im an idiot please help

hi guys

ive recently purchased a mk2 cf28, it had no operating system on which i duly installed xp i have managed to get the touch screen working, but for the life of me i cant find a bluetooth driver (ugx) i have read alot of the faq's but just get lost with alot of it.

secondly i would like to make it wifi can anybody recomend a good card that i can fit in with the original ariel.

all help is appreciated

many thanks

 

Are you sure it has bluetooth, factory bluetooth is rare. Or did you have external usb bluetooth?

Are you looking for just a regular card or a superpower-full card? I used these in the CF-28's I fixed up for my kids.

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This is the basic set up I used. It worked well. Now on the antenna you may want to do something different as you will have to decide how you want to mount this one.

 

That is an easy fix. Just get Windows update SP2

~Toughbook Talk~ Toughbook Discussion • View topic - MK1 Fresh install / factory bluetooth (UGX) unknown device

 

ador- id quite like a reasonable wifi card doesnt need to state of the art but at the same time dont want it to be like a 56k modem lol what are them cards like and does the internal aerial work ok. just didnt see the point of fitting another one as it already has a pull out one fitted, and yes its a factory fit bluetooth as it was an ex AA laptop.

toughasnails- cheers for that once i get my wifi sorted ill update my windows

 

Ok, I didn't realize you had factory wi-fi. I have two of these with the factory wi-fi it's the 350 cisco. Do you still have your factory wi-fi card in there? It's a PCMCIA card. Turn your CF-28 over and pull out the harddrive caddy. There is a hidden PCMCIA slot under there where your factory wi-fi card is at.

(some of these pictures are borrowed from other threads)







The links I had listed were so you could install mini-pci wi-fi card. I didn't know you had factory wi-fi. If you don't mind what is your full model # CF-28????? so we can see everything you have. I used those cards in my kids CF-28 before I upgraded them. They work fine and pick up signal good. For best signal you would need to route the antenna differently than I did. They used them in the house so I just had the antenna rolled up under the battery.

Here is you some homework, lol.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic/308887-cf-28-cisco-aironet-802-11a-b-g-pc-card-air-cb21ag-k9.html

http://forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic/515069-wi-fi-card-cf28.html

http://forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic/450900-looking-old-post-replacement-cisco-350-card-internal-pcmcia-cf-28-a.html

http://forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic/612486-last-found-1gb-cf-28-a.html

more ebay stuff to look at to get an idea if you ever want to upgrade later on

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Details! Give us DETAILS!!!

 

cf-2828pbj12fe

not factory wifi (i dont think) factory blue tooth

just orderd this though hopefully it will be good

Atheros 802.11G Super G+ 108Mbps Mini PCI Wireless Card | eBay

 

Yes it should work.

CF-28PBJ12FE
CF-28 - ToughWiki

P - PIII 800Mhz
B - 12.1" SVGA Touch Screen w/ Std Keyboard
J - 30GB HDD - 256MB RAM
1 - ??????
2 - Mobitex - 802.11b Wireless LAN (Cisco)
F - Windows 2000
E - UK

i don't see Bluetooth as a Integrated Option. This same thing has come up before
and in the end it was not a bluetooth

 

By the model number it shows 350 Cisco, you can use that card you ordered but unless you mod the antenna you can't use the factory antenna. still not sure about your bluetooth though.

 

How do I find out if it has Bluetooth?? It's saying found device and needs driver ugx so I'm assuming it has it?? Will mod the antenna if need be but I've orders internal aerials anyway just in case

 

The big question is where do you plan on putting them.

Did you upgrade to Windows XP SP2 ??

 

Anywhere it will fit?? Or am I being daft. I know nothing about computers lol

 

Here's some reading.

cf 28 bt

cf28 bt2

 

Not daft, you just have to remember that Toughbooks are a different animal. They have a magnesium case that does not lend itself well to an internal antenna (think tin foil hat ). It does work, it is just a little limited on range. If you mod the existing whip antenna to work with the new card it works well. What I did was order a set of paddle style antennas and cut the end off one and soldered it in place of the blue factory lead right at the pass-through board. I did use the second paddle antenna, but I don't think it really does anything compared to the factory whip.

 

Go into device manage and on the unknown device right click and go to properties. There should be 4 tabs on the next window. Got to the details tab and look at the info or code that is put there. You can put it here and then Google it to figure out what it is. If that doesn't try this to figure out what it is.

http://www.halfdone.org/ukd/

 

If the machine shipped with the Cisco card you actually can use the factory antenna on the display.
CAP

 

cant update to xp sp2 until i get my wifi set up

is there a adapter cable available to go from the fact fit pull out aerial to the new wifi card, rather than mess about soldering