Thinkpad r60 windows 10
On July 27, 2016 I installed Windows 10 Pro 64-bit on my T60 with ATI Radeon X1400 graphics.
The driver installed during the upgrade was a Microsoft generic driver that made icons, tiles, and text grossly distorted.
The solution is to download and install the Lenovo Vista version 8.383.1.1 (for 32-bit and 64-bit systems) of the ATI Mobility Radeon driver for the listed Lenovo computers:
Alternatively: to find the above link, do a Google search for T60 Vista ATI driver
This package installs the software (display driver) to enable the following video chips on the system board.
— ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
— ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
— ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
— ATI Mobility FireGL V5250
Supported ThinkPad systems with ATI video chipsets:
— R60
— T60, T60p (Machine types: 20xx, 26xx, 87xx)
— Z61m, Z61p
Although the Supported Operating Systems are:
— Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit
— Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit ThinkPad R60, ThinkPad T60, T60p (Machine types: 20xx/26xx/87xx), and ThinkPad Z61m, Z61p,
the driver works on Windows 10 and undoubtedly on Windows 7
Update the system BIOS to:
ThinkPad T60/T60p: Version 1.05a or higher
ThinkPad T60/T60p (widescreen): Version 1.00 or higher
ThinkPad Z61m/Z61p: Version 2.04 or higher
ThinkPad R60: Version 1.04 or higher
This driver package requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installs if it is not installed on your system.
Instructions for checking BIOS version:
My Installation instructions (it may be prudent to read the ReadMe .txt file at the download site) are slightly different from the ReadMe.txt instructions; however, these are steps I needed to follow to install the driver.
Download the version 8.383.11 driver (79d533ww.exe). Click Save as, and save it to a new folder; e.g., Vista ATI Radeon Driver.
- After the download finishes (it happens quickly), Double Click 79d533ww.exe and allow it to run
I recommend writing down the path during this operation as your path may differ from the path that follows
- Navigate to Local Disk (C:)\ Drivers\ Win\Video\ where the setup file will be located
- Double click setup.exe (logged on with administrative privileges)
As I recall, the file extracts and then installs the driver
- Follow the instructions on the screen
During the installation you should notice the desktop icons changing size/shape
- At the Select Components screen, click Express
- Click Finish
- Restart Windows 10
A red ATI icon (ATI Catalyst Control Center) appears in the tray. Right click it to open Catalyst Control Center. The displayed default settings work fine on my T60.
The downside: after rebooting or restarting my T60, a warning about Catalyst Control Center being unsupported appears. Clicking OK hides the warning until the next restart.
Obviously this is untrue as ATI Catalyst Control Center appears in the tray. I assume this is an artifact of using a Vista driver
I tried updating the driver. The result showed the installed driver to be the newest version, so I wouldn’t bother doing this. Leave well enough alone!
To verify that the ATI adapter is enabled:
Right click the Start button > select Device Manager > expand Display adapters > right click ATI Mobility Radeon > select Properties. Click the Driver tab. Verify that the device is enabled. The driver can also be updated from here.