X301 - 32-bit Vista Basic to 64-bit Windows 7

[hofan41]

I just successfully installed the 64-bit version of Windows 7 on my x301 last night, here are some tips for anybody who is taking the same path as I did:

1. Installing from usb key, you can use the bootsect executable from the 32-bit windows 7 iso and then dump the contents of the 64-bit windows 7 iso into the key, since you cannot run the bootsect that is in the 64-bit iso on a current 32-bit os.

2. Noticed 2 PCI devices that were not identified by windows, these drivers can be downloaded here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-70313

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-70317

Thanks to this thread: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=70516

3. Still not sure if the ericcson drivers are working for my AT&T wireless broadband, after installing the drivers i see a whole bunch of these devices under the category of unspecified that should logically appear as just one: ericcson minicard composite device, minicard data modem, minicard device management, minicard gps port, minicard modem, and minicard network adapter.

4. High pitched fan noise encountered while I was using windows vista. After installing windows 7 this noise went away, probably due to slowing down the fans or something.

Anyways, just a few helpful tips from someone who just spent the better part of this morning and last night figuring this out.

[johnp126]

did the drivers install properly? i have both x301 and w700 and i could not get them installed. they kept saying it wasn't for this os or some similar msg and ended the install process.

i use win7 rc with no lenovo install drives, all from win7 and other than those 2 devices its working great. i will only install select lenovo utilities, to me it seems much faster without them (even in vista we did a test removing all the lenovo utils and found 20+ less processes and lots more speed), but of course win 7 does seem faster overall as well and has no lenovo additional utils. the only ones i really miss are on screen displays for sound and turning on /off devices and access connections turning off the wireless if you are wired. not sure why windows can't do it.

thanks

[hofan41]

yeah the drivers installed just fine for me. did you try running them in compatibility mode? i think i might have run them under vista compatibility mode.