Category:T30

Resources

• ThinkPad T30 Hardware Maintenance Manual (January 2003) (3MB PDF)

Photos

Thinklight

Hard disk drive shock absorber, on T30's bottom near battery

Upper indicators

Lower indicators

T30 docked in a Dock

Compatible Ultrabay Devices

• Ultrabay 2000 (all)
• Ultrabay Plus Cradle for the WorkPad C500 (using an Ultrabay Plus Device Carrier)
• Ultrabay Plus Numeric Keypad (using an Ultrabay Plus Device Carrier)
• Ultrabay Slim Optical Drives (using a Ultrabay Slim Drive Adapter)
• Ultrabay Enhanced Optical Drives (using a Ultrabay Enhanced Drive Adapter)

Tips and Tricks

RAM

PC2700 RAM can be used in the T30, but it will only run at PC2100 speeds.

Memory slot failure

The T30 has a design flaw that results in one of the two memory slots failing over time. Both slots may fail eventually if the problem is not dealt with.

Kernel Panic

Installing a 1 GB memory module may cause a Linux kernel panic on boot. This can be overcome with the uppermem GRUB command: grub> uppermem 524288

However, uppermem may not be implemented in GRUB2.

Battery

The Thinkpad T30's original battery codes are: 02K7033, 02K7034, 02K7035, 02K7037, 02K7038, 02K7050, 02K7051, 02K7072, 02K7073