Resurrecting a T30

Hey guys,
I'm trying to resurrect this T30 from its grave to give to my little brother.
It turns on with Backlight etc, but the screen is black.
Last time I turned it on was when it said FAN ERROR then nothing else came up.
I bought a fan assembly, will that fix it?

I also think this T30 has a problem not recognizing one of the RAM slots. Is that a fix?

Thanks

 

Does it get really hot? Try placing it in the fridge for a few mins, since these used very hot hot hot Pentium 4's and your fan isn't working, i wouldn't be surprised if heat's doing it.

 

No it's not hot. It's from a complete "cold" boot.
I don't have RAM or an HDD in there right now, not even beeps.

i ordered 1gb ram, a key i was missing, wifi card (yes t30 compatible), and a fan assembly.
i hope that fixes it.

 

Have you tried hooking it up to a monitor to at least see if you can get a picture that way? I also think I may have read somewhere that CPU's can heat up extremely fast and since you have a PIV I'm thinking it goes from 32 degrees Celsius to 90+ extremely fast. As a preventative measure the laptop would shut down.

 

The T30 suffered from a design flaw where SODIMM socket #2 would stop working. Where I work, I've had a few T30's show this problem. The official fix is to replace the systemboard unfortunately. IBM had been replacing the T30 systemboards for a while, but they're no longer doing so.

Here's more info on the problem:

http://www.omskakas.se/2007/07/thinkpad-t30-memory-slot-failure.html

There IS a way to fix it, but unless you have experience in soldering, it's not for the novice:

http://www.omskakas.se/2007/08/memory-slot-updates.html

 

don't worry about the broken ram slot, there is no easy fix that you can do.

 

ok. that's fine. 1gb of ram is plenty for my little brother.
I gues i have to wait and see if the heatsink fixes it.

 

I have no RAM in here right now, but I replaced the heatsink.
There is nothing, not even backlight turns on.

no sound or anything, but when i press hte power button, 4 green lights flash (1, A, 2 arrows, and a N) then only the N in a circle symbol is lit up... what does this mean?

Is there anyway I can diagnose without RAM?

the cpu fan doesnt spin when i turn it on. but the GPU/GPU RAM is warm.

 

ok. I got it to beep and got all the fans turning.

cranked the hair dryer to 11 and heated that mother.
ill see if it posts when i get the ram working.