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Q151406: Service Pack 4 Replaces Western Digital ThinkPad Driver

Article: Q151406
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.51
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you apply Service Pack 4 (SP4) to an IBM ThinkPad 755CE/CSE/CD/CX/CV/CDV,
750C/755C, 370C, or 345C, you cannot go to higher resolutions than VGA with 16
colors.

RESOLUTION
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After applying SP4, reinstall the IBM driver downloaded from IBM again. The
driver can be downloaded from IBM (www.ibm.com). It is a self extracting file
named Vf75xwnt.exe.

The old version of the driver downloaded from IBM (dated 10/7/95) needs to be set
up again after SP4 is applied.

MORE INFORMATION
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IBM ThinkPad 755CE/CSE/CD/CX/CV/CDV, 750C/755C, 370C, and 345C use the Western
Digital video chip set. For resolutions higher than 640x480x16, the driver from
IBM is needed. The driver name is Wdvga.sys. If SP4 is applied to one of these
systems that have the SVGA driver loaded, it replaces the Wdvga.sys, which
brings back the system to standard VGA 16 colors.

Additional query words: prodnt thinkpad video
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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS351search
Version           : 3.51

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