T61 - Vista to XP

[subii]

I know there is a thread for the T60 on going from Vista to XP, but there was no final answer to what drivers were needed. http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 790913996f

Type 7663-W1N

Issues:
1. Sound drivers will not install
2. Two unknown devices, I believe one is the modem (drivers won't install), but have no idea what the second device is.

Sound drivers: When installing the driver I get this error "The HDA Audio bus driver is required and not found" using 7ka112ww from Lenovo.

Unknown device 1: PCI Device - PCI bus 0, device 27, function 0 - Device Instance Id "pci\ven_8086&DEV_284B&SUBSYS_2Qac17aa&rev_03\3&b1bfb68&0&d8"

I think this is the modem, but the driver install says that the device is not found.

Unknown device 2: Unknown device - on Intell(R) ICH8M LPC Interface Controller - 2811 - Device Instance "acpi\atm1200\4&374ccb25&0"

Lenovo recommends that I send the system back and get one preloaded with XP. At this point in time Vista is not an option because of no Novell support, and no NDPS.

[jlachesk]

I've also got some interest in this topic as my plan (as of now) is to order a T61(p) with Vista Business and dual boot with XP (actually tri-boot with Vista, XP, and Ubuntu... but that's another discussion).

Unfortunately I dont have any answers, but I would offer one small additional question. Is there any consequence to using the Intel Turbo Memory while in XP? The way I understand it, it is reliant on the ReadyBoost/Drive so in the absense of Vista it should just sit there harmlessly... maybe...?

[wackydan]

One of the drives in the TPM - Trusted platform module.

As for Turbo Memory.... Should be harmless.