Category:T30

ThinkPad T30

This pages gives an overview of the ThinkPad T30.

Standard Features

Intel Mobile Pentium 4-M 1.6, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.2 or 2.4GHz CPU
Intel 845MP Mobile Chipset
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 video controller with 16MB
- 14.1" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution (XGA)
- 14.1" TFT display with 1400x1050 resolution (SXGA+)
256MB standard, 2 GB max, PC2100 memory
20, 40 or 60GB HDD
Intel AC'97 Audio with a AD1881A codec
Ultrabay 2000 (Ultrabay Plus compatible) with one of the following:
Intel Fast Ethernet (10/100)
CDC slot with one of the following:
- none (empty)
- Modem Daughter Card (MDC)
- Bluetooth Daughter Card (BDC)
MiniPCI slot with one of the following:
- none (empty)
- IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter with Modem II
- Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b
(2) Type II CardBus slots or (1) type III
IBM Embedded Security Subsystem on select models
UltraNav touchpad on select models
Hard disk drive shock absorber (on underside)

Resources

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

Photos

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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. Maximum memory that can be installed is 2GB despite IBM reporting 1GB.

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

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