What one should/shouldn't install off Lenovo Win 7 Beta page

[Dimitri_P]

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

I have a T60p, did I miss anything, of what I should put on my win 7 running thinkpad?

ATI Display Driver for Windows 7 32bit and 64bit
ATK Hotkey Driver for SL300/400/500
Digitizer/Touch driver for X200 Tablet
Gemplus GemPC Smart Card Reader from Lenovo
Gemplus GemPC USB Smart Card Reader from Lenovo
Gemplus ExpressCard Smart Card reader from Lenovo
Hotkey Features
Intel AMT 4.2 LMS&SOL
Intel AMT 4.2 MEI
Intel Turbo Memory Driver
Lenovo Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard
Lenovo Fingerprint Software Authentec
Lenovo Fingerprint Software UPEK
Lenovo Optical Mouse
Lenovo ScrollPoint Mouse
Lenovo USB Fingerprint Keyboard-Hotkey
Lenovo USB Laser Mouse
Lenovo USB Modem
Lenovo USB Smartcard Keyboard
Lenovo USB-to-DVI Monitor Adapter
Lenovo Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
nVidia Quadro FX1700 Qual-VGA/DVI,HDTV-Out Full Height 512MB Graphics Adapter
nVidia Quadro FX 370 Low Profile DMS59 Dual-DVI and Dual-VGA Graphic Card
nVidia Qual-VGA/DVI Full Height 256MB Graphics Adapter
Power Manager
Power Management Driver for SL300/400/500
Ricoh Multi Card Reader
System Interface Driver
Tablet Button Driver X61 Tablet
Tablet Button Driver X200 Tablet
Tablet Shourtcut Menu
ThinkPad 1xEV-DO Wireless WAN Driver for Verizon
ThinkPad Bluetooth Laser Mouse
ThinkPad Power Management Driver
ThinkPad Switchable Graphics Driver for Windows 7 (64-bit and 32-bit)
ThinkPad USB Numeric Keypad
ThinkPad USB Travel Mouse
ThinkVantage Access Connections
ThinkVantage Active Protection System
ThinkVantage GPS
UltraNav Driver
UltraNav Driver 2
UltraNav Utility
Vodafone and AT&T Wireless WAN (HSPA) Driver
Verizon Wireless WAN (UNDP) Driver
WiMax Intel WiFi Link 5150
WiMax Intel WiFi Link 5350
Wireless WAN (HSDPA) driver for Vodafone and Cingular
WLAN Intel WiFi Link 1000
WLAN Intel WiFi Link 5150
WLAN Intel WiFi Link 5350

Installed all that is BOLD
What are the benefits of putting Ultranav driver and utility

[bobones]

I think you've got everything you need as that's basically all I installed on my T43. With Ultranav you get some extra driver options (Fn-F8) and a different method of scrolling with the trackpoint. On the X301 I find tapping with the Ultranav to be very poor so I just use the stock driver on it. No problems on a T43 or W500 though.

[Marin85]

In my experience the ATI driver for Windows 7 provided by Lenovo is not meant for older ThinkPad models like T60p or Z61p (same graphics). I had obtained my graphics driver via windows update. Then later, when I discovered the new Lenovo drivers for Windows 7, I tried to install their ATI driver, but the setup program would only install the control center (without the driver). Apart from this, I think you have pretty much everything from the windows 7 drivers suitable for T60p. Everything else can be obtained from the Vista section.

[Dimitri_P]

Where would i find ATI control panel? Can't seem to find it.

[Marin85]

Where would i find ATI control panel? Can't seem to find it.

When you start the ATI setup program, choose the custom install option. This should allow you to pick only ATI CCC. Alternatively, you could install the newest version of CCC for Windows 7 by running custom install of some of the latest ATI driver packages for FireGL/FirePro.

[Dimitri_P]

I tried 3 versions - windows update, lenovo page and ati

neither installs the control panel.

[Marin85]

Then something must be going wrong. What does the installation log say? You also need to have the C++redistributable package installed as well. It is included in the driver package (both Lenovo and ATI). Windows update installs only the driver.

EDIT:I think I have just found out what you were talking about. The ATI CCC option doesn´t show up anymore in the ATI setup program

[Marin85]

Solution: As of now, the only way to install and properly run ATI CCC for Mobility FireGL 5200 under Windows 7 RTM is to use the Vista driver package from ATI for FireGL 5200. Unpack it, but don´t run the setup, then patch it using Driverheaven´s Mobility Modder, start the setup program -> custom installation -> pick ATI CCC and the redistributable package (Hydravision should work too) and install them. I haven´t tried to install the driver as I don´t see any reason why to.

[Dimitri_P]

Yes, confirmed. Only if you use drivers from driverheaven website and their mod tool will you be able to have Control Panel working.

I tried to pull it off with drivers from Lenovo website or ATI/AMD mobile driver page - and after the mod tool driver wouldn't work, as well as Control Panel fails to start.

After I installed the driverheaven driver package and mod, my Win 7 performance index went from 4.2 to 4.3

[Marin85]

Was the driver package from Driverheaven that you installed specifically for Windows 7 or Vista or for both? Do you know whether it is some sort of additionally modified driver (aside from using the Mobility Modder tool)?

[Dimitri_P]

It was for vista 32bit

and I think you can mod an ATI windows 7 driver package, as long as it is a DESKTOP version...

Will try that in a few...

[Dimitri_P]

Tried with catalyst 9.9 - didn't work.

I'm sticking with Catalyst 8.12 on driverheaven website

[Marin85]

The Vista driver packages available on Driverheaven site seems to be quite outdated then. I´m currently using FirePro Catalyst Control Center v9.02 (for Vista). For the purpose I used the Vista driver package available directly from ATI. I was also able to modify the Windows 7 FireGL driver package using the Mobility Modder, the FirePro Catalyst Control Center for Windows 7 will install, but it dramatically fails to start properly, hence it´s pretty useless unless someone knows what fix is needed.

[Dimitri_P]

This is what I have working on my system:

Catalyst Control Panel - 2008.1201.1504.27008
Driver - 8.561.0.0000

Got this numbers during (before) installation of the drivers

[Marin85]

Sorry, I have mistakenly posted the driver version instead of the CCC version. The CCC version I am currently having is 2009.0211. I edited my previous post accordingly.

[Dimitri_P]

ink to that driver please?

[Marin85]

ATI FireGL V5200 Catalyst Driver for Vista 32bit