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    Help with New Hard Drive for CF-18

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by omgomg, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. omgomg

    omgomg Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was putting my CF-18 to the limit (reading news pages quietly on the couch at my friend's house) when the hard drive started making horrible noises and the whole thing froze. Now it does not work and I need a new hard drive (!!)

    I got the thing secondhand so I have no warranties. The model is CF-18NDHZXVM which I think is a mk6.

    I have no clue about what the "hard drive mount" is but I'm assuming it's the little metal contraption that goes around the hard drive. I pulled it off the old one trying to figure out the problem. Can I re-use it on the new one?

    Reading earlier posts it seems that I can just get a fujitsu or hitachi 2.5 mobile hard drive and it should work. I'm just confused about the whole mounting thing and making sure something I buy will be compatible.
     
    omgomg, Mar 22, 2008
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  2. Modly

    Modly Warranty Voider

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    Yup, that caddy is re-usable. It's just a shock protection enclosure.

    Just get the right 2.5" drive, open the caddy up, swap em' out, and re-load the OS.
     
    Modly, Mar 22, 2008
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  3. omgomg

    omgomg Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank a you
     
    omgomg, Mar 23, 2008
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  4. TBtech29

    TBtech29 Notebook Evangelist

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    regardless of weather or not its second hand, as long as its under warranty, determined by serial number, it will be in warranty. contact panasonics tech support line at 1-800-laptop5. and they will be able to inform if its in warranty or not.

    as long as the hdd is oem your good. they will also fully test and diagnose your unit for any other possible problems.
     
    TBtech29, Mar 23, 2008
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  5. TBtech

    TBtech Notebook Guru

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    It's a mark 5 digitizer model. Pending that the serial number doesn't show up as stolen and the drive is OEM, you have a three year warranty on it. Take a look at the first number and letter of your serial number. The number is the year it was made and the first letter is the month. 6A = January 2006, 6B = February 2006.
     
    TBtech, Mar 23, 2008
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    mercedessd Newbie

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    how do you determine what the MK? series you have? my unit model number is CF-18FHAZXBM
     
    mercedessd, Jul 29, 2008
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    TBtech Notebook Guru

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    CF-18

    MK1 = 18B
    MK2 = 18D
    MK3 = 18F or 18G or 18H
    MK4 = 18J or 18K or 18L
    MK5 = 18N or 18P
     
    TBtech, Jul 29, 2008
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