anyone had this problem?

[rakhero]

hi, this is my first post, but i've searched all over for this problem w/ no luck.

i've had win7 up and running on my main computer, but i'm having trouble getting it working on my lenovo thinkpad t60. I install just fine, and can begin to install programs (avg, office, firefox, chrome, etc. media player classic hc)

sometime after running updates and installs, explorer crashes, and restarts, and then things start going wrong. all/most of the icons in the start menu are gone. applications I installed no longer run. if i try to run an .exe file from explorer (after restart) nothing happens.

Then on a reboot of the system, i can't get past the login screen because of personal profile services failure message (no #'s or code to give).


I also tried the OEM image of vista (factory original settings) and get similar results.

Has anyone experienced anything similar to this? Is there a setting somewhere deep in the bios or something i'm missing? please help!

thank you

 

[Antman]

To clarify - the same or similar problem occurs in Windows 7 and also on a clean install of Vista? No dual boot?

If yes, you have a BIOS problem or hardware failure.

 

[rakhero]

To clarify - the same or similar problem occurs in Windows 7 and also on a clean install of Vista? No dual boot?

If yes, you have a BIOS problem or hardware failure.

the exact same problem. no dual boot. clean system both times.

I just saw a hdd setting in the bios. ahci vs. compatability mode? could that be something?

 

[Antman]

To clarify - the same or similar problem occurs in Windows 7 and also on a clean install of Vista? No dual boot?

If yes, you have a BIOS problem or hardware failure.

the exact same problem. no dual boot. clean system both times.

I just saw a hdd setting in the bios. ahci vs. compatability mode? could that be something?

Change it. Test. Report.

 

[Zardoc]

This is not the first time I have seen ahci causing issues. If you aren't running raid, set it to IDE

 

[rakhero]

To clarify - the same or similar problem occurs in Windows 7 and also on a clean install of Vista? No dual boot?

If yes, you have a BIOS problem or hardware failure.

the exact same problem. no dual boot. clean system both times.

I just saw a hdd setting in the bios. ahci vs. compatability mode? could that be something?

Change it. Test. Report.

changed it. tried it. still same problem.

 

[Antman]

changed it. tried it. still same problem.

A reasonable indication that the problem is caused by something else. brb

 

[Zardoc]

Than this means that to troubleshoot, you have to go barebones. One HD, one Optical drive, min memory sticks and no usb plugins. Clean install. Make sure that you have latest Board updates especially bios and INF files since this is a new OS.

 

[rakhero]

thanks. will try new clean install. how do i get bios update?

all help is greatly appreciated. thx

 

[zigzag3143]

Download the bios update from the mobo manufacturer

Ken

 

[brianhoney]

I've got a Lenovo T61p, been running Win7 beta, then RC, now RTM Enterprise trial, all 64bit, with just about no problems for a long time now.
Have you looked into the Intel Turbo Memory? I had to disable its driver under Vista Ultimate 64bit, as from time to time system would just get unresponsive; sometimes for a just a bit, and sometimes long enough to force a restart via the power button.

Is this a clean install of Windows 7? I would try that, if you have a good backup, and access to install disks for your apps. Clean installs almost always run "better" (knock on wood) than upgrades in my experience.

 

[thefabe]

Just a side note it wil also help if you will go into your User Cp (top of page) and fill in the specs of the systen your having trouble with. Thanks and welcome to seven forums.

 

[harpua]

You can get updates for the bios through Lenovo's support website for your specific model. It's very easy. Just go to Lenovo.com and look for support and follow links to your line (thinkpad) and model. Then you will find many driver and bios updates that are available. They also have a special section for Win 7 compatible drivers (note, they still call them W7 beta drivers but they are better than the Vista drivers for their respective functions, if you are using W7. You should install the latest bios and update all major drivers, especially the ones with W7 beta drivers applicable to your system.) You can do the drivers after you upgrade to W7. The bios update should be done before.

Once you have upgrade the bios, W7 should get you up and running quite well without any additional drivers, but if you update with the new Lenovo drivers, they will enable and restore some of the special Thinkpad functionality and hot keys, and possibly enable better power management. So it's a good thing to do, imo, except you would probably be well advised to just forget about installing Lenovo's Access Connections, as W7's native network management is superior, imo.

Btw, as you may see from my specs, I'm running 7 on a T61p and it's running quite awesomely for me. Wouldn't go back to Vista or XP if you paid me a lot of money.

 

[rakhero]

thanks for all the advice. i had the latest bios, and was doing clean installs, but still no luck. i have some time left on my warranty, so i'm sending it in to be looked at.

oh well. . . . .