How to Install Audio Driver for IBM Thinkpad R52 Laptop in Windows 7 32-bit?

Question

I have a friend who doesn't know anything about computers. He has a IBM Thinkpad R52. He was running Windows XP in it. But it had alot of viruses and I had to reformat and reinstall Windows 7 32-bit Since I did not have the XP or Vista CD/DVD. It worked well, the only problem is that I went to their websites and I found Drivers for Audio and VGA, but they are all either for Window Xp or Vista. There is no Driver for Widows 7 32-bit at all. Some blogger suggested that the Drivers for Windows Vista should work for Windows 7 32-bit, but the problem is I don't know where to download those drivers from. In their website it says you have to run Windows update for your Vista Drivers to be installed, but the problem is I don't have interenet Connection to his laptop, cuz he doesn't have anything at all. I found some websites that you have to pay but I don't wanna go for them, cuz its not my own laptop and plus most of Drivers are free on the web.

thanks

Answer 1

IBM doesn't make the Thinkpad line anymore. Lenovo does. That's why you need to be searching the support site at Lenovo. http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FdownloadsDriversLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo&validate=false



The problem is, you need to know a bit more than just the model being an R32 to get the listing of exact drivers for that unit. Another problem is that Lenovo doesn't list any Vista drivers for ANY of the possibilities for the R32.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-40213



Now... just because YOU did not have a copy of XP, that doesn't mean that you could not have PURCHASED Windows XP for him, or had your friend purchase it...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116583

See? It is still for sale. No, don't argue that he needed the upgrade anyway... that R32 is an older unit, and XP will run better on it than Windows 7 will, and you may never get all the drivers you need for it for Windows 7 anyway...



You know the old adage, if it ain't broke, don't fix it... well XP worked fine on that model line... don't mess with it.



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How to Install Audio Driver for IBM Thinkpad R52 Laptop in Windows 7 32-bit?

I have a friend who doesn't know anything about computers. He has a IBM Thinkpad R52. He was running Windows XP in it. But it had alot of viruses and I had to reformat and reinstall Windows 7 32-bit Since I did not have the XP or Vista CD/DVD. It worked well, the only problem is that I went to...

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Mines a duel yet I have to have a 32 bit. It's all depending on your laptop, it's memory etc. Your safest bet is looking at professional websites that are experts in this field. Your laptop when you first start to indtall windows 7 will tell you which bit to get whether the 32 or 64. But your safest bet is to go for the 32 bit. But like I say it depends on what your laptop says it can cope with :)

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