Vista to XP, a small niggle

[Dawg]

New R61i, changed OS from Vista Home Premium to XP Pro.
After changing BIOS, downloading the Lenovo updates, re-installing Net 2, downloading the correct wireless and sound drivers, and the MS hotfix for HDA it all seems OK.
But...in Device Manager there is a small yellow exclamation mark by 'SM Bus controller'.
The chipset is GM965 Express, but I can't get it to load into XP. Lenovo Tech. basically said "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
Should I
a) expect problems, and,
b) do something to avoid these potential problems: and what?

Thanks.

PS Great help this forum. I found the MS hotfix solution around page 5; none of the techies I know had a clue.

[sjthinkpader]

Try the ACPI driver. Properly loaded, it should show up as Thinkpad PM Device.

[Dawg]

Thanks, but that isn't it.
Found the driver on the Lenovo site, also found it on the Thinkpad, but not in the right place. Uninstalled, installed new one, (same version), to C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IBMPM,>reboot, >device manager>SM Bus controller. Still got that pesky yellow exclamation mark.
Tried reinstalling driver from inside SM Bus controller: no take.

[kajencik]

Just to be sure, have you run the installer after running the downloaded some_digits.exe file? When you run the donwloaded file, it's usually not the installer itself, iit just extracts the driver, try running the setup.exe from C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IBMPM directory

[Dawg]

Fair enough question, Yes! installer was run.

[ZaZ]

I've found the Vista driver will sometimes work in XP and vice versa. If you have the SWTools folder, burn it onto a disc and let device manager search the disc for the driver. It's worth a shot anyway. Windows Update is another option.

[sjthinkpader]

Thanks, but that isn't it.
Found the driver on the Lenovo site, also found it on the Thinkpad, but not in the right place. Uninstalled, installed new one, (same version), to C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IBMPM,>reboot, >device manager>SM Bus controller. Still got that pesky yellow exclamation mark.
Tried reinstalling driver from inside SM Bus controller: no take.

Try the one from intel website.

SMBus Driver

[Dawg]

Fred:
Already tried that, not a flyer. Thanks anyway.

SJ: The chipset is GM965, (as found by Intel's #Identify your chipset' tool. It is not on the list you linked to, but a bit of mining came up with this;. However, when I mentioned in OP it won't load into XP, I have just seen I was trying to load the Mobile GM965. A quick look can't locate the drivers for the (plain old notebook) GM965, but they will be somewhere, so will try later.
Thanks.