Good stuff Eric, thank you for sharing. i'm going to be doing a T61 to
Win7 install in the next two weeks, so please keep your updates coming!
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Subject: [Thinkpad] Windows 7 experiment on a Lenovo T61
From: "Cottrell, Eric" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: 10/23/2009 4:26 PM
Hello,
I am trying out Windows 7 Professional on my T61 but with a twist. I got a 120GB OCZ
Vertex SSD to replace my 100GB Hitachi 7200 RPM Drive. SSD is still a little expensive
but are coming down in price. The 120GB OCZ Vertex SSD has good reviews and does not
suffer from the stutter problem. I am also going with the 64 bit version of Windows 7.
It is a wise decision to use a new HD because a requirement to "upgrade" from
XP to Windows 7 is to backup on an external hard drive and wipe the computer's HD.
I updated the Bios to Version 2.26 from 2.24 since the new version said Windows
7 support.
I had a few problems. After the inital part of the install I came up with a
2100 Error. The connector on the SSD is not as long as the old drive so I
trimed down the connector side of the rubber mounts slightly as suggested
online. That did not fix it. The 2100 error only happens on reboot. If I
power off then on, it boots okay. The problem went away after Windows 7 was
installed.
The install is better than XP or Vista. I did not use the full disk since I
will be installing Linux. There is a simplified HD setup tool in the installer.
The SSD is very quiet and seems to perform okay. Windows 7 (and the Linux
2.6.28 kernel) uses the TRIM command to indicate to the SSD which blocks are
not being used.
Of course the next fun stage was downloading all the Windows 7 drivers for the T61. I got an error
when I tried to install the fingerprint software. It did seem to install through System Update
4.0. It looks like some Thinkvantage utilities are still in Beta. I use Access Connections the
most but I will give the built-in Windows 7 stuff a go. There is a "home" network and
"office" network configurations. When I connected the laptop at home it detected that
the network was different from the office network I used earlier.
I got some basic apps on the T61 but need to spend the weekend installing and
using.
73 Eric
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