Finally a new Intel Turbo driver for the T61 concerning BSOD

actually, you don't have to do that....that is only if you are having problems installing matrix 7.5, which can be downloaded here http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101

 

Well....my laptop froze 3 times just trying to read through this thread with firefox...installed the matrix 7.5 that i have listed above and no problems yet...but its only been 2 hours...ill let you guys know after 3-4 days...

Now when you guys talk about bsod's..does that include just freezing and no blue screen? i only got that screen once....and it froze around 7-8 times....i can move the cursor around....but can't click on anything, nor can i open up task manager to end processes

 

The BSOD and the freeze problem are likely to be different. I cured the BSOD problem a long time ago with driver updates.

I still have freezes from time to time. I have now tried disabling ReadyBoost to stop them. At the moment I have gone a couple hours without one but that isn't saying much. The freezes can stay away for even a whole day in some cases.

 

the freezes are definitely related to this turbo memory along with the possible use of firefox....and they are not random....something is conflicting...i had a previous t61 w/o turbo memory for around 2 weeks and absolutely no freezes or issues

I think vista deals with the issue by either popping up the bsod ...or just freezing

 

Let me know how disabling readyboost works for you guys. I had the freezing problem zenpharoahs described until I disabled readyboost. It worked like a charm.

 

I'm going to see how this works out with the matrix 7.5 which was supposed to fix the issue...if I have anymore freezes im trying that next....and it is readyboost we are suppose to disable and not the readydrive, correct? Thanks

 

Correct. I still had the freezing issue with the new drivers, however they eliminated the BSODs.

At first I disabled both which fixed everything. I didn't want to put the turbo memory to waste so I enabled readydrive and the system still worked.

 

I wasn't referring to the new driver in the OP...I am talking about the

 

Does anyone know what the difference between readyboost and readydrive is anyways? Thanks

 

I ran with ReadyBoost disabled for the past half day and got two freezes. One of the freezes had no Firefox running. So now I have ReadyDrive disabled as well. We will see.

 

well received my first bsod after installing matrix 7.5...damnit! I went a good 24 hours without one

 

Not to brag or anything, but I've never had freezes or BSOD's(actualy I had one but that was coming out of hibernation one day). I had a T61 14"widescreen and now have a 14" T61p, both had/have TurboMemory and updated drivers running on Vista Business.

 

a bsod is a bsod...so you have had one...even if its once....

it usually occurs when coming out of sleep or hibernation

 

I keep getting a "file copying not succesful, setup will exit now"...wtf

 

actually i got that one when i first got the widescreen T61...so that was around the first week of August...never had any problems with either computer after that.

 

well i am glad to hear that you never had problems..or it was just that once and everything is fine now

 

Well..I ended up disabling readyboost and put the settings to medium for active protection system...we'll see what happens

anyone have other suggestions?

 

What I did to stop BSODs and random freezing of my T61 (widescreen) was delete the parameters from iastor and iastorv in the registry (please double check with earlier instructions somewhere in this thread as i did this a long time ago.) I also disabled readyboost and readydrive. According to this article ( http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3009&p=3) you need a few reboots for disabling and enabling readyboost/readydrive to take effect. And I also set medium settings for active protection system although I'm not sure what good it does. Good luck!

I'm also curious though, is there a recent driver update for the turbo memory? (sorry, i havent had time to read the last few pages of this thread)

 

actually there are no instructions on how to delete those parameteres...someone pointed to a link...however, the intel site does not show it anymore....is there anyway you can figure out what you did? Thanks

I read on thinkpad forums that people have had success by disabling active protection system....somehow the Vista knows to stop writing to HD when aps is enabled...but turbo memory does not know...something along those lines

 

Interesting. I wondered about active protection being involved. So I have disabled it. Disabling turbo memory earlier today didn't seem to do the job.

 

yea it has to do with vista knowing to stop writing to the HD when it goes off...but it can't stop the data from hd to turbo mem and vice versa...so turbo memory is sending and receiving data without a response from the HD and causes it to lock up....the OP addresses that issue....'while being carried' so the APS definitely comes in play somewhere

 

There were those but a driver update is supposed to have fixed those.

I thought the "being carried" problems were due to power state changes; if you look at the intel Turbo Memory:

I have that driver installed and still have lockups. Which doesn't mean that the drive protection is not involved, it just means I don't see that all the "being carried" symptoms are related to the drive protection.

In any case, I have disabled the drive protection since earlier today, and we will see.

 

screw this im doing a clean install...u think its best to not even download the turbo mem driver or download it and have it disabled?

 

Sorry eyecon if it sounded like i was gloating or something...i was just wondering why some people have this problem and some don't. This is totally out of nowhere, but what wireless card do you have?

 

I notice something interesting. I have the freezing problem as well with the T61 on battery operation. When using AC, everything works fine. However, I notice that if I change the power plan to "High Performance" when using the battery, everything works fine. No freezing, no crashes. If I use the "Think Pad" default power setting, then the system would freeze randomly and requires power off to reboot. Of course, the down side of that is the battery wouldn't last as long in high performance mode.

 

Dave, have a look at this:

http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/showthread.php?t=8359&page=15

That fixed the freezing problem I was having with Turbo Memory & battery operation.

 

that is because in the high performance option, the hybrid disc power saving option is disabled by default....thus not freezing or BSOD'ing....by going through your power plans and disabling hybrid power management on all plans, you solve this problem

BTW..there are new drivers out dated 11/03/07

 

Hey guys, a year later I'm having the exact same problem with my new T61.. it freezes all the time, even if it's just sitting there, I can't move the mouse or anything so I have to just hold down the power button to shut it off. The weird thing is that sometimes it doesn't boot the first time, or the second time, or the third time.. it just freezes somewhere along the booting stage, anywhere from the very beginning to just at the end of the Microsoft Vista splash screen.

I've updated everything and done a fresh install and it just. Keeps. Happening. Some BSODs too now, although these are a newer development. Lenovo support is utterly unhelpful. Did anybody ever find a definitive solution??

 

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