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    help cf 29

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by pondo, Feb 26, 2010.

  1. pondo

    pondo Newbie

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    hello i have purchased 2 cf-29 from a city auction and after plugging them in neither one of the screens turn on. i get a row of green lights then only the power and the MP light is on.... any help would be awesome!!!!
     
    pondo, Feb 26, 2010
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  2. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

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    Eliminate built-in lcd's and try booting to an external monitor
    Remove extra ram, optical drive or fdd's


    Alex
     
    Alex, Feb 26, 2010
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  3. Springfield

    Springfield Notebook Deity

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    Try an external monitor. Pressing F2 when booting should get the BIOS display.

    D'oh! Tomcat beat me to it.

    Welcome to the ToughBook forum Pondo!
     
    Springfield, Feb 26, 2010
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  4. pondo

    pondo Newbie

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    no luck...... pugged in to my desktops flat screen. pulled the cd/dvd out...extra ram out... and it only goes to the green light on MP. and nothing on the screen
     
    pondo, Feb 26, 2010
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    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    You need to press ctrl+F3 to switch to external monitor. Don't just madly click, give it a second to work.
    CAP
     
    capt.dogfish, Feb 27, 2010
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    shackwrrr Notebook Consultant

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    isnt that Fn-F3? cap'n?
     
    shackwrrr, Feb 27, 2010
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    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    Yes! @#$%*&(added because the forum apparently won't accept short and to the point!!!)
    CAP
     
    capt.dogfish, Feb 27, 2010
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    Connor922 Notebook Evangelist

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    Did this solve the issue? I was thinking this was the problem as well
     
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  9. pondo

    pondo Newbie

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    nope......it doesent even seem to run anything (no noises of running) the mp lights up right away and thats it.........what a drag.
     
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    Twocents Notebook Consultant

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    Could be a bad video card, but I think it's soldered to the motherboard so you're probably looking at a new motherboard in that case unless you have access to and know how to use soldering equipment. :(
     
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  11. Knightofoldcode

    Knightofoldcode Notebook Guru

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    This really could be anything....

    I'd say give it a shot at removing everything.... mini-pci cards, memory, battery, fdd, harddrive, EVERYTHING you can.... and see what happens then.

    Also, verify the power adapter is giving correct power.

    If those steps don't do anything, then get a little more drastic in what you take out... the CF-28's have a hidden PCMCIA slot, I don't know about CF-29, I'm sure someone else will comment on wether they do, but if they don, pull out that card too... it's a little hard to get to, and some explanation would help you not break things, so if you want to try that, then let us know and I/or someone else will point you to the right place to find out how to do that.

    Good Luck.
    Knight.
     
    Knightofoldcode, Feb 27, 2010
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