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    Crazy Question most likely, but...

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Azrial, Nov 2, 2010.

  1. Azrial

    Azrial Notebook Deity

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    Does anyone know if any of the other, more powerful, Panasonic motherboards will fit in a CF-29 case? It would be pretty interesting if some of them had the same, or even just a similar footprint to fit in the rugged CF-29 case. Maybe one out of a more powerful semi-tough model?

    I have never seen the insides of anything but a CF-25 and a CF-29 so I have no way of knowing.
     
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    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    Do you mean like a CF50, CF51 or similar in a CF29 case? I think the MB's are too large. I will try to measure one of my 50's and see. I don't have any disassembled at the moment, so I will improvise.
     
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  3. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    That's like putting a viper engine into a truck... Ohh wait, Dodge did that :D...

    Good question. I would be 99.999% positive that the answer is no though...
     
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    Well,anything is possible as long as you are willing to beat it to fit, weld it to stay and paint it to match.
    Personally I like the idea of looking to the seemingly impossible to find new possibilities.
    I can tell you that a CF50 mb is too wide. I just checked.

    Anybody have a Macbook to measure? :D
    It may be blasphemy but a netbook mb would be the best guess I have.
     
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    Sorry, I wiped all the macbooks against the wall... :D
     
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    The problem with faster processers is the need to cool them
    The semi rugged models that have better specs use a fan to aid cooling
     
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    That is understood, but there are margins that you can work within. I have no ambitions of replacing my 1.6 GHz Centrino with a Quad Core i7, but perhaps a dual core...which is adequately cooled by a CF-19 case which has less thermal mass for cooling then my CF-29.
     
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