T42 And Advanced Format Drives

[white avenger]

Here's a simple question. I'm trying to use an A F hard drive for additional storage in a D caddy, and, of course, my XP format computer won't recognize the [censored] thing. So, here is the question:

If I change my computer's O S from XP to Windows 7, which I have been thinking about doing anyhow, will the AF hard drive work properly, or is there some physical issue with my T42 that will still make it incompatible?

[ajkula66]

Depending on the version of your T42, you might run into issues with W7, namely with the graphics card.

What's the 7-character model number on the bottom of the machine, 237?-???

[white avenger]

Depending on the version of your T42, you might run into issues with W7, namely with the graphics card.

What's the 7-character model number on the bottom of the machine, 237?-???

Model number 2374-cto. And, of course, if my luck is running true to form lately, what I want to do can't be done with what I have.

[ajkula66]

Can you look under Device Manager and tell us what "Display Adapter" it shows?

[systemBuilder]

A -CTO laptop is a "Configure To Order" laptop, therefore, the model number is not helpful in telling us what is inside of your laptop. Since there are ~ 8 graphics chips used in thinkpad T4x processors, can you please tell us *which* graphics chips may have problems in Windows-7 ?? That would be more helpful.

Here are some potential graphics chips :

ATI Radeon 7500 (16MB or 32MB) - 1024x768 T40, T41, T42 systems
ATI Radeon 9000 (32MB or 64MB) - ThinkPad T40, T41, T42 systems
ATI Radeon 9600 (64MB) - ThinkPad T42 systems (SXGA+)
ATI FireGL 9000 (64MB) - ThinkPad T40p systems
ATI FireGL T2 (128MB) - ThinkPad T41p, T42p systems
ATI Radeon X300 (64MB) - ThinkPad T43 systems
ATI Radeon V3200 (128MB) - ThinkPad T43 systems
Intel 900 (256MB) - ThinkPad T43 systems

[ajkula66]

ATI Radeon X300 (64MB) - ThinkPad T43 systems
ATI Radeon V3200 (128MB) - ThinkPad T43 systems
Intel 900 (256MB) - ThinkPad T43 systems

None of these would match the 2374 model designation.

T43/p with ATi graphics have model numbers starting in 26xx and the Intel based units start with 187x.

[systemBuilder]

None of these would match the 2374 model designation.

T43/p with ATi graphics have model numbers starting in 26xx and the Intel based units start with 187x.

Can I assume that since you're not answering my question, you don't know the answer? I thought so ...

[RealBlackStuff]

@systemBuilder:
This forum really does not benefit from posters who have little to no knowledge and who have nothing useful to contribute!

[ajkula66]

Can I assume that since you're not answering my question, you don't know the answer? I thought so ...

And you were wrong.

I simply forgot about this thread until you reminded me of it with your condescending remark.

Radeon 7500/9000 are the problematic GPUs since there's no official driver and/or support for them in Vista or W7.

As for OP's other original concern, here's a Lenovo white paper on dealing with AF drives when using XP:

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... MIGR-76990