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    x201s clean install question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by athos, Mar 27, 2010.

  1. athos

    athos Notebook Geek

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    Hey, so I got my x201s yesterday and wiped it and put Win7 64-bit ultimate on it. I now have two items in device manager that I don't know what drivers I need to get rid of:

    "PCI Serial Port"
    "PCI Simple Communications Controller"

    Any advice?
     
    athos, Mar 27, 2010
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  2. lineS of flight

    lineS of flight Notebook Virtuoso

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    Download ThinkVantage System Update, install it and let it do its thing. Alternatively, visit the Lenovo site, look up your machine by "machine type" check in the Driver Matrix and download and install.
     
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    athos Notebook Geek

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    so I did download system update. first off, I get a warning from win7 saying this has known compat issues. I move through that, and it then assumes I am on vista, not win7, doesn't even give me that option.
     
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    elixiash Notebook Consultant

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    lineS of flight Notebook Virtuoso

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    Damn! Are you sure you downloaded the 64-bit version? I ask because when I got my machine recently, I had the same problem (about the drivers, that is). Then I had some problems downloading System Update. But once it was done, it went smoothly - though I am on 32-bits. I did have some problems finding the relevant System Update utility, but some good person on the Lenovo forums gave me the link and it worked very well.
     
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    utdeep Notebook Guru

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    It's probably the AMT driver. Even if you turn it off in the bios, it still wants a driver. That should take care of the PCI Simple Communications Controller. The other one could be the fingerprint driver. Does your device manager show a bometric device? Do you have a fingerprint reader on yuor X201s?

    I'm running a clean install of Win 7 Ultimate X64 as well with a fully equipped X201s and no lenovo thinkvantage utilities except for the fingerprint reader software. No devices are showing up as unrecognized.
     
    utdeep, Mar 27, 2010
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