The following link may be helpful: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T30
--- Steven Santos Director Simply Circus, Inc. 86 Los Angeles Street Newton, MA 02458 P: 617-527-0667 F: 617-934-1870 E: ste...@simplycircus.com On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Bill Horne <b...@horne.net> wrote: > On 4/11/2014 9:40 AM, MishaStrGm wrote: > >> Hi Bill >> >> 1 I use T60p a lot without battery. It is fine. >> I used another old lap-tops without battery just fine. >> I do not have battery. >> >> 2 Are you from Linux user group? >> T30 can run Linux, slow. >> You click and nothing happeps, only then . >> I have Linux questions often. >> >> Mike Strounin. >> > > Mike, > > Thanks, that's good to know. > > I just booted the T30 into its BIOS, but I had to push a button on the > bottom of the unit and try combinations of the power and "Thinkpad" buttons > to get it to boot, and after I updated the date/time, it wouldn't reboot. > Is there some way to get it to boot without pushing two or three buttons at > once? > > TIA. > > Bill > > >> >> On 4/10/14, Bill Horne<b...@horne.net> wrote: >> >> Thanks for reading this. >>> >>> I just got a Thinkpad T30 from a guy who gave it away on the >>> "Freecycle" list. >>> >>> He got the machine to light up and got to the BIOS, but there's no >>> battery, and I don't want to tempt fate by running it without one. The >>> former owner said something about the RAM, and I gather the T30's had >>> some problem with the second slot not working, but that's all I could >>> find out from Google. >>> >>> I'd like to borrow a battery for a T30, and try to judge if this one is >>> worth the time to work on: the big question right now is whether the $33 >>> for a new battery and possibly $20 for a charger is worth the risk, and >>> I'd like some more information before I decide. >>> >>> If you'd rather, you're welcome to take the machine and charger and >>> docking station and have a go at it yourself: I got it for free and I'm >>> OK with paying it forward. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> -- >>> Bill Horne >>> William Warren Consulting >>> http://www.william-warren.com/ >>> 339-364-8487 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss@blu.org >>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >> > > -- > Bill Horne > William Warren Consulting > http://www.william-warren.com/ > 339-364-8487 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss