Finally got a 29

Sorry I know I am late to the game but finally got a few 29's to play with and see if I am going to leave my sweet gem of a 28 behind or not. I grabbed 4 29's on sleaze bay for $250 each - HD, DVD/CDRW,512 ram,wireless, NON-TOUCH. They are only MK1 but in very good condition. I have just spent the last 2 hours plowing through the 29 threads and still have a couple questions for confirmation.

- Will my second (media bay) battery work from my 28 ?
- Will my backlit (chicklet style-full stroke) keyboard work and if so do I need the extra little board that the 28 needs as well as the light sensor ?
- What is the max ram for an MK1 (CF-29C3KGZDM) it shows 512 currently but have not checked to see if that is on board or if it already has a stick in it.

Thanks guys - as always

- gotta go count my bullets - Mega

 

1. Yes
2. Yes, and no, you do not need an extra little board
3. Not sure on the RAM question. Let's wait for an answer on this one.

~Paul

 

First Q? yes! you can use the media bay battery to 29
sec. No!
3rd; 1284Mb, it means you can Install 1024Mb removable 200pin, pc 2100 or pc2700. The onboard ram is 256Mb.

Hey! doobi, you beat me, man!



ohlip

 

That was easy! hehe

 

Thanks guys - sucks having no football -

 

Btw, you can change the whole LCD panel with a touchscreen one so that you can have touchscreen model. No modification or soldering needed just swap the whole thing.


ohlip

 

Thanks but I am not all that into the Touch Screen - I took mine off my 28 for better daylight visibility and brightness and have just gotten used to it. Good to know though as a few of these will be cleaned up, painted, modded and resold.

Thanks - BTW I really like the 29 you had on ebay recently - very nice job. Did you ever sell it, sucky time to sell with everybody sitting on their $$$ lately -

 

Tell me about it... I just relisted a CF-29 for the 3rd time! I can't believe it hasn't gone yet... I dropped the price though so we'll see.
Glad to hear you got the 29... The touchscreen is very bright too on the 29... I've never seen a non-touch unit so I can't compare but I can't imagine it being too much brighter.

The illuminated keyboard from the 28 won't work in the 29... Someone said they tried it once with good results but I don't see how... They require different voltages supposedly.

Get a 1GB stick of RAM and juice one up... You'll love it!

 

yup! I sold it to a guy from switzerland as I open my listing internationally. If I list it down only for north American consumer, I don't think so!


ohlip

 

???

I took a rubberized backlit keyboard from a 800 mHz CF-28 and installed on my 29.

Works fine...

Hope I don't screw something up...

 

Before I go searching for it - do they make a chicklet (full stroke) style key board for the 29 ?

really don't like the rubberized and really don't need the full on water proof it gives.

Thanks - off to order some RAM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Its a bet pricey, around $250-300 so far. The emmissive backlit keyboard. It is compatible to cf-29 and cf-30.


ohlip

 

Just like teo said they are expensive but are great.

Here is a link to one for a little cheaper, If you are patient you might find one a little cheaper but they normally go for around $200

http://cgi.ebay.com/CF-29-OR-CF-30-...ptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

-James

 

No Football? This is Pittsburgh! We got all the football we want.:laugh:

 

Go Steelers !!!!!

 

Also this one, item no.140297570614

ohlip

 

$300 - that sucks !!!!!!!!!!!

- Thanks for the FYI