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    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by ralphzak, Jan 29, 2011.

  1. ralphzak

    ralphzak Notebook Consultant

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    I have 2 toughbook CF W2 laptops.. they are a bit different, one has a big ENTER key, the other has a not so tall ENTER key.

    One of them keeps turning off even during bootup sometimes. No error in event log. I suspect it's the battery. I'd like to change it.

    Can I try the battery from the ok one and put it in the other one?

    And how would I know that it'd be ok to try it? is all that is relevant volts? is it possible in theory that it won't be ok? if so then what is that theory? what could go wrong if it isn't ok in theory..?
     
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  2. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    If they both are the same model you should be ok.
     
    toughasnails, Jan 29, 2011
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  3. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

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    It will be the same battery so go ahead
    These are getting old now and I suspect that it's time to replace it
    Panasonic has a utility called pc information viewer,it should be in program files and it has a tab to display battery information,like discharge cycles etc
     
    Alex, Jan 31, 2011
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    Kardan Notebook Evangelist

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    The closest I could find on the Panasonic site was their DMI program, which doesn't provide the battery recharge cycle info. Any chance you could provide a link -- or maybe it sleeps with the fishes along side the Model Configurator app. :(
     
    Kardan, Jan 31, 2011
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  5. toughasnails

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    Toughbook Computer Support Downloads

    My guess you did not use the above link ? I got 20 records found
    for that model. Check out the picture , language multi(Hong Kong). I got no hits untill I changed the language to multi.
     
    toughasnails, Jan 31, 2011
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    Alex, Feb 1, 2011
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