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    Friday the 13th ???

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by vinnymail, Aug 13, 2010.

  1. vinnymail

    vinnymail Notebook Enthusiast

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    I dont know if friday the 13th is lucky or not yet. I bought one of the CF-29 MK3's from Geek.com. So far im pleasently suprised. it looks like a new touch screen, new key board, and a new paint job :), i will have to see how the paint holds up but it looks ok for now. They sent me the wrong AC adapter cable so i pulled one off of one of my dell laptops. As soon as its done updating i will add the 1 gig of ram hopefully. thats how i killed my CF-18. There is a 1" soft spot on the bottom that most likely a crack just above the UL listed label but i will also worry about that later. They also sent me a new screen protector. It has a cdd rom in the left side and the right side compartment is empty. I was hoping for more USB ports but i really only have 1 gps so that doesnt matter. im plannig on adding an internal. Still playing with right now while im updating servers at work but so far so good.
     
    vinnymail, Aug 13, 2010
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  2. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    DOOD!?? Is that a sheephead in your pic?!?!?!
     
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  3. vinnymail

    vinnymail Notebook Enthusiast

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    That is a Black Drum, a blast to catch and site fish for but not much good to eat. im not a fan of spaghetti worms.
     
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    Springfield Notebook Deity

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    WARNING -- Many Dell power supplies put out 19-20V, the Panasonic is designed for 15.6V -- connecting a CF-29 to too much voltage can FRY the motherboard!
     
    Springfield, Aug 13, 2010
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  5. vinnymail

    vinnymail Notebook Enthusiast

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    update,

    now has 1.49 GB of ram. Good thing i kept the old stuff laying around. Im not using the whole power supply just the AC cable, they sent me a 3 prong and the panasonic power supply uses the old 2 prong style.
     
    vinnymail, Aug 13, 2010
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    All my panasonic's have 3 prong. I have one that came with one of my toughbooks which was non-oem which has a 2 prong.
     
    toughasnails, Aug 13, 2010
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    vinnymail Notebook Enthusiast

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    it just says laptop ac adapter so maybe its an aftermarket, either way they sent me the wrong AC Cable
     
    vinnymail, Aug 13, 2010
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    ohlip Toughbook Modder

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    You do have an aftermarket AC adaptor not the OEM one.


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    ohlip, Aug 13, 2010
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