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    IBM Thinkpad R51 Video Driver Issues

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by KockM, May 15, 2008.

  1. KockM

    KockM Notebook Evangelist

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    So I cannot upgrade the drivers on my friend's Thinkpad. It is the R51, and its current driver's are from 2004. I downloaded the ones from ATI/AMD's website for the ATI Mobility Radeon x9000, which is what he has, and it just informs me he does not have the proper INF. I tried downloading the drivers from the main Lenovo site for his card and it just gives me an error saying that it is incompatible or something. Is there a website like Laptopvideo2go for ATI drivers? I uninstalled the drivers from device manager, restarted the computer, ran Driver Sweeper, and tried installing the newest drivers. It is running Windows XP Professional btw.
     
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    Do you need a new driver?
     
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    Yessir I need a new driver. I attempted the drivers Arkit3kt and they do not work unfortunately.
     
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    May I ask why you need a new driver?
     
    ZaZ, May 15, 2008
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