IBM ThinkPad R40 Intel Centrino Upgrade to Intel Core 2 Duo?

If you can find the model number on the machine you can go onto the manufacturer's site and get the drivers according to which operating system you have. If you're unsure get back to me with more info as I've said here.

Hi, kindly download it here : www.pc.ibm.com/ww/scripts/support/index.html
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Try unplugging the video card, then plugging it in again, there might be a peice of dust blocking a connection.

It is working.

Tested first with one new module with 2GB RAM, then with 2 modules, 2GB (new) + 1GB (original). Post and Windows are showing 3GB.
The HP 530 notebook is working OK.

sounds like you have too much data on your hard drive and possibly too much stuff starting up with your computer so use jkdefrag, msconfig, startup control panel and ccleaner to clear and clean up the data on your laptops hard drive.

Use ccleaner first which you can get here
and then defrag your hard drive afterwards using
jkdefrag which is here

msconfig you can access by going to start --> run and type msconfig and press enter or click on ok and then go to the startup tab and stop things running that you dont need to run although using startup control panel which is here would be a lot easier and better as you can check the run keys in the registry as well as the startup and run once keys and make sure only the things you need to run at startup are actually booting up.

Once you have done that see if it is any better and post back

Under the Windows activation section, click the Change product key link. The window that appears will allow you to enter a new product key and thereby upgrade to a different version of Vista.

make sure that the socket supports your new max Intel.

Max CPU for IBM T20, 21, 22 is Pentium III FCPGA2 1000MHz (1GHz). Max memory is 512MB (2 x 256MB PC100/100MHz). Max hard disc is 250GB ATA. Newest BIOS is from April 2004 at the homepage Lenovo.

yes

I wasn't aware they still put mobile Pentium 4 processors in laptops. If you can, you should get an Intel Core Duo or Core 2 Duo.

Other than that, the specs look pretty good. You might want to upgrade to 2GB of RAM though if your computer is going to be running Windows Vista.

Regards,
Javabytes