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    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by systemofadown, Feb 11, 2012.

  1. systemofadown

    systemofadown Notebook Geek

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    Whats the Highest # of hours you've seen on a functioning 29,30,31 or other TB...
     
    systemofadown, Feb 11, 2012
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  2. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    CF-19 that came by my office recently ha 33,190 hours on it :eek:

    Thats 3.78 YEARS of 24/7, NEVER BEEN TURNED OFF operation!!! :eek: :eek:
     
    Rob, Feb 11, 2012
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  3. TBtech29

    TBtech29 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have seen alot of cf-29 that have 40k+ hours
     
    TBtech29, Feb 11, 2012
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  4. Alecgold

    Alecgold Notebook Evangelist

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    and i thought 550 hours since 8 december was a lot.
    That's 8,59 hours a day :D
    To get over 40k hours it will take me 12,75 years!!
    I'm pretty sure I will be using this thing for a loooong time, but 12,75 years is way toooo long for a computer!
     
    Alecgold, Feb 11, 2012
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    ares93 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, in that case, my 11k CF-29 is brand new. :D
     
    ares93, Feb 11, 2012
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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Yeah; a lot of these machines have spent their entire lives in a dock, as would appear to be the case with my gift CF29 from the gang here. It has 10k plus hours, but it looks like a brand new unit.

    I've seen a few high-hour machines with screens that looked like new too; no yellowing, bright and crisp like a new machine. My guess would be either screen got replaced in service or they spent their lives docked on somebody's desk and connected to an external monitor. Since I never actually had a chance to take a 29 apart when they were new, I don't know how much of that typical yellowing comes from the LCD and how much from the touchscreen itself.

    mnem
    *TZZZT*
     
    mnementh, Feb 12, 2012
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  7. interestingfellow

    interestingfellow Notebook Deity

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    Oh! I dunno. My MK1 says 127 hours of time on the lcd backlight (via PC Info Viewer). Where does one go to find the hours of the maching?

    On a side note, it also says min environment temp was -20C and max at 178C!
     
    interestingfellow, Feb 12, 2012
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    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    The main page of the bios.
     
    Shawn, Feb 12, 2012
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    db04p71 Notebook Deity

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    The Mk4 was the first of the CF-29 series to record the hours in the bios.
     
    db04p71, Feb 12, 2012
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    szcyxzh Notebook Enthusiast

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    another definition of build to be touch
     
    szcyxzh, Feb 12, 2012
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  11. lemarq

    lemarq Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey! Sorry for this OT... (and my spell/grammar mistakes too)
    I'm sure many members already know this, but here it goes anyway...

    mnem, regarding CF-29 screens, last year I disassembled a 10.000+ hours MK2 LCD that had a bad touchscreen. I don't have the knowledge to mess with the touchpanel's flat cable that went belly up.

    The panel is made - besides the LCD itself - from two layers, first the plastic touch membrane, and below some kind of acrilic glass ~1mm thick IIRC. I could VERY carefully take off the touch membrane without destroying the rubber seals, so I could assembly the glass again without problem.

    The interesting things:
    1. the touch membrane had a yellowed tint (from age I think) and was very, very diffuse if you watch things through it.
    2. the LCD with only the acrilic glass is miles better now, brighter and sharp. Brighter than a (almost) new 2010 Inspiron for sure... And the glass now has a blueish tint like the old CF-28's panels, the non-reflective coating I guess. These old Sanyo panels really seem to be great - if we remember they are 6-8 years old!

    Now, if we really could only find any GOOD PATA SSD for our beloved 29's, there would not be a reason to upgrade for more...huh...5 years?
     
    lemarq, Feb 26, 2012
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