Thinkvantage System Update doesn't work

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riccardoostelli · #1 Post by **riccardoostelli** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:27 am

Hello to everyone in the forum.
I bought a used IBM Thinkpad T43 last week.
The laptop hadn' t got any operating system on it so I tried to install Win XP whith any result: no driver for too many things (ethernet controller an wlan included)...So, Here I am with a marvellous Vista. Easy installl and set up for basic hardware but...I' ve got a Thinkpad! I want the ABS system for hard drive, Acces IBM blue key running and all the other things!
I downloaded from the drivers and support page Thinkvantage System Update but it doesn't work!
After a first window with "Type Machine:TP-1Y_" and "OS: Vista" it retur "Error 75 from Package Index Server".
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance
Riccardo

goofyGAguy · #2 Post by **goofyGAguy** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:57 am

Welcome to the forum.

Try going to the driver matrix for the T43 and install the drivers you need manually.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 58597.html

riccardoostelli · #3 Post by **riccardoostelli** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:16 pm

Thanks a lot for your reply. I cannod run the Sudden Motion Sensor installer and some others...And I would like to know why the Thinkvantage Update doesn't find the right system type and serial number.
I found something in C:\programmi\lenovo\systemupdate\thinkpadregkeys\
There are some files with machine description on them and I'm trying to change manually....
Bye

#4 Post by **richk** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:06 pm

The servers are often down on Sunday.

riccardoostelli · #5 Post by **riccardoostelli** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:42 am

On Monday too?...
Probably there something wrong in the BIOS. I can' t cheat writing manually as I explained before.

BIOS update?
Any other solution?

thermiGR · #6 Post by **thermiGR** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:11 am

I had the same problem after replacing my T41's motherboard with a new one.
The problem fixed after inserting the model and serial number with "IBM Thinkpad Hardware Maintenance Diskette" to the epprom.
Now the update system works fine.

see here:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

and here:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=57394

riccardoostelli · #7 Post by **riccardoostelli** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:34 pm

Thank you very much. I think that is "the solution". Anyway it seems very hard and I havn't got any floppy drive. I'll find some way...

riccardoostelli · #8 Post by **riccardoostelli** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:51 am

File suggested in the link above doesnt' t work (after some step returs "image file corrupted")
I found another v1.72 diskette on google but when I push "esc" when I see IBM logo, it says "remove disk, press any key to start up" or somethink like that. I checked security setting for predesktop area and it is "normal".I' ve formatted normally because there isn't enough space for msdos+files. How can I do to load this floppy?
Thanks in advance.
R)

riccardoostelli · #9 Post by **riccardoostelli** » Thu May 22, 2008 10:08 am

I want my old Apple iMac back....It was so easy...

riccardoostelli · #10 Post by **riccardoostelli** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:31 pm

I did the floppy thanks to thermiGR. But I don't know what I have to change (I' ve got just the sticker with serial number). And I can' t "save" what I add on the EEPROM...

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