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    CF-51 Mk2LL - Problematic?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by MrRe, Oct 3, 2011.

  1. MrRe

    MrRe Notebook Consultant

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    Are the MK2LL models particularly problematic?
    There is a batch available all of which supposedly do not boot. Presumably if they have been robbed of the RAM then they will not boot, but are there other causes.
    I have the remanents of a MK2LL which I bought for the screen assembly. Whan you power up the MB, the fans starts almost immedaitely and it shuts itself off after a few seconds. Also most of the components for sale are nearly always from those MK2 models which sort of implies they have died prematurely!
     
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    rusty503 Notebook Evangelist

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    Not necessarily. Those MKs are very common in the US military and right now they are in the process of changing over to CF-52s and in some cases to Dulls.
     
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    If you have ram installed you should be able to access the bios screen
    If you can not there must be a problem in the m/b and you have a parts machine
     
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  4. MrRe

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    I just found it a bit odd that out of 10 identical spec CF-51's, all listed as having 512mb of ram, that half don't boot and are therefore cheap, whilst the others boot and are twice as expensive.
    I would buy one as spares but he hasn't answered an enquiry about whwther the caddies are intact.
    I don't have a keyboard on my MK2 but it seems that the cutout would take place before BIOS had started. It's a matter of seconds.
     
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