r30 no display please help

[maladrex3]

my r30 will shut off after about two seconds if using pc100 sodimm if no memory is inserted will power up but nothing will display is this because of no memory installed in system board or something else

[Thane_Bitter]

Hi,

The R30/31 ThinkPad’s require memory modules that are PC133.

Try a PC133 SODIMM stick and see if works - I bet it will. Best of Luck.

Thane

P.S. - the largest supported chip is 512 MB per slot; the maximum system memory is 1 GB of RAM. Keep in mind that Windows (or other OS) will report your system memory 8 MB less then what you have installed because that is reserved for the graphics chip.