Just got a Mk1, is a 12" transflective swap to 13.3" possible

Well I just got an Mk1 cf29 off ebay for 250. Didnt really know much about these laptops except we have one at work and its great.

So mine came with the smaller screen on it, not sure of the size but, are the lids and screens compatible between all cf29's ?

Can I take a screen assembly from the larger screen version and install it on mine and everything work correctly?

Also, It only came with a 20gb hard drive and I'm looking to upgrade. I can use any 2.5" laptop drive as long as it is PATA correct?

Thanks

Dustin

 

I don't know for sure if a display swap is possible as that screen is fairly rare , we don't see many cf-29's with the transflective screen

Yes on the second question any pata 2.5" drive will work
Read the cf-29 FAQ sticky for info , I like the samsung drive

 

This is the drive alex is talking . I took this from the F.A.Q http://forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic/241106-cf-29-f-q-read-me-before-posting.html

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Do you think I will be able to tell a difference in a 5400rpm and a 7200rpm drive?

Is something like this worth the extra money being half the size? Hitachi 80GB 2.5" IDE 7200RPM PATA hard drive 0A26563 - eBay (item 200471893528 end time Nov-08-10 12:32:35 PST)

I probably wouldn't get near filling an 80gig on this cpu as it will mainly be work related programs which aren't too big.

 

Dustin;

What is the Model Number (such as: CF-29xxxxxxx) on the bottom or the unit (or in the F2 BIOS readout)?

 

It is cf-29crkgzjm

 

Yes you can do a screen swap from 12.1" to 13.3" as long as you replace the complete assembly.

 

in order to go to a 13" screen you would need to replace the lcd cable, lcd, and front cabinet and lexan/touchscreen

 

Sweet. So what do you guys think about the hard drives? Will I see a decent enough performance increase with the 7200 rpm drive I posted?

 

Buy a new Samsung drive
I have used both 7200rpm and the Samsung and there seems to be no difference

http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...rlds-fastest-ata-ide-mobile-hard-drive-4.html

 

Ok, thanks for all your help.

 

CF-29CRKGZJM DESCRIPTION:
Intel Pentium M 1.2GHz ULV (Centrino), 12.1" SVGA Transflective touch screen, 40GB HDD, 256 MB RAM, 56K/LAN, Floppy Disk Drive, Intel PRO Wireless LAN

The originally-installed OpSys is identified by the letter "J" , but it does not show up in the Panasonic Configurator utility.