Lenovo T60p Type 8745

[ishmiduti]

I've got a Lenovo T60p Type 8745 laptop. It has a widescreen. When I installed Windows 7, it defaulted to 'Generic PnP Monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter'. I can't seem to find the correct driver to move it to, and I dunno how to find which specific graphics card I have. The resolution I'm using is 1280 x 1024 which appears a little wide. Any help on this issue would be much appreciated.
Ish

 

[smackheadz]

to find out which graphics card you have go to control panel then device manager and click on display adapter and then post back to see if anyone can advise.

 

[Tews]

From the search box enter dxdiag and save the report to your desktop... it will tell you the grafix card that your laptop is using... get the latest driver and install manually.... Hope this helps..

 

[smackheadz]

to find out which graphics card you have go to control panel then device manager and click on display adapter and then post back to see if anyone can advise.

oops it's not gonna be listed in device manager is it,wake up smackheadz

 

[ishmiduti]

Here's what came from DXDIAG
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Display Devices
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Card name: Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
Manufacturer: (Standard display types)
Chip type: ATI ATOMBIOS
DAC type: 8 bit
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71D4&SUBSYS_20A417AA&REV_00
Display Memory: n/a
Dedicated Memory: n/a
Shared Memory: n/a
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model:
Monitor Id:
Native Mode:
Output Type:
Driver Name: vga
Driver File Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Version: 6.1.7600.16385
DDI Version: unknown
Driver Model: unknown
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/13/2009 18:25:51, 10752 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-3294-11CF-1B34-141DAEC2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x71D4
SubSys ID: 0x20A417AA
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: Unknown
Rank Of Driver: Unknown
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
D3D9 Overlay: n/a
DXVA-HD: n/a
DDraw Status: Not Available
D3D Status: Not Available
AGP Status: Not Available

 

[ishmiduti]

The problem is that Current Mode 1280x1024 is the wrong size. It displays correctly in XP though.

Here's what came from DXDIAG
---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
Manufacturer: (Standard display types)
Chip type: ATI ATOMBIOS
DAC type: 8 bit
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71D4&SUBSYS_20A417AA&REV_00
Display Memory: n/a
Dedicated Memory: n/a
Shared Memory: n/a
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model:
Monitor Id:
Native Mode:
Output Type:
Driver Name: vga
Driver File Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Version: 6.1.7600.16385
DDI Version: unknown
Driver Model: unknown
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/13/2009 18:25:51, 10752 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-3294-11CF-1B34-141DAEC2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x71D4
SubSys ID: 0x20A417AA
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: Unknown
Rank Of Driver: Unknown
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
D3D9 Overlay: n/a
DXVA-HD: n/a
DDraw Status: Not Available
D3D Status: Not Available
AGP Status: Not Available

 

[bummpr]

Go to the Lenovo site and download the latest version (Rel 4.0) of System Update software...this latest version will help you find all pertinent Windows 7 drivers.

Lenovo Support & downloads - ThinkVantage System Update 4.0

 

[Boastree]

This is a support page link at Lenovo that "says" these are the hardware drivers and software package for your laptop:

Lenovo Support & downloads - Drivers and software - ThinkPad T60, T60p

As I ran the search it also "said" that these are the drivers for Windows 7...good luck.

 

[ishmiduti]

None of those worked. I'd already tried the previous post's page. I did:
ATI Radeon/FireGL
Windows Vista and XP

Unless there's other ones for windows 7 or my graphics thing is different. no dice.

 

[aem]

Can you try updating your Chipset driver, get it from Intel. Then retry the Video driver from Lenovo.

 

[ishmiduti]

That didn't work either. This computer is annoying me

 

[aem]

Can you give screenshot of your Device Manager, open up all your devices, eg. Monitor, Display Adapters.

 

[ishmiduti]

I know they're standard adapters. When I try those install bios links and new graphics adapters it doesn't work though. No restart. Any ideas?

 

[Hondo]

I had the same problem my T60p and I think I found the solution.

1. Update the bios
2. Download and use this driver
Drivers & Support | GAME.AMD.COM
3. Run Windows update which should give you an optional ATI update for higher resolutions.

While I still can't find/run the ATI catlyst software my system recognizes a higher resolution monutor with many more resolution possibilities. Let me know if this helps.

Hondo