Thanks for the report David. I'd never actually used that link, but
probably will soon to update a ThinkPad Edge from W7 32 to 64 bit.
I assume you were able to get the 6200N driver from Intel's website?
On 8/6/2011 7:20 AM, David Ross wrote:
So far this seems to be working. Thanks again to Ted/Dominique.
Now, a warning.
The W7 disk linked at the thread on Bill's site is evidently older than
the 6200n wifi adapter in the T410, as it does not pick it up on
installation. (In fact, the installation missed quite a few bits of
hardware.) Of course, you need a network connection to run Thinkpad
Update, so on another machine I went to the Lenovo support site driver
matrix for the T410, grabbed the latest network driver package for the
6200n, and installed it on the T410. Didn't work.
After over an hour of monkeying around with no success, I went back to
the Lenovo download page for a closer look. Sure enough, while the entry
header reads "This package installs the software (Wireless LAN driver
and utility) to enable the following devices:...Intel Centrino
Advanced-N 6200, 6205...", when you scroll way down to the summary of
changes for the latest driver it says: "Suspended support for the
following adapters tentatively. Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200..."
Dear Lenovo numbskulls: if at the top of the page you describe your
driver as especially for a piece of hardware, please do not bury in the
fine print that that particular piece of hardware is not in fact
supported. (While we're at it, in a 250MB file you can't find room to
include support for this popular adapter?) Make another web page/entry
in the matrix if you need to for adapters not included in the driver, or
at least do not claim they are supported when they are not.
David
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From: "Ted Wiseman" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:54 PM
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] W7 32 to 64 bit: what do I need?
On 8/3/2011 11:09 PM, David Ross wrote:
I have a refurbed T410 on order that comes preinstalled with W7
Professional
32 bit. I would like to change it to 64 bit. Apparently some recovery
media
from Lenovo lets you do this:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/guides-and-manuals/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-74752
Can I do it as well with what I already have on hand?
I do have a W7 Ultimate upgrade edition DVD (from an upgrade from
Vista on
another machine) that has both 32 and 64 bit installs on it, and my
X201t is
running 64 bit W7 Professional and I have a recovery preload from it
available. Can I make the change with one of these, or do I have to
track down the
media from Lenovo?
I don't know the answer with regard to any of the scenarios you
mentioned, but on 12/4/11 Dominique Pivard posted to this list a
legal/free method for installing W7 Pro 64 on an X301 originally
loaded with W7 Pro 32. He linked to this thread on Bill Morrow's forum
http://forums.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=92409&p=605554#p605554 and
the last three posts in that thread contain the relevant info.
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