CF-07 Model Numbers

Hello All

Seams as tho a seller on ebay is liquidating the stock of CF-07's, so uh I got 18 of them

looking though I have various model numbers

CF-07LZ5ZYDM
CF-07LZ5ZYEM

looking at the service manual it seams that the model numbers break down into the following

Model No. CF-07 1 Z 2 Z Y 3 4
1: CPU type
L: for Intel® Mobile Pentium® III Processor 300 MHz
2: HDD type / RAM size
5: 5GB / 128 MB
A: 10GB / 128 MB ??
C:20GB / 128 MB ??
3: Operation System
E: Microsoft ® Windows® 98
D: Microsoft ® Windows® 2000
K: Microsoft Windows XP ??
4 :
M: USA

Can someone chime in with the specs & model number of thiers to see if my additions (in red) are correct?

CF-07LZ5ZYEM - Base OS Windows 98 SE , 5GB HDD
CF-07LZ5ZYDM - Base OS Windows 2000 SP2 , 5 GB HDD
CF-07LZAZYDM - Base OS Windows 2000 SP2 , 10 GB HDD
CF-07LZCZYDM - Base OS Windows 2000 SP2 , 20 GB HDD

regards
Dan

 

I have to ask, what are you going to do with 18 of them? I had a few and for the life of me, I could never get the CF-08 to connect to them. Operator error I'm sure.....

I bet Ador knows.

 

if im honest im not really too sure , kinda an impulse buy really

Ive got the vdw07 connecting to mine

seams as though there is very little information about the cf-07 online , only found a few topics here and some manuals on the Panasonic.ca website

Edit :

Known Serial Numbers
2DKYAxxxxx
1LKSAxxxxx
4BKSAxxxxx
3AYAAxxxxx
1KKSAxxxxx
4CKSAxxxxx
2AKSAxxxxx
Where x is a number from 1-9

Known BIOS versions

1.10L18
1.10L14A
1.20L10
1.10L17
1.10L15

Ram Capacity

128 MB (onboard memory only)
192 MB (on board + 64mb stick in slot)
256 MB (on Board + 128mb stick in slot)

 

Looks like an interesting little device. Certainly ahead of it's time in 2002. You likely already found this info, but something from pencomputing:
http://www.pencomputing.com/frames/panasonic_07.html
and service manual:
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/773865/Panasonic-Cf-07.html
And advertisement for product:
http://www.planitroi.com/TBSpecs/cf07.pdf

 

interesting that the advertisement for them cf-07 states an optional gps , I hope I can find some more info on that

 

I still have 3 CF-07 units. One is in a after market dock hooked to a remote screen and keyboard. I have another in the factory dock hooked to another keyboard and 02 remote screen. The third is in the factory dock and has a PCMCIA gps in it. I have it set up for the remote wireless screen. They make good car computers. Batteries that work good are hard to find.

The cpu is a 600 mhz unit underclocked at the factory to 300 mhz to keep it cool with no fan.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/cf-07-usb-alt-adapter.545558/
This thread shows the cable you need to add a cable for usb plug in with out a dock on the 07.

Lots of old threads here and a should be a few at TBT

The wikispace link won't work in the above thread, that site was shut down and deleted.
But the web archives has some of it.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140923030543/http://toughbook.wikispaces.com/CF-07


http://www.pencomputing.com/frames/panasonic_07.html

I will see if I got time to blow the dust off and take a few pictures if you need it.

 

ive got 3 and two seam to hold charge for about an hour and 30 mins each , the other one lasts about 20 mins

yeah saw that thread and bought a few cables with gender changers to adapt the end working great

forgive me but what is TBT ?

Even if its just model & original specs would be a great help

 

toughbooktalk dot com

 

Here and TBT is were most of us hang out at, lol. Now here is a link that should help you on your decoding.

http://toughbooktalk.com/public_dow...lsByKeyForConfig/NSER-5PZH37-OpenDocument.htm

I will see about snapping a few shots of them today then.

 

Snapped them yesterday. Didn't have time to plug them in.

20180610_154638 by Safjist Nipnog, on Flickr

20180610_154631 by Safjist Nipnog, on Flickr

20180610_154615 by Safjist Nipnog, on Flickr

20180610_154543 by Safjist Nipnog, on Flickr

20180610_154537 by Safjist Nipnog, on Flickr

20180610_154559 by Safjist Nipnog, on Flickr

 

I would be surprised if you can. The way Panasonic locks everything down...nope

 

Maybe with a hot work station put in a faster 800 or 1000 mhz cpu and it will be half speed, lol. But get ready to add a fan. I am running xp on all of mine and they have been running fine. But I don't overload them.

 

That's a good guestion. Am far as I know we don't know. This is something they do to all there Toughbooks due to heat.

 

The original guy who found out this model had a 600 mhz CPU that was underclocked was from england and seen a bare motherboard on ebay. We thought at first maybe it was from a rare model.

After it got it he took his apart and sure enough it had a 600 mhz cpu in it. After he turned it on it showed 300 mhz speed. I took two of the 4 I had apart at the time and confirmed they had a 600 mhz cpu and it showed 300 mhz speed.

I have had several models apart. None of them have been under clocked. This is the only model I know.

 

Thanks @ADOR for the photos

I wonder if a new bios could be flashed to the units to unlock that extra 300mhz , maybe something like Coreboot