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Michael2021 · #1 Post by **Michael2021** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:41 pm

Hi, I have a T430 i purchased 2 8 gbs of ram dual.channel DDR3, i had them installed and i updated my Bios, after it finished updating it turned off, after that the computer.screen just stays black, nothing works, i tried to remove the battery and unplug it.ad press the power button 10 times and hold.it 10 seconds, i tried removing my hard drive, nothing, i don't know what else it could be. can someone help me

ajkula66 · #2 Post by **ajkula66** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:56 pm

Welcome to the forum!

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

Remove all the RAM and power the system on. Does it beep?

Michael2021 · #3 Post by **Michael2021** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:59 pm

yes it beeps 1 time then follows 3 more beeps, then another group of 3 beeps, pauses and beeps 1 more time.

ajkula66 · #4 Post by **ajkula66** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:00 pm

OK there's still life in that board.

Put in your old RAM and power the machine on. Any change?

Michael2021 · #5 Post by **Michael2021** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:05 pm

i assumed the old ram was apart of the mother board on this model, i took it to a shop and watched him put the ram in, and we didn't see an old ram

ajkula66 · #6 Post by **ajkula66** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:16 pm

Michael2021 wrote:i assumed the old ram was apart of the mother board on this model, i took it to a shop and watched him put the ram in, and we didn't see an old ram

No.

There are two RAM slots on the T430, and there is no RAM soldered to the motherboard.

Try inserting just one DIMM and see whether anything changes.

Michael2021 · #7 Post by **Michael2021** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:20 pm

i tried powering it on with just 1 and it didnt work.

ajkula66 · #8 Post by **ajkula66** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:23 pm

That sounds like a bad BIOS flash which would equal replacing the motherboard. Before we take that route:

a) Is the machine still under warranty?

b) Is there any place where you could borrow a stick of DDR3 laptop RAM - smaller is better but beggars can't be choosers - and test the system one more time?

Michael2021 · #9 Post by **Michael2021** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:34 pm

yea i can try tomorrow on a new ddr3 ram, i also read that you can remove the palm rest and disconnect the backup battery for 30 seconds, it looks extremely difficult, would you recommend doing this, does that sound like something i should even attempt.

ajkula66 · #10 Post by **ajkula66** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:39 pm

Removing the backup (CMOS) battery is a good idea as well.

Download the HMM from here, and follow the steps required, it's easy as pie:

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc ... 304_04.pdf

Good luck and keep us posted.

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