,T400s,T500
• ThinkPad W500
• ThinkPad X200,X200s,X200 Tablet,X301
So be sure to use for those models the version 6.3.3.6 that you can find here: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc ... wo12ww.exe
3. Click to install the drivers. After unzipping, don’t start setup!
4. Go to C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WWANER, where the files were unzipped.
5. Right click on setup.exe, choose properties, open compatibility tab, Change settings for all users, and set “Run this program” as “Windows 7” then apply.
6. Now run a command prompt as administrator (just type cmd on the start screen, right click, run as administrator option is at the bottom of the screen).
7. Type “cd \”
8. Type "cd C:\DRIVERS\WIN\WWANER”
9. Type “setup.exe /wNOAUTOSENSING /Wuselastknownradiostate”
10. When finished, you’ll find the mobile broadband icon listed, and you will be able to connect.

To anyone who is considering the upgrade to Windows 8. I did a clean install, and most worked out of the box, partly after updates from Lenovo update (ThinkVantage System Update) except:

- Fingerprint software: resolved as Tim mentioned elsewhere on this forum by installing the software under Control Panel - Biometric Devices and enroll Authen Tec
- Camera: installed the windows 7 drivers (setup.exe with windows 7 compability)
- Pen/touch drivers: installed the windows 7 drivers (setup.exe with windows 7 compability)
- Bluetooth: I was able to get bluetooth working after installing the windows 7 hotkey package (as always, with windows 7 compability). The fn F5 key only works on the desktop (not on metro).

[erickyfm]

After installation of Win8, only 2 devices need drivers:-

1) F3501 = 3G module
2) Simple Communication Device = Ricoh SD/MMC cardreader

I installed both with previous Win7 drivers & they work fine.


2 utilities / software that works fine for me:-

1) Power Manager - version 6.36 (g6u432ww.exe). Need to install in compatibility mode (win7)

2) Tablet Button 2 - version 1.06 (7wgl16ww.exe)

[Thomas Olivaux]

Hello there,

I know this thread is titled "for x200t", but I can't get my F3507G working with this method on my recently bought X301. I have a Windows 8 64 bits (is this tuto speak about 32 or 64 bits ?) fresh install. Every drivers on the laptop are ok, I just have 2 unknown devices left (communication device, so I suppose this is my Ericsson F3507G) but installing the wan drivers as explained here don't do anything. Any idea I could try please?

Regards,

Thomas