Portege R100 - Orange blink code

Hi everybody,
I am Michael from Germany. I did use Toshiba laptops since the late 80th starting with my 1st computer, the Toshiba T1000 w/out a hdd...
I did repair a lot of them for myself, I always use 3-6 in my home parallel :o))) Especially the 34XX portege series, which are my fav ones with the tecra line, but anyway.
Now I have a new problem that I never had. I did buy some R100 to built me one fine. One mainboard the orange blinking error code: 00101100. I tried the common known things: w/ or w/out but nothing!
Does anyone knows which hexacode is hidden behind this blinking and which prob is hidden behind the right hexa, please?
google finds different answers and hexas like reading it from behind: 0011... and find 32h blabla but I want to ask you first, before I believe in this ;o))
till later + best
michael

Hi and thank you for your answers, both.
- i tried the ram module exchange thing before i posted here.
- i just ordered a new motherboard for it for a good price!
Akuma, did you mean the motherboard with PCB?
i removed the motherboard completely at the weekend and found some interesting things:
1. there were little animals on it. small fleas that look like those in old books in librarys.
the actual board is from philippines, maybe they have a "houseflea" in the philli-factory or something. if it is that, it is uncool for a big brand like toshiba
2. a bigger part of the board had signs of heavy corrodation on metal parts that i know from old guitars hardware, especially like old guitars that have had eir homes near salty oceans. AND i think this is the reason, why i have the blinking code
till later + best

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