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    CF18 Repairs

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by stuarab, Apr 8, 2009.

  1. stuarab

    stuarab Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I posted a couple of months ago whilst trying to reapir my b-i-l's laptop, its a CF18 toughbook, your assistance here helped. it was crashing all the time so amongst many other things i tried the reinstall, seemed to work for a while but now he tells me it crashes everytime he hooks anything up to the usb device. BSOD. It looks like its motherboard related, or at least the onboard ram. does or can anyone reccomend a reputable UK location to repair toughbooks? the laptop is essential for his business.

    much appreciated

    stuart
     
    stuarab, Apr 8, 2009
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  2. Connor922

    Connor922 Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you check any RAM chip that is in the expansion slot? Just wondering how you determined it was the motherboard ram
     
    Connor922, Apr 8, 2009
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  3. stuarab

    stuarab Notebook Enthusiast

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    bought brand new memory for external slots, error still appears
     
    stuarab, Apr 8, 2009
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    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    did you pull the expansion ram and test the onboard ram alone?
     
    crazycanuk, Apr 8, 2009
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  5. stuarab

    stuarab Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes, with no memory in the expansion slot it crashed, i'm pretty sure it was always an 8F BSOD error, there was no rhyme nor reason at the time for the crashes
     
    stuarab, Apr 8, 2009
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  6. OperationDinnerOut

    OperationDinnerOut Notebook Consultant

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    You should probably use a dediacted memory testing program, rather than Windows itself. MemTest86+ is a really good one, and it's free.

    It's a bootable CD or floppy image, and since it's very small, it can test almost all of your system memory.

    You don't want to test your RAM from within Windows.
     
    OperationDinnerOut, Apr 8, 2009
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  7. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    You also may want to remove the wifi card as well as the RAM to check for stability.

    As a last resort... reformat and check again... Does the guy surf <Enter bad name here> sites or anything? THIS can be a major issue.

    I have had several customer that try to explain the "Mysterious" issues that they have with their Toughbooks. Then I find out they have been surfing at the "bad" places and picked up a few bugs... Internet Syphilis if you will.... Unfortunately a shot in the rear doesn't fix what they got themselves into and a reformat was the only way. I've had the same issues with a few neighbors.
     
    Toughbook, Apr 8, 2009
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  8. Connor922

    Connor922 Notebook Evangelist

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    LoL this is a great suggestion because its so true, also limewire is a great way to pick up internet STDs
     
    Connor922, Apr 9, 2009
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  9. SiCo

    SiCo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm glad I've got a rubber keyboard now...


    er, I'll leave it at that....
     
    SiCo, Apr 9, 2009
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  10. OperationDinnerOut

    OperationDinnerOut Notebook Consultant

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    Regarding the naughty websites - people don't seem to treat their computers with the kind of respect that they lavish upon other valuable property.

    Nobody drives their SUV through mud and then wonders why it's all dirty, you know? Nobody who drops their beloved iPhone in the toilet gets all confused about why it's "having problems"...

    I suppose it's more complicated than that. It's tempting to look at this as ineptitude, but more likely it's just ignorance - the difference being that you can fix the latter. We may be in the 21st century, but there's still this weird "black magic" mystique surrounding computers.

    That's the best explanation I can come up with, when customers come into my workplace and want to buy a 10-year-old, 400MHz PowerMac G4 because they heard that "Macs are good for graphics and video and stuff." Maybe they're just referring to the DVD drive?

    Excuse me while I go and trade in my '95 Subaru for a new BMW because so-and-so says that it's good at "roads, I think."
     
    OperationDinnerOut, Apr 10, 2009
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  11. ohlip

    ohlip Toughbook Modder

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    My last piece of advice to you if you don't have enough money to buy a Mbo. Look for a repair shop and tech. person who has reflowing station to reflow the solder on inbuilt RAM. Give it try and hope it will gonna work.


    ohlip
     
    ohlip, Apr 13, 2009
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