Installing IBM device drivers for Windows 2000
When you install or upgrade to Windows 2000, all of the “basic” device drivers will be
installed automatically by the Windows 2000 Setup program. Under most circumstances, you
will not need to install additional device driver s on your computer. Windows 2000 includes
many of the built in device drivers that have been extensively tested on ThinkPad computers.
Such devices include video, audio, built-in internal modem, and other standard input/output
(I/O) devices (mouse, keyboard, IBM TrackPoint, storage devices). However, under certain
conditions when additional support unique to the IBM ThinkPad computer is needed, you will
need to install these drivers. These “optional” device drivers are available to download from
the IBM Web site:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/support/
Click
Notebooks and PC companions
. Select your ThinkPad family, or model, then click
Downloadable files
. Look for device driver listings.
Below is a list of “optional” device drivers and utilities that can be installed on your computer
that is running Windows 2000. Note that each device driver and utility is model-specific:
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IBM ThinkPad Configuration Utility for Win95/98/2000 (ThinkPad 380, 560, 570,
600, 760, 765, and 770 Series models)
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Utility for Windows 2000 (ThinkPad 390 Series models)
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Utility for Win95/98/2000 (ThinkPad model 240)
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Notebook Manager for Win2000 (ThinkPad i Series models)
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IBM ThinkPad Easy Launch Buttons (ThinkPad i Series models)
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IBM Hardware DVD/MPEG-2 decoder for Windows 2000 (ThinkPad 770,
770E/ED, 770X, and 770Z models only)
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IBM Mwave DSP Audio and Modem for Windows 2000 (ThinkPad 760XD and
765D models only)
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ThinkPad LT Modem II for Windows 2000 update (ThinkPad 570, 570E, and 600X
models only)
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ThinkPad ESS AudioRack32 (ThinkPad 2621 model only)
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IBM ThinkPad internal ACP Modem Update (ThinkPad 600, 600E, and 770 Series
models only)