CF-18 MK1 stylus and WLAN issues

Can't get working with SP3. Especially WLAN. Driver installed but wlan turned off (in BIOS turned on). Can't turn on in both: windows manager or Intel Proset. Same with stylus - under XP without "Tablet Editon" it doesn't work. Should I downgrade to SP2?

 

Welcome to the nut house. Please post your your full Model # CF-18xxxxxx so we can help you out. For starters do you know if you have a digitizer or a touch screen?
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No, its not the service pack. I've put togeather a bunch of these and all that arent on unbuntu run SP3.

First, open the back and make sure you actually have a wifi card present. I forgot to check this a few times and wasted alot of time installing and reinstalling drivers for nothing. If its there, make sure the antenna cables are connected. Not that this would stop the connection, just good habbit to check while the back is off.

Now look at what wifi card it is, Intell, 2100 or 2200 or 2915,,,, If someone replaced the card but didnt update the drivers, now you have identified a problem. If your installing driver from the panny site for a factory installed mk1, its probubly the driver for the 2100 card, but I've found more than a few cf-18 with different card in them.Then dump out the old drivers and update with new the drivers assigned to the card from the intel website and restart.

I also remember somewhere in the intel pro-set software that it has a little on-screen button you have to hit to turn it on, but I dont think thats it.

My guess is the wifi card to software incompatability, but hopefully some of the main toughbooks mechanics here will chime in witht he real answer.

Good luck..


SEE, YOU GOT THE CAPT.

 

* wifi card Intel 2100 3B present, have no antenna
* tougbook CF-18BEL01ME
* wifi LED blinks
* no possibility to turn on

WLAN worked on SP2, but stylus didn't that's why I installed SP3 which during installation asks for XP CD2 and SP3 CD.

 

CANT HELP YOU HERE, I INSTALLED ALL SP3 UPDATES WITH A COPY OF SP3 ON A THUMBDRIVE, NEVER USED A CD. MAYBE YOUR WINDOWS IS CORRUPTED SOME HOW.

 

Yep this is strange since I have genuine windows xp sp3 CD with COA.

 

OK, you've got a MK1 Digitizer. Where did you get your drivers? These can be a real bear to load on your own. Start by reading this if you haven't already: http://forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic/651584-panasonic-toughbook-cf-18-thread-faq.html
If you didn't load at least 8-10 separate drivers, in the correct order, you are not even close to having a fully functional machine. Most people here would just tell you to get a restore disk. I don't think you are going to find one for this unit.
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Since you have a Digitizer you should be using Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, are you ? In coming PM.

 

Correct. What puzzles me is switched off wireless I can't turn on.

 

I've seen the message your talking about, just cant remember what fixed it other than reloading the proset software with correct driver.

When you run the proset software, can you scan at all for available networks?

If you can connect to the net via the network plug, hardwire, try going to the Intel driver update utility and run that.

Intel® Driver Update Utility

Do you have another wireless card you can try?

 

Panasonic Toughbook CF-18BEL01ME Full Specification Mobile Platform Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology
– Intel® Pentium™ M Processor (900MHz, 1MB L2 cache)
– Mobile Intel® 855GM Chipset
– Intel® Pro/Wireless Network Connection supporting 802.11b (max. 11Mbps)

 

I'm trying get back to SP2 but I don't have CD-R at the moment so trying from USB stick. Tried Wintoflash without success - first run, second run and then "_" blinks only.

 

Do you have the Wireless switch utility installed? If so, click on the icon in the taskbar and make sure "Wireless LAN ON" is selected.

 

I've installed SP2 (from DVD-R), customized with nlite and wireless works now, switch utility also. Is it possible integrate arbitrary XP CD image with COA on my laptop using nlite?

Things left - activate stylus. How do you install in standard XP?

 

For the digitizer, I believe it is a Wacom panel. Even better: https://panasonic.ca/PCS/Drivers/CF18_XPTab_Pen.zip
You really should settle down and get systematic about this
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Wacom driver does not work (xpte_vista_minidriver_only.zip). Your driver is registry file and it is in the CF-18 driver pack. How can I use it? I already spent 3 full days on my CF-18, reading, trying and get tired. Problem is that all Tablet edition iso images on web are somehow truncated and doesn't work. For example in device manager there are unknown devices and manual driver installation does not work - system does not recognize them. On normal XP no problem. This makes me crazy...

 

Ok. after uninstalling Wacom native driver (xpte_vista_minidriver_only.zip) and adding caldata0.reg to registry, it works after reboot. Now I have to find proper Tablet edition image and manage unknown devices - UGX is Bluetooth and I'm taking CF-19 driver here, nightmare...

 

Well, the driver I posted came direct from Panasonic Canada and is most certainly the correct driver for a MK1 CF-18 digitizer. I was only half joking about slowing down and getting organized. You are going to make yourself crazy just throwing stuff in without a plan. Installing oem XP on a CF-18 touch model is a real pita. Somewhere back a hundred or so pages on this forum you will find a couple of long threads on the subject. That's to put the correct OS on the machine. You are trying to find drivers that Panasonic may never have provided. Take your time, be methodical.
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Installed SP2 everything works except WLAN and LAN.

* LAN: only Toshiba Bluetooth Stack visible as Ethernet
* WLAN is turned ON but no network visible, driver version 1.2.5.37

 

One more thing - why I can't open any driver getting "Machine does not support". My BIOS is V1.00L13A.

 

When you posted your model number (CF-18BEL01ME) did you get this from the BIOS or from the bottom of the 18 ? Sounds to me you are downloading the wrong drivers
Are these some of the one's you are using?
video_18_1_d030298.exe
pen_18_1_d030343.exe
sound_18_1_d030277.exe
meitbtn_18_1_d030174.exe
intelinf_18_1_d030128.exe
mouse_18_1_d030230.exe
disprot_18_1_d030323.exe

 

Got it from BIOS. Your list is what I'm using under XP Tablet SP2 - have installed genuine image (CD1+CD2) slightly touched in N-lite. Looks good so far. My mistakes:

* tried normal XP SP2 and SP3 with above drivers
* used N-lite with too much for example missing Wireless Zero Configuration service
* tried tweaked XP Tablet images not genuine, various SP2 issues during installation (missing files etc)

 

Is it possible to change XP Tablet key I have on COA of my CF-18? Through OOBE - no way. I've ordered original media from CSDSBC.

 

CSDSBC (Microsoft) and Panasonic won't supply XP Tab CD - this means many users with their custom Toughbooks must use illegal Windows.

 

No need in having to use illegal windows. I got my copy of windows tablet from a restore CD set from a Motion Computing LE1600. The first disk is the OS Tablet edition, the second disk was the drivers so I loaded just the panasonic drivers instead. When I went to go validate my copy it said the key that was included in the disk was used too many times so I used the key from the bottom of the machine with out any problems.

There are several other tablet restore disks that will work, you will just have to research them.

If you are happy with your standard Pro/Home copy of xp you have on your pc to be totally legal all you need is a new COA. These can be found cheap off of old parted out machines. You got a PM headed your way where you can find some for under 10 bucks.

 

Panasonic will make an exception for me and send original CD! BTW XP SP3 OEM costs about 60 USD netto not so bad..

 

It's not only one CD but three CDs

 

XP Tablet Edition customized by Panasonic is much better than my previous attempts

 

So Panasonic actually sent you a set of restore discs for a CF-18 Mk1 digitizer?

I thought those were unobtanium.

What makes you so special?

 

I don't know but whole conversation took two years and I was pushing Micro$oft too