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    Toughbook cf-29 help..

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by georgiagurl417, Dec 30, 2008.

  1. georgiagurl417

    georgiagurl417 Newbie

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    I have a toughbook, i know completely nothing about these. I have a charger that fits it and the battery light comes on red, the mp with arrow light comes on, and the light next to the battery light is on. I have put a random disc in and you can hear it loading although the screen never comes on. Is this something easy to fix? Please help me!!!
     
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  2. ohlip

    ohlip Toughbook Modder

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    Try to hook it up on a monitor and let us know what come up. On the back of the unit there is a VGA port.Use it to hook it up to a monitor.


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  3. Connor922

    Connor922 Notebook Evangelist

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    The red battery light indicates that the battery is bad and no longer accepting a charge. If you're getting no output on the screen when using an AC Adapter I would do what Ohlip said and check to see if you're getting a video signal out of the VGA port on an external monitor. If you are then there is a problem with the screen, this can range from a burned out fuse to a bad inverter or backlight, etc. Check the output first though
     
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  4. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    Georgiagurl.... Do you mean the windows screen never comes on or NOTHING ever comes on?
     
    Toughbook, Dec 31, 2008
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    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    Georgiagurl,
    It would help if you gave us the model, look on the bottom CF-##xxxxxx. Also, try to let it boot up and when it stops making noise hit the F3 key slowly a few times.
    CAP
     
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