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    Sound and video CF29 Mk1

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by dentsmithy, Nov 8, 2010.

  1. dentsmithy

    dentsmithy Notebook Geek

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    I have a problem with my CF 29 Mk1 - music playback is a bit broken as if there is an interuption from another process.
    Video playback is very poor, from dvd or hard drive, running for 3 or four seconds then spending 30 seconds catching up.
    I have reinstalled the drivers from the panasonic site but nothing has changed - if anyone has any ideas where to start I would be much obliged
     
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    Alex Super Moderator

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    My Mk-1 had no issues as you describe
    Did playback work at one time , look for processes running in the background in the task manager , and see what is using up your resources
     
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    dentsmithy Notebook Geek

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    Hi, thanks for the reply. This 29 is fairly new to me and the music was tolerable but now I try to play movies I can see there is a problem.There are no processes running as far as I can see - everything else is turned off, even the antivirus. Is there a way to show hidden processes not shown in the task manager?
     
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    What movies are you playing ?
    Internet movie streaming might be a problem with the cf-29 mk-1 specs
    Clairify how you are running these , are you playing
    DVD type in the optical drive or Divx or Avi type from the hard drive or streaming from the internet
     
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    dentsmithy Notebook Geek

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    Just DVD and AVI, nothing that didn't play on my 28 - that's why I thought it might be a driver problem.
    Just tried streaming from the internet (BBCiplayer) and all works perfectly.
     
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    Whats the full model number on your mk1 ?
     
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    dentsmithy Notebook Geek

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    Cf29ctkgzdm
     
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    So your model originaly came with w2000
    Are you running wxp with sp3 on it now ?
     
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    dentsmithy Notebook Geek

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    Yes, came to me with XP pro sp2 and I upgraded to sp3
     
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    I would start over then as it must be software issues
    Fresh load of xp updated to sp3
    Chipset driver , video driver, sound driver , from panasonic downloads
    Wireless driver download only from intel and then all the others like the hotkeys from panasonic
    You don't have the restore disks as this was a factory w2000 model
     
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    dentsmithy Notebook Geek

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    Tomcat, thankyou very much for all your help. I will do as you say and report back, though I will have to get a new copy of XP as the machine came pre loaded.
    Thanks again
     
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    TopCop1988 Toughbook Aficionado

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    CF-29CTKGZDM DESCRIPTION:
    Pentium M 1.2GHz ULV (Centrino), 13.3" Transmissive touch screen, 40GB HDD, 256 MB RAM, 56K/LAN, FDD, Intel PRO Wireless LAN, WIN 2000

    Let me suggest using the genuine Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Series Product Recovery CD-ROM set to install XP Pro and all the correct CF-29 Mk1 drivers at the same time.
     
    TopCop1988, Nov 8, 2010
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