The access ibm button on thinkpad t43 is not working after i changed hdd

Thomas Christopher

• 1601 Answers
• Posted on Jan 13, 2008

SOURCE: ibm thinkpad g40 support

Your laptop comes with a recovery partition. You can reinstall the drivers for this through it.Your documentation will show you how.

ItWillBoK

• 108 Answers
• Posted on Dec 25, 2008

SOURCE: Is there a way to master reset the IBM T43 Thinkpad

No it's not possible to do it with just a button or replace it to factory settings.
The T43 Comes with WinXP or OS/2 Warp or Windows 2000 Pro.
If you wanted to reset it you basically would have to format the harddrive.
You can get a older version of WinXP which is still supported by microsoft or either that you can format it and sell it without a operating system.
Or you can add/remove items you installed and remove personal info delete pretty items much within windows itself.
Happy Holidays

SOURCE: No Sound on my IBM t43 Thinkpad

all hardware requires a driver
driver is an information file that tells the operating system how device works
without the driver the device cant work

when you reformatted you must not have installed sound drivers

here is a link to Windows XP version of the sound drivers of your laptop

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/license.do?filename=mobiles/1ya210ww.exe

download it
install it
reboot

and you will have sound

if you have a different operating system than windows XP, tell me and i will give you link for that

SOURCE: IBM THINKPAD T43. I can find the switch for my ibm thinkpad T43

Are you sure you have a wire card installed? If so, then try this:

1. Right-click the My Computer icon and select Properties.
2. Click the Hardware tab and press the Device Manager button. The network card should appear under Network Adapters.
   Note: If the card has a exclamation mark over a yellow background, then this is an indication that the card is experiencing a problem. Go to Driver download step 5.
   

1. Verify that the radio is enabled.
   It is possible to disable the transmitter of the wireless card without Device Manager showing any problems.
   Note: Follow the instructions provided to enable wireless card.
   
   • Most wireless cards will put an icon in the system tray (the line of icons in the lower right corner of your screen). Right click this icon and it may have a menu option to enable/turn on the wireless radio.
   • Some systems come with a Wireless Radio switch to disable the wireless radios. The wireless radio switch is usually located on the front side of the machine. If you are having difficulties with wireless connections, make sure the Wireless Radio switch is set in the On position.
     
     
     
2. Check for association to an Access Point.
   If you double-click the previously mentioned system tray icon, the configuration utility of the wireless card will appear. This utility will be able to show the status of the wireless card, showing what channel the card is using and what signal strength is being received. It may be difficult to maintain a connection if signal strength is low due to either interference or distance. For example, interference can be caused by 2.4GHz cordless phones, other Access Points in the area, and physical structures such as load bearing walls or metal partitions.
   Note: The utility can be used to configure the wireless card settings, but if using Windows XP Zero Configuration or Access Connections, you will need to use those programs to actually configure the wireless card as they will overwrite the setting of the utility.
   

SOURCE: IBM thinkpad T43 wireless lan problem

I solve wifi problems on IBM Thinkpad T43 with this driver : http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18404&lang=eng