(Solved) Need Video Driver for Windows 7 For an IBM R51 Think Pad

[Rick]

I am beta testing; www.drivethelife.com

there service is FREE! No front end or back end Malware...

often, there software drivers will get you up and running, have you tried to see if that can help you?

good luck

[Boggin]

It is unclear what the OP's graphics card is.....Some R51s have ATI, while others have the Intel Extreme Graphics 2.

Google gives references for a Lenovo R51 as well as an IBM R51.

The Lenovo uses Intel but a link provided earlier gives drivers for AMD.

One way to determine what is fitted is to go Start - type dxdiag and press enter then look under the Display tab, but as the Win 7 Upgrade Assistant has given that the Video Controller (which is another name for the graphics card/chip) is not compatible for Win 7, then it's unlikely there will be Win 7 drivers for this machine.

[VicTully]

I tried DrivetheLife post by Rick. Sorry to say that it didn't work.

I tried the post by Samson from SevenForums.com and by following all the detailed instructions, surprisingly it did work. I now have video drivers for my Think Pad R51.

A big thank you to Samson.

And many thanks to all those who helped out in the thread and to Shane for the great site.

[Samson]

Hey, Nice job 

Good to hear that you've got a result   

[Boggin]

And from a surprised me - Good Job, Samson !

[Rick]

I am trying to update the system on my IBM R51 Think Pad to Windows, but I cannot find a video driver. I have searched the net but haven't found anything.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!

have a try here;

[Samson]

Rick, the OP has the driver required and successfully installed it.

A quick read of the posts at the end of the thread would have confirmed this for you, and the OP has also amended the thread title to "Solved".