The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Server 2008 64bit on a T500?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by happyfirst, Sep 23, 2008.

  1. happyfirst

    happyfirst Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    22
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Anybody get this working fully? Some driver packages seem to install but for the most part devices still fall under "other devices".

    Still no video or network. Audio did work.
     
    happyfirst, Sep 23, 2008
    #1
  2. SockMan!

    SockMan! Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    98
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Did you try the Vista x64 drivers?
     
    SockMan!, Sep 23, 2008
    #2
  3. happyfirst

    happyfirst Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    22
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I've been trying them with NO luck. So far, only one that has worked was audio.

    I still don't have network which I need at a minimum
     
    happyfirst, Sep 23, 2008
    #3
  4. SockMan!

    SockMan! Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    98
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    If Vista x64 drivers don't work, then I don't know what will. It's not like the server OSes are supported on many laptops to begin with and I don't think Lenovo provides Windows XP x64 drivers for this laptop either.

    Why do you want Server 2008 on your T500?
     
    SockMan!, Sep 23, 2008
    #4
  5. happyfirst

    happyfirst Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    22
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    My main dev machine is a desktop running server 2008 and it's very nice, stable and fast. I have many projects setup as VMs under Hyper-V.

    I wanted it on the T500 also so that I could run Hyper-V and take my development VMs on the road with me.
     
    happyfirst, Sep 23, 2008
    #5
  6. assisterah

    assisterah Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    91
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Try to install .net framwork 3.0 or higher version and many software/driver issues will be solved.
     
    assisterah, Sep 23, 2008
    #6