On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:30:05 +0100, I wrote: > I just bought a used T60 XP for my son and am having some problems. I > believe the seller did some over-vigorous reinstallation of software and > now the machine appears not know its type. > > 1) System Update gives Error 75 and from here: > http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/157733-thinkvantage-system-update-error-75-a.html > this seems to be related to a bad model number in the registry. I renamed > those folders mentioned in that article but after reboot the bad old model > number "TP-79___" reappears. Maybe it is being picked up from the BIOS. > Does anyone know how to fix this? I recall installing a BIOS asks if I > want to change model number. Is that a clue on how to tackle this?
I just ran the manual BIOS update utility and if allows me to click "clear" on the model number but it would not allow me to enter anything. And I do not find any documentation for that part of the utility. > 1) The WLAN wireless is not visible in Device Manager or in Fn-F5. Could > this be a side-effect of the first problem or something different? I have > not yet opened the machine to look for a wireless card but I believe one > is present - the seller appears to be naive but not dishonest. That is solved. there is an BIOS option to hide the WLAN. I dunno why the seller had that one set but all is now okay here. Anyone able to help with wrong model number in XP registry and Error 75? _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
