Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

rob — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:56:37 GMT

What do you mean about the memory scores? My machine gets a 5.9 on memory. Are you talking about laptops?

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Keith Combs — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:32:54 GMT

Yes sir. The comment was about laptops that are currently constrained with a 667MHz memory bottleneck.

Thinkpad T61p can see more than 3.2GB of ram, unlike the T60!

Aaron Tiensivu's Blog — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:39:49 GMT

Exciting news for anyone that has been following the Thinkpad line of laptops. Of course, you can add 4GB of RAM to a T60/T60p but due to i945 chipset limitations (mainly dealing with PCI-E MMIO space and x86 braindamage), the maximum usable RAM will

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

michael.greene — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:13:06 GMT

RE: 64-bit apps, amen brother. I realize we are among the early adoptors but I am down to only one x32 machine and it almost never gets turned on. I am ready for developers to change the mindset and develop first for x64 and then consider backporting to legacy x32... Are we there yet? How 'bout now? :-)

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

rob — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:42:09 GMT

I got all inspired and flatten my machine last night and reloaded Vista in x64. Nice to have all 4 gig of memory that I wasn't able to get to in x86 but I'm stuck... anyone know of a program to mount an iso that works in Vista 64?

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Keith Combs — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:55:46 GMT

What have you tried so far? Most of DVD/CD software packages I have, have something but I just haven't tried them yet. I'm probably going to install Roxio 9 today and I'll see how WinImage works as well.

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Keith Combs — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:15:11 GMT

One last point that may not be apparent in this post, the T61p has the Intel "Santa Rosa" PM965 so it allows full access to all of the installed memory. The amount of possible memory in my T61p will go up later when 4GB SoDIMMS become available and affordable.

Only the latest machines on the market have this capability. For instance, I have a Latitude D820 that will run x64 operating systems, but it cannot use more than 3GB of memory. This is pretty well documented and should not worry people that aren't running virtual machines environments or other apps needing more than 3GB.

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

rob — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:37:34 GMT

I've tried MagicISO and Daemon tools. Both claim to work in Vista64 but neither does so far. Daemon won't even install correctly. Fortunately I have a stack of RW's so it's not a showstopper so far but I'm really missing that...

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

rob — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:39:30 GMT

Speaking of changing OS's.... is there any way to deactivate MS software? I had Office on my x32 Vista and now that I'm on x64 I need to reinstall it... but that dings against my activation limit...

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Jimlad — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:37:44 GMT

"I've tried MagicISO and Daemon tools. Both claim to work in Vista64 but neither does so far."

you may have to disable driver signing in the boot options.

i have used both of these on 64bit with sucess.

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Bob Muir — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:23:12 GMT

I wonder if any of the wwan cards are 64-bit compatible. :-(

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Keith Combs — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:48:37 GMT

I'll be trying my Verizon PC5740 this weekend.

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Keith Combs — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:53:37 GMT

Rob, I don't think the activation problem will be an issue. Besides, don't you have a TechNet subscription?

For the record, I would love to see a way for each of use to manage our product keys in the manner Rob suggests. That doesn't exist today but you can always call the activation support center and describe the issue. I don't think they are in the habit of denying activation for legit installs.

re: Windows Vista x64 on the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p

Keith Combs — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:40:34 GMT

Ok, I just tried my Verizon PC5740 PCMCIA card. update.microsoft.com does not have x64 drivers for it so after the insertion of the card, the driver failed to install.

However, the VZAccess software at www.vzam.net does so after installing the software which includes the driver, the insertion and driver install worked. I am posting this reply via the EVDO connection.

Your mileage is going to vary by chipset and card, but it looks like Verizon is covering your x64 back.

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