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    Dead CF-18

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by kjwudsph, Sep 20, 2009.

  1. kjwudsph

    kjwudsph Newbie

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    Hi, I'm a newbie on the toughbook scene and recently bought a CF-18 and imaged the 40GB drive onto a 160GB IDE HDD and fitted it onto a different caddy that I had aquired, so that I could swap drives for home & office use

    After fitting the new drive the CF-18 won't power up any more, even with the original drive - no power light or indicators come on, its just totally dead

    The power supply is OK, checked it with a friends CF-18

    any help would be much appreciated

    Thanks
     
    kjwudsph, Sep 20, 2009
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  2. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

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    Take out hard drive/caddy, battery, and remove any additional ram that is removable from under the bottom speaker cover
    Then try to boot into bios


    Alex
     
    Alex, Sep 20, 2009
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  3. kjwudsph

    kjwudsph Newbie

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    Thanks Alex, it was as simple as that - everything is working perfectly now
    I'm very very glad I didn't need to strip it down
    Thanks again for your help
    Kevin
     
    kjwudsph, Sep 20, 2009
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  4. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    Glad that worked.... I just got in a few 1.2GHz CF-18s and I foud one that will charge the battery but not run off the battery. When I try to turn it on... The screen brightness control buttons on the front right blink... And I can hear a faint clicking noise. I'll have to take it apart tomorrow and see...
     
    Toughbook, Sep 20, 2009
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