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    Some WWAN wins this morning!

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Rob, Oct 28, 2010.

  1. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    So remember my thread ages ago about my mom's CF-52 WWAN not working... And I was asking everyone about the dip switches?

    WELLLLL...... I figured this out today one of my CF-19's I have in inventory when I had to put a Sprint card in a CDBAXVT model... I will try to check and see if the same will work on the CF-52 if she ever brings it home from work... :)

    The picture shows it all but there is one thing that the picture doesn't say: TAKE OUT THE BATTERY OR FLIPPING DIP SWITCHES WON'T DO JACK!!! :eek2:

    Once I put 1/3 on and 2/4 off with the battery OUT... bada bing bada boom! Shows up in BIOS and everything!
     

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    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    Rob, You have, I suppose, heard the one about the Texan "not smart enough to pour pi$$ out of a boot with instructions written on the heel?"
    CAP
     
    capt.dogfish, Oct 28, 2010
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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    HEY! It's NOT MY FAULT!

    The directions were in ESPANOL!!!

    mnem
    Piso... ;)
     
    mnementh, Oct 30, 2010
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    adamwest436 Notebook Evangelist

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    Sounds like something I would do!
     
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    Alex Super Moderator

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    I noticed when changing wwan units in cf-29's that there were issues

    Resolution was battery out , hold power switch on for a few seconds
    Replace battery and ac adapter , reset bios to defaults
     
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    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    UPDATE:

    So I donno if you guys remember but my NDIS (that is the auto connect in case you are networking challenged :D) on my sprint card stopped working about a year ago on my CF-30. Anyways, yesterday, I swapped out the WWAN caddy (not the card of coarse) and viola! It works now! The signal is also better as well as the speed!

    Thanks
     
    Rob, Oct 30, 2010
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