~Toughbooktalk~

Well the replacement parts machine is here. It is fairly nice. It has a bios password that I tried resetting for giggles. The model number forward, backward, forward, reboot, last 5 of serial number didn't work... I might try a couple more times, I need to verify model and serial number with it boot...

The DEFINITIVE ANSWER! Okay both the CF-20 and CF-33 are Wacom EMR based digitizers (as mentioned above). Wacom has a compatibility list page here. It is a little bit confusing, but look at the Wacom On Pen Display. This is the same EMR tech they ship out for other manufactures. In fact if you look ...

Sadly that video was for the FZ-55 and not the CF-54... If I expand my search to all memory options, I can get a couple nice CF-54s as low as $450-500 with the i7 processors still. Memory is cheap enough to make this a smart way to get a much better deal, as long as I can still bump it all the way t...

I know what you mean, I don’t like the “standard or” version. But the Black Cobra one has something just subtly different about it that the keyboard area looks 10x better. Maybe it’s the grey around the touch pad. Also I think for this laptop, all black looks way “Tougher” lol. That video almost con...

My OLD MacBook is getting even older... It is a 2012 and has been a constant near daily companion. It says a LOT that it is still running well. Repairability is AMAZING too. But it is way past time to replace it.... Specs wise it is a 2.5 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 with 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 and Inte...

Well big bummer the Wacom Pro Pen 2 doesn’t work.... I need to do some more cross referencing and try to match things up “sideways.” I have a couple other options on the way to play with so we shall see. These seem simple enough internally that I’m sure I can retrofit something else to at least keep...

Well the lcd has a couple bright spots. I managed to get a stripped down MK1 (I guess lol, earlier/slower processor) coming for cheap with a keyboard for about what just a keyboard goes for. Seller specifically stated 100% perfect screen no bright spots, blemishes, or scratches. Unfortunately no bat...

I may have a Toughbook problem... My current models sitting on the side table getting played with are a CF-20 and a CF-33. The CF-20 is essentially perfect and complete, just a CF-20 lol. The CF-33 is the tablet without the keyboard that I just picked up and likely has a bad touchscreen. I have a MK...

The main secret is the CF-20 and the CF-33 are both EMR or Electro-magnetic Resonance digitizers. Out of the digitizer technologies out there, EMR is considered the absolute best for drawing. Apparently (no surprise here) it was developed/patented by Wacom. With that said, there are a TON of styli t...

I think this CF-33 has a bad touchscreen. It is a CF-33AFPEJVM It is pretty well speced out with the i57300U at 2.6GHz, 16 GB, and a 512 GB SSD. It is running Windows11 Pro 64bit. I have a dead vertical band that starts about an inch from the left side, goes about an inch to an inch and a half, and ...