ThinkPad T30 with one bad SIM slot I'm going to Sell it.

[lisantica]

My T30 is out of warranty since it was a refurbished one....so I'm on my own on fixing this. Any ideas of how I might fix the one slot that doesn't seem to want to be recognized?
Lisa

I went ahead and bought another ThinkPad T30. One with a warranty.
Does anyone know of a fair asking price for a T30 with one bad ram slot, a 20GB hard drive, 256mb RAM?

 

[johnjkr1]

I assume you tried the one stick that does work in both slots, and it failed in one, right? If so, try flashing the bios. Other than that, you will need a new motherboard.

 

[lisantica]

Yes johnjkr1, I did that slot switching technique like you mention above. How do I go about flashing the bios? I'm willing to give it a try.
Lisa

 

[johnjkr1]

So, I assume that two different sticks worked in the one slot, but neither worked in the other slot?

As for flashing the bios, here is a link to the IBM page with the latest. If you already have the latest bios, it will not do you any good.
http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-42358#BIOS

 

[lisantica]

Yes, that is correct. That was the only way I could, for certain, verify that the one slot was defective. I did a search on flashing BIOS and was led to IBM website where I finished download, carefully read all instructions and just completed the flash. I just now tried the slot again and no go! Since everything works fine I might not sweat it. It's just that I like things to function properly.

 

[lisantica]

Bump for an update, I'm going to sell my original T30 now that I bought another one.