Windows 7 on a ThinkPad T42 (2374)

I've just purchased a used T42 that had Win XP on it and plan to hand it over to my older daughter. I've installed Windows 7 (Home Premium) and many hardware components work. A few important ones, however, don't and I've spent most of the evening wandering around the downloads area. No joy, though. The Wi-Fi adapter doesn't work (that's the really important one). Windows doesn't even see that an adapter exists but I know it's there because it worked under Win XP. The sound doesn't work either (important but not critical). I suppose I could buy a USB Wi-Fi adapter but my preference would be to get the internal device working. From what I've read here, it appears that identifying the right drivers depends on more than just the model (T42) and type (2374). The product ID from the bottom of the case is 2374T64. Can anyone direct me to the right drivers? Thanks!
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Here's the final after-action summary:
Audio: The Windows Update process found the appropriate drivers and installed them.
Wi_Fi: The Windows Update process found the appropriate drivers and installed them. The notebook system is now connected to my WPA2 Wi-Fi system.
The update process downloaded and installed approximately 1,437 other updates, patches, and security fixes.
This antique computer with a tiny (40GB) hard drive is now running Windows 7.
Thanks for all the encouragement!

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Hi,
I formatted my Thinkpad T42 since I was experiencing different issues and the recovery software didn't work. I managed to reinstall Windows pro sp2, but now I'm not able to make some hardware to work.
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Hello mate,
There is the driver for your card : http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-62875
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Need Drivers for T42 (2374)

I upgraded my thinkpad T42 with Windows XP Professional and now am missing a ton of drivers. I can't even get wireless to work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
st
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OK, to start you off with something:
Ethernet driver:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-62922
After downloading it, you must unpack it from C>Drivers>Win>Ethernet
Wireless card:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-67214
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The basicprinciple is the same for all drivers. Just watch the path where a particular driver is downloaded in the Win subfoleder, and unpack it from there.
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Fan error at startup in ibm thinkpad t42

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Windows 10 planned for Thinkpad Tablet 8 products?

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Obviously. Microsoft is responsible for delivering us the Win 10 update, and they said they would do it for free within the first year of availability to any and all Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 devices. Hence it would only be appropriate that Lenovo would eventually bring Win 10 support to its existing products as well, in addition to their new lines of products preloaded with Win 10. We still have several months to go, so be patient...

T42 (2374-E88) - Wont Power Up

A friend asked me to see if I could get his Type 2374-E88 T42 working. It had not been used in a few years and had neither a port replicator nor a power adapter. I purchased a power adaptor, confirmed it is providing the required 16v output, but there is no response from the machine when I press the power button. I tried removing the battery, hard drive and RAM, waiting 30 seconds, reinstalling the RAM, reconnecting the power adapter and trying again with the same lack of response.
I fear it is a system board problem but wanted to poll you experts to see if there might be some other steps I could take to confirm that. If it is the system board, I'm up to trying to replace it if I can get one for under $200 but first have to figure out what the correct part number is for the board. (The Lenovo service parts manual does not contain a reference for the 2374-E88).
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Welcome to the forum!
Do any lights come on when you try to power on, is the fan spinning, any signs of life at all?
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Gradual failure of wireless connectivity in Windows XP on T61 ThinkPad

My computer has gradually been getting worse about connecting to wireless internet, and now it seems to have completely stopped. Perhaps it is a hardware issue and the wireless card has just become broken, but I don't know how to check whether that's the case. I don't know whether these are typical symptoms, and I don't know the correct terminology to search the internet for, because for everyone else asking about similar things it seems to be correlated with some change in software, whereas mine just seems spontaneous.
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Hello,
I wonder if the ThinkPad T61 downloaded any updates while it was on the wired network? If so, perhaps one of them was a device driver update for the wireless network card.
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T42 2374-BL6 help (drivers) :(

Ok I just had to re-install the OS on my T42, Xp pro totally froze up on start and I didnt know what was causing it, so I reformatted and put XP home on there.
Slight problem, I dont have any driver CD's for the laptop, and I cannot find any of them on the lenovo support section of their site
The serial number is: 2374-BL6
I put this is the search box and it came up with something different.
I pretty much need all drivers, but the wireless card one would be the best best first.
If you can help I would be most grateful.
P.S New member, greetings.

All you need is here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-55386
BTW, your wireless card is Inrel 2100B when you start looking for drivers.
Make sure that you unpack every single driver after downloading by running the setup file in the Win subfolder under Drivers folder.
Hope this helps.
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T42 (2374) Hard Disk

Hi all,
a friend gave me an old IBM thinkpad 2374, without Hard Disk (removed because damaged).
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Windows 7 installation problems Thinkpad X220 (4291-4BG)

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Magnus, welcome to the forum,
acording to the MTM your system has an i-7 CPU, it should therefore have USB 3.0. Please try installing the system and ensure you only use the USB 2.0 ports.
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T61, WinXP SP2: Windows Power Options vs Thinkpad Power Manager (Standby/LID/etc)

My message is similar to this one:
http://forum.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&message.id=4885
but show clear source of problem.
So I start...
I have [brand new ] T61 with XP SP2 Russian, installed from R&R disks from Lenovo through Vista Downgrade deal.
1. I set Windows Power Management (W.P.M.) to:
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2. Close lid -- notebook go to standby; open lid -- notebook wakes up. Fine.
3. Close lid -- nothing to do. Open lid - notebook runned a usual, no standby preparations ;(
4. Go to ThinkPad Power Manager (TP.P.M.) (useful left-click from Big Green Gauge in taskbar) -- all settings looks fine: options, checkboxes etc.
5. Open W.P.M. -- all settings messed up with random values:
- "no action" on closing lid
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6. Setting up needed options in W.P.M. again, repeat steps 2..3..4 -- nothing changes: W.P.M. saves options for first close lid action, then options messed up.
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As I see, ThinkPad Power Manager builds on top of Windows Power Management and overwrites its options on some actions (power up/power down/close lid/etc) in unsmart way, turn off close lid action and bring *potentially security breach* by resetting option for asking password.
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My other experience on close/open lid:
- Very old R43 at my work acts fine. TP.P.M. installed.
- HP 6820s works fine with standard W.P.M.
- HP nx7010 works fine with standard W.P.M.
Software versions:
- ThinkPad Power Management Driver: 1.44
- ThinkPad Power Manager: 1.30b
- All the hotfixes listed in similar topics installed by R&R disks
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I... am... VERY... DISAPPOINTED! (c) Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg
Is there a way to fix this TP Power Management suite behaviour?
Should I reinstall some of components?
Can I throw out TP Power Management toys and use WinXP native Power Management, ot there will be some ghosts like "yellow undrivered question marks" in Device Manager?
Thank you.
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Message Edited by andyP on 04-22-2008 09:37 AM

I solved this trouble without Lenovo intervention:
- create clean WinXP Pro setup disk from R&R recovery diskset and install WinXP from it;
- install all the TP utilities & drivers manually, checking LID Close/LID open actions twice after each program;
- make full system backup (not R&R way) every 3..4 installed programs.
Entire process spend one week of my time.
Message Edited by abcdenis on 05-10-2008 03:51 AM

Intel HD Graphics (Integrated) Driver for Windows 7 (32-bit) - ThinkPad

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Please try the following:
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HELP ! WiFi Adapter Card for Thinkpad T42 ?

Hi everyone,
I am new to this site, and new to laptops. I just bought a used IBM LENOVO T42 1,7GHZ 512MB 30 GB HD with XP PRO. I am confussed about the WiFi issue, as it seems like two cards are required (internal / external) to get wireless. I have been searching the internet trying to find out what external and/or internal card I need to buy, but have become frustrated because I don't understand the lingo.
I bought my computer off eBay with this description:
IT ALSO COMES WITH WIRELESS CAPABILITY TO CONNECT TO ANY WIFI NETWORK OR HOTSPOT AND CONNECT TO THE INTERNET BY ADDING AN ADAPTER CARD.
And the specs say this, Expansion slots: one Type III PC Card slot
Can someone please shed some light on this for me, and tell me what to buy ?
Thx, Scott
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OS: XP PRO
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Scott,
it's your choice if you want to install an internal or external card:
1. Internal card: This is located inside the covers so to install it you have to open up the Thinkpad. Here is the T40/41/42 Hardware Maintenance Manual that shows you how to install what is there called the Mini PCI adapter. Most T42s shipped with this card factory installed but probably your model didn't. As you can see from the manual there were several cards that the T42 could have shipped with, my T42 came with the Intel 2200BG card. The big advantage with this approach is you can use an internal antenna in the cover but you might have to install that too if your model shipped from factory without wireless. The FRU (spare part) number for the antenna assemblies (different for 14" and 15" display models) is also shown in the hardware manual and they can be ordered online from IBM/Lenovo and typically ship overnight. (I would wait and order the antenna assembly until you have opened the Thinkpad, it might be there also for models that shipped from factory without wireless card.)
2. External card: This you put in one of the PC card slots on the left side of the laptop. The disadvantage is it will stick out of the laptop and carries a small external antenna so you will always have to take it out whenever you pack up your laptop. The antenna might not have quite as good reception as the internal antennna.
Message Edited by zilla on 2009-03-13 07:12 PM
T500: Vista 32, 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 15.4" 1680x1050, 500GB 7200rpm, ATI Radeon HD3650 + Intel 4500MHD. T42: XP, 1.7GHz, 2GB RAM, 14.1" 1024x768, 250GB PATA, ATI Radeon 7500.

I'd like to create an Windows 7 OEM for ThinkPad and ThinkCentre but...

The company I work for has recently changed from hardware provider. We ‘re back to Lenovo (IBM when I started here). The looks have hardly changed. I’ve compared my old T43 with my new T430, it’s very familiar to use ;-)
But, to the point, there’s more that hasn’t changed and that’s the preinstall and no option to do it otherwise. I’d like to create an OEM disk with 2 driver matrixes so I can use it to install our, recently bought ThinkPad’s and ThinkCentres.
What I need is an OEM license which should be in the $OEM$ folder. On the Dell and HP it is, why can’t I find it on Lenovo. The OEM key I found, is all the same on theLenovo systems is the same so probably I can use that.
The benefits of the OEM Windows:
It can be slipstreamed with the updates once in a while, like I’m used to with our Dell computers, and so do not have to update for hours after installation like it is now. (It gets more every time)
The software we don’t need or are not allowed to use by company policy like Chrome and Norton are not installed.
The benefits of the preinstall image:
... tell me...
Can anybody tell me where I can find or get this License to put in the $OEM$ folder?
Or maybe a way to get a OEM disk.

theok wrote:
What I need is an OEM license which should be in the $OEM$ folder. On the Dell and HP it is, why can’t I find it on Lenovo.
None of the major system vendors have used Microsoft OEM license for quite a while now. Microsoft has other licence approaches which are used by volume system vendors.
There are methods for creating SOEs (Standard Operating Environments) on Lenovo systems, and hopefully someone who has specific expertise on doing that will see your message now it is the correct forum, and reply soon.,
Cheers,
Bill
I don't work for Lenovo

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