A30 beep error meaning boot failure

Hi,
I have a thinkpad a30 and I am getting one short beep, 3 short beeps, 3 short beeps, and one final short beep and a failure boot past that point. As soon as I hit the power on button this happens. I've changed memory, just in case that was a problem. I've taken out the battery and tried just the AC adapter . . . but nothing gets me past these beeps . . . can anyone help me?
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If you've tested the machine with a known good PC133 RAM stick and got that beep sequence your system board is gone, I'm sorry to say.
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