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    Aaagggghhh...cf-18 Going Mad

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by DemonRam, Aug 22, 2008.

  1. DemonRam

    DemonRam Notebook Enthusiast

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    After all the Great Help and assistance in helping me put this toughbook together the HD went Buh-BYE!!!!! :mad: ....so I have no recovery disks...had "a friend" who let me "backup" HD drive in his CF-18 and "backed-up" a new harddrive and BAM...up and running again...but I am missing a ton of drivers and the Beloved CALWIN.exe file... :confused: Please help me some of you might remember me from the other pleadings for assistance. :(

    Thank you again for your assistance and patience......ZIPPYMAN, Ballin,TBTech,RandyCF-28, :p


    Sgt. Villa
    USMC
    CF-18BHAJXDM (Mk1)
     
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    Jeep905....Thank you I registered and downloaded all of these it is complete its just the CALWIN.EXE that I do not have.

    Thank you,

    Sgt. Villa
    USMC
     
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    Go here and download it : LINK
     
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    Zippy MAN!!!!!...awesome....I went for a walk around the plant dock and came back to it...ok I found the Calwin Touch Panel Calibration tool...when I open it prompts me that "Touch Panel Driver not found"
     
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    Zippy MAN!!!!!...awesome....I went for a walk around the plant dock and came back to it...ok I found the Calwin Touch Panel Calibration tool...when I open it prompts me that "Touch Panel Driver not found"
     
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    :D Zippy Man!!! Awesome

    I found the Touch Panel Calibration Tool!!! :eek:

    but when I activate it prompts me that "Touch Panel Driver not Found!" :eek:

    Thank you,

    Sgt. Villa
    USMC
     
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    You have to install the driver for it first. Go back to the other thread i explained how to do it in there.
     
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  9. DemonRam

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    Effective Immediately. :D
     
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    ZIPPYMAN,
    I did exactly what you instructed per previous discussion thread.

    No GO :confused: :(
     
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    Tom Thank you,

    Question I have XP Tablet does this matter?

    Thank you,

    Sgt. Villa
    USMC
     
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    Huh well calwin.exe should extract into the folder where the touchscreen drivers goto.

    Did you try a search for calwin.exe ?
     
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    Mouse driver should work
    https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pc/public/soft_first/cf-18/mouse_18_1_d030489.exe
    Download the file
    execute it
    it will extract to c/utilitys/2/driver I think,but serch to make sure
    go to devise manager
    click on mouse
    update driver
    point it to the updated driver as above
     
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    :eek: :D :eek: :D :eek: :D

    This is Awesome...I was really bummed out when the Hard Drive went...now bit by bit I am going to rebuild all drivers...Thanks afor all the Support and Knowledge.

    So as I am still in Question....since CF-18 came with WinXP and now it has Win XP Tablet Edition?

    if I want the Tablet buttons what drivers do I go after?

    Thank you,

    Sgt. Villa
    USMC
     
    DemonRam, Aug 22, 2008
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    Zippy,
    I don't think he can calibrate ,until the correct touchscreen driver is installed in device manager.
     
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    Let us know when you get the touchsreen working

    As for the buttons
    Look in the download area
    anything to do with hotkey's
    there might be 4 separate files to download and deal with by running the instaler that came in the file ,or dealing with ! marks in device manager.
    Its Quite a job to deal with without the restore disks.
    There can be 15 or more driver files
     
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    :cool: Working and in Order!!!..........Touchscreen that is......

    Now...Now...I am going after the Hotkey Buttons...sheesh... :rolleyes:


    Once again., Thank you,

    Sgt. Villa
    USMC
     
    DemonRam, Aug 22, 2008
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  19. Alex

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    The key to this is look in device manager,
    You should not have any ! marks.
    Also look in, add and remove programs
    in my cf-18 I have about 12 programs related to panasonic
    5 say hotkey

    Alex
     
    Alex, Aug 23, 2008
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  20. DemonRam

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    O.K........Hope everyone had a great weekend.

    O.K......who or where do I go to find out or educate myself on how to trick this CF-18 to its full capacity......

    Memory max.
    What's the Biggest HD.
    and what else can I perform....I really like this Toughbook and plan to keep it for a long time.
     
    DemonRam, Aug 27, 2008
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  21. Alex

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    Besides the 256mb ram that you have onboard you can add 512mb to total of 768mb of pc2100 ddr notebook ram
     
    Alex, Aug 27, 2008
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    And we have quite a few threads on the cf-18 lately.
    The cf-w5 thread has the hard drive that I currently recomend.
    Its a 2.5" 160 gb 5400 rpm samsung, the correct model # is in that thread.

    Alex
     
    Alex, Aug 27, 2008
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