The beeps of death ?

[jcnj6]

Greetings all

My T23 may have bit the dust.
I try to boot and get beeps 1-3-3-1

IBM support says its 1 DIMM, 2 System board
Forum entries seem to point to the need for a new mother board.

Where should I buy one?
Is it worth the repair?

I have regular full backups saved to CD
If I can get it to boot one last time, what should I do?

I am not afraid of doing the repairs my self
I just want my TP back (or a new one!)

Thanks to all
Rich J

[Kyocera]

Never turn it off. Seriously though, I'd remove the RAM, it may be a factor, if I could get one more boot, I'd run PC Dr. HD fitness, look in event viewer, defrag, return to factory, AV scan, everthing. Usually my first inclination is if I could get a good reboot is to reboot again, it would be hard not to do that and run all those tests.

[opusitibm]

1-3-3-1 normally is DIMM fail, if not, the system board need to be replaced, check if the dim socket crack soldering.

[kyrotech]

you wont be able to repair the system board