This one is the driver package for the Gen 6 model described above, but you could easily search Google or Lenovo and find one of those other driver sets. It also doesn't specify a version of Windows 10, making it quite ambiguous. Here is another page with X1 Carbon drivers that are for another yet another two machine types (20K3, 20K4). You can easily end up applying the wrong drivers.

But notice how there are sets of drivers are for several versions of Windows 10 (Version 1709, 1803, 18), and especially take note that the drivers on this next link, are actually for two different machine types (Type 20BS, 20BT). Some of the newer Lenovo models, now include the machine type on the SCCM driver package download page. Here is the PSREF page where I would have to find the machine types: I look up and download drivers based on friendly names, not machine types. Luckily the Gen6 X1 Carbon only has two machine types, but some models have over a dozen.

I don't want to review 1325 lines to make sure I've captured all of the machine types. Matching driver sets to a model such as ThinkPad X1 Carbon (6th Gen) is easier to do than figuring out that machine types 20KG and 20KH, are that same model. Translating computer model names to machine types is tedious and error prone and further exacerbates the issue. Drivers are specific to computer models, and many models also come in multiple generations with their own dedicated driver sets, and each model and generation often has driver sets specific to Windows 10 versions (like 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, etc.).

In this article I explain how to use Lenovo friendly model names instead of machine types, for queries in your SCCM environment, and why driver management is complicated, and why driver mismatches can drain IT resources and cause loss of productivity and downtime.ĭriver management is already a complicated issue.

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