Updated/New IBM ThinkPad Software Installer

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JHEM · #61 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:08 am

n3il wrote:I was not meaning offence - just that the IBM support for France is not in Paris...

Really? Sorry, I thought that was a Paris exchange number I had given Yves.

Doesn't matter where it is though, it's still the phone number for IBM France support.

Regards,

James

yves · #62 Post by **yves** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:15 am

OK

I will call IBM

JHEM · #63 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:35 am

Yves,

yves wrote:Yes I was writting that because I received a strange email from a guy "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net

I won't apologize for Bruce, that's not my right.

But I will ask that you not judge us all by one data point.

Bill or I would be happy to sell you a Thinkpad. I can even be easily convinced to deliver it personally.

Regards,

James

#64 Post by **JaneL** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:42 pm

>I won't apologize for Bruce, that's not my right.
>

(muffled laughter)

yves · #65 Post by **yves** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:31 pm

I agree with you. Bill Morrow give me the best possible image of America

He is more than a supplier, he is a friend,

Until now I purchase all my stuff from Bill MorroW

I have purchased 4p laptop from him last year

I am more than satisfied with him and I will never purchase anywere else.

bert · #66 Post by **bert** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:40 am

pat wrote:I'm having a problem using this on my 2378FVU. it seems to freeze when it's installing some drivers. I let it go the whole night and woke up this morning to it and it was still installing the same driver!

The driver in question is the power management driver.

I also unchecked it and installed the next driver in line and I got the same deal.

What gives?

I had the same problem updating my T40p. Most drivers installed fine, but Presentation Director, Power Management Driver, and Battery MaxiMizer just hung (had to uncheck them to get to the other drivers). I don't have SP2 (and can't install it because of some legacy apps I am running). Anyone else?

#67 Post by **daeojkim** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:24 pm

It look like a lot of people are having this problem as well.
My A31p is also getting the same "Invalid machine type error"

The thing is that when I go to IBM website to auto look up my system info it looks up just fine.

Quite odd what is happening...

beeblebrox · #68 Post by **beeblebrox** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:37 am

bert wrote:
pat wrote:I'm having a problem using this on my 2378FVU. it seems to freeze when it's installing some drivers. I let it go the whole night and woke up this morning to it and it was still installing the same driver!

The driver in question is the power management driver.

I also unchecked it and installed the next driver in line and I got the same deal.

What gives?
I had the same problem updating my T40p. Most drivers installed fine, but Presentation Director, Power Management Driver, and Battery MaxiMizer just hung (had to uncheck them to get to the other drivers). I don't have SP2 (and can't install it because of some legacy apps I am running). Anyone else?

I did not notice any problem on my T40p, however I have SP2 installed.
What I did notice was the Power management drivers. They did not work properly (or maybe with the installed version of the Omega drivers). Re-installed them by hand, and everything si fine.

The new Power management is excellent. The fan is off!! Even with using WLAN. I never had that before.
So, it took IBM almost 2.5 years to fix that fan problem.

ranjit · #69 Post by **ranjit** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:27 am

Hi All,

I ran the "Software Installer", and I found in the retrieved list under "Available Versions" the latest versions of the drivers and updates, and under "Installed Versions", I found a "<--" symbol for most of the packages. What does this mark mean? Does it mean that I do have the version indicated in the available version list? Please advice.

Strangely, for the "Software Installer", I found version 2.32.0492 in "Available Versions", and 3.01.0503 in "Installed Version". Surely, the available version should also have been 3.01.0503. Right?

Also, the Installer shows the the following programs as "Not Installed",

1. "Intel Chipset Support II for Windows 98SE/2000/XP" (Mandatory Importance), and
2. "Intel(R) PROSet" (Recommended).

What are these, and is it absolutely necessary to install them?

By the way, how can I tell if "Scroll Lock Indicator Utility" is installed or not installed in my system?

Cheers and best regards,
Ranjit

dimdizo · #70 Post by **dimdizo** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 6:38 pm

sneakyazn wrote:[censored], it seems to work for everybody but my t41p . It just says "invalid machine type." it shouldn't matter if it is a refurb so i dont know why its doing this...

I also had a "invalid machine type" on my t41p refurbished (xqx). I downloaded and ran the bios update utility http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.ws ... MIGR-50273 and used that to change my machine type to GEU.

After doing that, the IBM software update program works!

Hope that helps, G'luck!

Jim Pletcher · #71 Post by **Jim Pletcher** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:35 pm

I realize I may be a bit late with this, but after getting the updates, my a/b/g wireless card can no longer "see" any access points.

Any ideas?

#72 Post by **daeojkim** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:45 pm

dimdizo wrote:
sneakyazn wrote:[censored], it seems to work for everybody but my t41p . It just says "invalid machine type." it shouldn't matter if it is a refurb so i dont know why its doing this...
I also had a "invalid machine type" on my t41p refurbished (xqx). I downloaded and ran the bios update utility http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.ws ... MIGR-50273 and used that to change my machine type to GEU.

After doing that, the IBM software update program works!

Hope that helps, G'luck!

Nice info I will try this for my A31p which is a refurb and I having problem using the Software installer

JHEM · #73 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:57 pm

Kim,

That was going to be the next thing I suggested, change it to a 2653-RTU.

Regards,

James

yves · #74 Post by **yves** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:16 pm

How could I change to 2653- RTU ?

I have tried to a new firmware and could not succed!

My bios is = 1GET39WW - 1.11

I have 2653 - H5G

#75 Post by **daeojkim** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:49 pm

The above program does not support A31p.
It is for T and R series.

Is there one for A31p?

I have the same BIOS as yves

yves · #76 Post by **yves** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:07 am

yes but me must change the 2653

For this we must load a new firmware

But I already loades the lastest BIOS and I cannot change the 2653 number anymore !

JHEM · #77 Post by **JHEM** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:25 am

Yves and Kim,

Send me a valid email address at James@thinkpads.com.

Valid being not Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, etc.

Regards,

James

JohnFischer · #78 Post by **JohnFischer** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:52 am

I have a T41 2379 DJU and this ThinkPad Software Installer fails. It comes up with "Invalid Machine Type" error every time. I've even installed it with no resident programs running and firewall turned off. Can anyone help? IBM had no solution.

JHEM · #79 Post by **JHEM** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:03 am

John,

I've reported your problem to the proper person at IBM, I should hear back in 24 hours that the problem is resolved, I'll post here again.

Regards,

James

JohnFischer · #80 Post by **JohnFischer** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:25 am

Is there any other information needed to resolve this issue? I just went through the process of updating BIOS to the current version 3.14 1RETD1WW. It still doesn't work. Windows is current. There is no spyware, trojans or viruses on the system. Redownloading the software and running it with no resident programs concurrently running still produces the same error: Invalid Machine Type.

JHEM · #81 Post by **JHEM** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:02 pm

John,

If you use the lookup feature at the IBM website to ID your machine, does it ID it correctly?

Go here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... country=us and click on "Detect my system" (Only works in IE!)

What does the Configuration Utility report for your machine type?

Regards,

James

JohnFischer · #82 Post by **JohnFischer** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:05 pm

Product: ThinkPad T41 2379-DJU [change]

Operating system: Windows XP [change]

Original description: P M 1.6GHz, 256MB RAM, 40GB 5400rpm HDD, 14.1 SXGA+(1400X1050) TFT LCD, 32MB ATI Radeon 9000, 16x10x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD, Intel 802.11b wireless(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM), UltraNav, Secure Chip(TCPA), 6 cell Li-Ion battery, WinXP Pro

This is what the auto-detect module finds.

JohnFischer · #83 Post by **JohnFischer** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:27 pm

Stil no response about this problem?

JHEM · #84 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:08 pm

John,

JohnFischer wrote:Stil no response about this problem?

I've kicked your problem "upstairs", that's all I can do here.

Why it works on so many other systems and not your's is a puzzle.

Maybe it doesn't like fishermen?

Regards,

James

yves · #85 Post by **yves** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:41 pm

I still get "INVALID MACHINE TYPE"

And I have chage the serial number!

#86 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:02 pm

I am puzzled as well. I installed this new version on a client T30 that had a new system board. It failed with the message you get. The vendor created a UUID and replaced the System model/serial number and Software Installer worked properly straightaway. I did not reinstall it or anything. ... JD Hurst

n3il · #87 Post by **n3il** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:12 pm

yves wrote:I still get "INVALID MACHINE TYPE"

And I have chage the serial number!

What did you use to change the serial number?

As an aside, was the system board ever changed on this machine?

Neil

JHEM · #88 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:13 pm

n3il wrote:What did you use to change the serial number?

As an aside, was the system board ever changed on this machine?

He used a maint disk i sent him to change (I hope) the model number.

Yes, I believe the MB had been replaced in the past, although I could be mixing Yves' machine with another.

Regards,

James

dfumento · #89 Post by **dfumento** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:09 pm

The new BIOS updater for T42 (3.15) allows you to change the model number.

yves · #90 Post by **yves** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:50 am

Yes. the mother board have been repalce

I changed the model number (notthe serial number)

Should I change something elese ? What is the UUID ?

Where could I get it ?

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