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    Cf-52

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Earlval, Sep 17, 2013.

  1. Earlval

    Earlval Newbie

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    Hi
    Just bought a CF-52, new hard drive installed and XP pro sp3 which I need for some radio type programs. Have just found that the internal speakers are not linking in due to...?? The ext speaker/headphone socket works fine, just wondered if anyone had had a similar problem. I am in the process of contacting Panasonic UK who suggest that it is a driver problem but I am also aware it could be a faulty ext headphone socket, ie locked on.
    Just wondered if anyone has come across this before??
    Regards to all
    Earlval
     
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  2. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    Welcome to the Panasonic Toughbook Forum

    I have never had this problem and I have 4 CF-52's but I also used the recovery disk to install the OS. Did you check device manager to see if there is a problem there ?
     
    toughasnails, Sep 17, 2013
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    Are your F keys functional?

    Suggest a power pull re-set....before trying anything else.
    1. Pull Power.
    2. Pull Battery.
    3. Cycle on switch a few time 15-30 seconds each.
    4. Attach power supply. (no battery yet)
    5. F2 to bios F9 F10. (restore defaults, save)
    Interesting post found with TEST site:forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic (like green link above)
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/pan...ss-sound-internal-speakers-5.html#post9197303

    Another post recommended pulling cmos battery.

    One time I disabled sound in Linux on a dual boot system then tried to re-enable in the xp side. Finally gave up, went back to Linux re-enabled, shut-down, back to xp and it was fine.
    52 speaker plug is just ahead of the keyboard. Three screws and un-clip the hinge covers to check it.
     
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    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    Are the speakers plugged in to the Motherboard???
     
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    You are having a driver problem. You are trying to run XP 64bit and the Hotkey software is messing up. The hotkey program is telling the hardware that the computer is muted even though the systray doesn't show.it. Funny enough, if you let the computer 'sleep' and then awaken, you will have sound working fine.... until you reboot. Go to Panasonic's website. They know all about it. You have to download three things. 1 driver and two programs I think. Anyway, you will find them there. Be very careful, they tell you how to install them, and the order IS IMPORTANT. Do it in the wrong order, and it wont necessarily work. Good Luck!
     
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