Hey guys, I was wondering if it was possible to use the VGN-U / VGN-T series video drivers on the TR as all three of them use the same graphics chipset (Intel Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME). Because of the newer graphics drivers on the U/T series there should be a possibility that we can run the latest games and still keep the Zoom functionality. Thanks guys!

Intel Graphics driver version difference:
PCG-TR series: 6.13.01.3485
VGN-U series: 6.14.10.3722
VGN-T series: 6.14.10.3929

I you can get the lastest driver from the IBM website and it will work fine.
I have done this on my T-series.

Ishman

Will the Zoom button still work?

[quote author=“kageon1”]Will the Zoom button still work?

or more important, what will cause a BSOD :D

You can download latest version here from Intel.

It works fine and your Zoom button should work too.

[quote author=“ngvuanh”]You can download latest version here from Intel.

It works fine and your Zoom button should work too.

Last time I tried using the Intel drivers the Zoom button didn’t function anymore.

For the generic Intel drivers, anything 6.14.0 or above will not work with the zoom button.

I used latest driver build .4332 downloaded @ Intel and my Zoom button work fine.
I think Zoom button managed by Hotkey utility.

[quote author=“ngvuanh”]You can download latest version here from Intel.

It works fine and your Zoom button should work too.

hey thanks for that link.  my screen is clearer now it seems (or is it my imagination?).

things improved/changed from the intel driver of 6 months ago:

* profiles deleted, there is something called schemes instead. no migration happened on my machine and those profiles were lost.
* improved video overlay handling for my averTV box: I can now see PIP @ 75mghertz with samsung external…was not possible with the last driver.
* the driver’s user interface was improved (i guess, it looks better!)
* FN - Change Display button now works (for switching between external+notebook/just notebook/just external now WORKS without giving u a BSOD!
* a zoom utility for seeing a part of ur screen close up within another window.  not that’s really stupid.

BUT the zoom button is still inop, I get this message:
HotKey Client
Not available with current display settings.

So all in all I am pleased with the new driver as it appears more stable then the last.  I think that for most of us, the zoom key may be a lost hope and to be honest, i think it was a stupid idea anyway.  it just replicates a software switch anyway.  perhaps a better use of the button might have been sleep or hibernate or hell, even calculator or my computer or something as meaningless as that.

so thanks!!!
jigs

Hotkey Utility of T250P is here

I dont know if it works with your TRx although I think this is latest version of Hotkey.
Try install and see if your zoom button works.

Good luck.

[quote author=“ngvuanh”]Hotkey Utility of T250P is here

I dont know if it works with your TRx although I think this is latest version of Hotkey.
Try install and see if your zoom button works.

Good luck.

thanks! but after the install, still the same message in regards to zoom button.  all the hotkeys seem to work however, and the version that u posted is newer than the one that i had on my system.  Hkserv is running so?  funny, there is no tray icon…is there supposed to be?  If so I would have turned it off a long time ago, as i have too many icons down there already!
jigs

I was all over this new version… it definitely disables zoom key, which i HATED, and things SEEM faster, while resuming from hibernation SEEMS a lil more consistent.. of course.. it COULD be cognitive dissonance  

this is for both the TR3A and the X505ZP of course. perfect!

[quote author=“TonyC”]I was all over this new version… it definitely disables zoom key, which i HATED, and things SEEM faster, while resuming from hibernation SEEMS a lil more consistent.. of course.. it COULD be cognitive dissonance  

this is for both the TR3A and the X505ZP of course. perfect!

yeh, it does seem to boot faster…i see the desktop all at once now instead of bits and parts.

[quote author=“jiggy”]thanks! but after the install, still the same message in regards to zoom button.  all the hotkeys seem to work however, and the version that u posted is newer than the one that i had on my system.  Hkserv is running so?  funny, there is no tray icon…is there supposed to be?  If so I would have turned it off a long time ago, as i have too many icons down there already!
jigs

There is no tray icon with hotkey. Perhap, there are some differents between TR and T. Hkserv must be run to activate Fn keys.