got my CF-M34 today :)

I'll follow up later in the week after i get it loaded up and ready to go.

i got it on ebay and i finally got it in today. first impressions are:
1) extremly small
2) keyboard is so small that it isn't practical to type up a long paper. (maybe 60% sized keyboard)
3) screen is like the cf-27 screen (and is very small)
4) xp pro has network drivers built in (im doing a PXE boot (f12) to load XP from my RIS server)
5) all port covers on the one that i got are intact and working fine.
6) one PCMCIA port (covered)
*i cannot seem to locate where the memory and the hard drive is at, but i only looked at it for about 4 minutes (just to start my PXE install and leave work lol)

Thats all folks, ill give you all pictures later and follow up on monday

 

The harddrive is inside even the memory you have to unsrew 10 of them at the buttom and carefully lift up the buttom cover. The good thing on this notebook is its potability. For 700mhz there are three expansion slot on the mbo. for gps, serial, wi-fi, gprs/gsm, rim and much more.


If you need servise manual just pm me.

 

I want to get a couple of those too. I know my tiny little wife with her tiny little fingers would love it. Her friend came over this past weekend and picked up my Sony Vaio (VGN-T350P) by the screen and cracked it! She apologized and offered to pay for it but I can't find a screen for it! I've seen prices for them ($500) but nobody has them in stock. Anyone have any ideas about that? (I'll post in the Sony forum.)

Anyway... My wife is used to having a small little laptop to surf while she is hanging out... I figured a CF34 would be perfect for her. Plus it is something else for me to learn about and mod! I think it would be the perfect platform for Linux.

JB... What speed do you have and what are you running on it?

 

Here is the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180194153887&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008, As far as i know he has 4-5 in stock fo around $250.00. I just score another one from him and the screen is so nice not the transflective one. Just give him an e-mail and he will list it down for you. Its a good deal. You are not only buying to them, you also helping them for cs.

 

hey toughbook (what is ur name btw lol?)... check bliss computers, thats where i buy 90% of my screens from (and i buy hundreds of screens in a month lol), and they are all brand new and flawless, their customer service is badass (i simply im the lady through MSN messanger) and tell her my shipping preference (2 days its here in 2 days, overnight, ect...) and she has my credit card on file and bam, its done

 

btw my m34 is 700mhz, i donno what im gonna run on it yet lol... i think i will adventually mount it into my boat with an internal GPS with lake navigation software we'll see. ohlip i might take you up on that offer on the service manuals. btw if anyone needs the service manuals for a mark 3 cf-29 i bought em from ebay a while ago... i can email em to ya's

 

JB... here is the link that you can get the service manual for cf-m34 its free just browse and scroll down and you can find it. http://toughbook.wikispaces.com/


Good luck

 

JB... My name is Rick...

Thanks for the heads up on Bliss... I'll check them out. It seems nobody has the screen I need in stock.

EDIT- By the way... I just emailed Bliss... Thanks for the tip...

 

ok, already hit a road block with this thing. how/where do i get drivers for the touchscreen and what is the unknown device in device manager? (maybe hotkey drivers?)

 

got the device in device manager (it was the hotkey driver), but i still cant git the touchscreen to work