I live in Fort Collins, and have extra drives laying about in my parts stash. PM me if you still need one...

Pulling everything (including RAM) was tried first. Nothing. I'm going to tear it down today if I have time, and see if there's any voltage across the power jack. Are A30 mobos still available for cheap? I'll mosey over to the classified to do a search...

I did try the hard reset sequence (no luck)...sorry, forgot to mention that. I've done the "wire-jiggle" with no success. Thanks for the ebay suggestion regarding a replacement jack, I'll start looking.

Hi all, Have an old A30 that the kids use for their machine. It will not power on currently. From what the kiddos have told me, it just shut down on them and wouldn't turn on again. Did manage to get a battery light for a few seconds the other day, but that's it. Power brick is good (tested on anoth...

Reposting (since it got lost in the upgrade transition):

Had a great transaction with vim_commando on a couple of memory modules. He shipped promptly, and quickly corrected a minor problem we had.

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To both of you, if you haven't got one yet, try and put on the T22 cooler, it sits directly on top of the CPU with only thermal paste. The T20/T21 coolers use a thermal pad , which dries out eventually and looses contact between CPU and cooler, thus causing very fast overheating. ^ :thumbs-UP: Soli...

Actually, the output spec for the T20's OEM AC adapter is 16V DC, 4.5A. I have my original right in front of me.

Wattage = volts * amps, or 72W output in this case.

Update: I got a T20 base (thank you to RealBlackStuff) and planned to swap out the boards. In the meantime, I also found a new T22 heatsink/fan for cheap. So I decided to try the fan first. This heatsink appears to make good contact with the cpu core. Mobmeter shows the cpu temp at about 46-53*C, de...

Thank you to RealBlackStuff for a smooth, friendly transaction on a T20 base!

I'll take you up on that offer...PM sent.

Now, the first question I'd ask is what CPU you have. Has it been "upgraded" at any point, and if so, is the fan still the original T20 fan? If you answer "yes" to both questions, I think I'd try replacing the fan with one from a T22 to improve cooling. The CPU is the original PIII-700. The fan is ...

Great transaction with Zedicus on an A30. Well packaged, nice looking machine.

Thanks!

I am looking for a good condition system board for a T20 (2647-84U).

FRU is 12P3360 according to Lenovo.

If anyone has a system board they'd part with at a reasonable price, please reply. Thank you!!!

Thanks, Ray. It's actually the same seller. I was also confused by the 16x16 spec (came up with 256MB just like you did) :) It's noted in the ad you referenced, as well. Look at "Product Details" in that listing. It's obviously no-name RAM, and I was a little wary. Price is right for a 512MB module,...

Hi all, I just purchased an A30 (2652-36U), and would like to upgrade the RAM. I've been searching through old threads, but couldn't find a definitive answer to this question: Will the A30 support high density SODIMMs? I found a couple of sellers who have 512MB high density sticks (described as 16x1...

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I have a couple of T2x/A2x BoD systems but then again, I bought them for the SXGA+ or UXGA screens :) . I can't say what the odds are for you to get a perfectly working system today and then have it develop the BoD later on. With the accessories that you list, you might consider a slight upgrade to...

Hmmmmm, that sounds like more trouble than this machine is really worth at this point. It saddens me, as I've had this T20 for nearly 8 years. Ray, or anyone else who might know: am I asking for trouble buying a used T20-T22 system board? All these threads about the BOD kinda make me think I'd just ...

I think I had a problem in this thread somewhere... :wink: Anyway, thanks for the post, vlyne. I will take your advice and start looking for a T23 board. Insofar as the sponge pad is concerned, I figured that part out. It was pretty clear to me that the quick shut-down was a cpu heat issue. I put th...

I finally had a little time to do this over the weekend. I removed the fan. The original thermal pad was intact...made of a weird rubbery compound...I've never seen one like that before. The pad lifted right off with no residue. I cleaned the cpu and fan with alcohol, and applied some fresh thermal ...

Thank you for the input, SMA. Inre the power supply issue from the previous thread: No big deal...I don't mind having an extra. :D I don't believe that it's a backlight issue. The laptop doesn't show symptoms of that. I am fairly certain that it's a problem on the system board. Heat may very well be...

I tried the external monitor, and it ran fine for a few hours. I had to leave for a while, and it was shut-down when I got back. At this point, I'm almost ready to give up. Maybe I'll try to get a new LCD cable, but I hate the thought of throwing good money after bad.

Thanks to underclocker for an excellent transaction on a nice X24. Great communication, very well packaged.

madkat: That seems like it might work...something non-conductive to act as a "shim". spydergt: I was gone out of town for a couple of days, and didn't have a chance to check the forum. After work tonight, I'll try connecting the T20 to an external monitor to see if that makes any difference at all. ...

Still having problems with the machine shutting down. I've opened it up a couple of times, and the left side of the LCD cable seems to be separating *ever* so slightly. Is there something I can use to help keep it seated?

It worked OK for a couple of days, but is now back to the same symptoms. Any other suggestions, or am I S.O.L.?

My batteries are all "real" IBM models. Maybe I'll try it via diskette, as I suspect the hanging issue is at least partially OS-related. Edit: Well, that was a bad idea. The machine froze-up while running the BIOS updater. By some miracle, it didn't brick. *whew* Guess I'll leave well enough alone w...

Ok, just finished reseating the LCD cable. I assume it was the one right underneath the indicator lights, correct? :) From the profile view, it looked like it might have been *slightly* loose on the left-hand side. The machine is booted-up right now, and I temped fate by picking it up and moving it ...

Thanks for the reply, RealBlackStuff. So, you don't think my symptoms are indicative of the blink of death? I'll download the hardware maintenance manual (can't find my copy), and try the LCD cable reseat. I haven't torn down the machine in years, but I think you have to remove quite a few component...