The beginning of my toughbook oddessy...

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The beginning of my toughbook oddessy...

#1 Post by john_jrhan762 »

Hello, everyone! After years of worshipping from afar, I finally have my first toughbook. It's a CF-30GTJZZAM, and once I realized it has no wireless capabilities, I ordered a CF-19KHRAX2M... there really is a toughbook bug...

Anywho, I just wanted introduce myself, and thank everyone for the wealth of information here. It's been a huge help, and I look forward to learning everything I can from you all! Thanks again!

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#2 Post by toughasnails »

Welcome to Toughbook Talk

Just to let you know you might have every thing there for the wireless but the card. In many models the lines and antenna's are there...they just have tape on the ends of the wires.

Model Number : CF-30GTJZZAM
Status : DISCONTINUED
MSRP : $4,399

Description: No Wireless, WinXP (Vista COA), Intel Core 2 Duo L7500 1.60GHz, No WLAN, 13.3" XGA Touch, 250GB, 1GB, TPM1.2, No Optical, No Bluetooth
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Model Number : CF-19KHRAX2M
Status : DISCONTINUED
MSRP : $2,000

Description: WinXP (Vista COA), Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 1.20GHz (Centrino2), vPro, 10.4" XGA Touch, 160GB, 2GB, Intel WiFi a/b/g/n, Dual Pass (Upper:WWAN/Lower:WLAN), TPM, Bluetooth, No Drive, Toughbook Preferred
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Re: The beginning of my toughbook oddessy...

#3 Post by safn1949 »

Some of the 30's don't have antennas,but that is an easy fix.
2 CF-30Mk3's, 2 CF-71's, CF-L1, 3 CF-72's, CF-73, CF-74, CF-48, CF-50, CF-51Mk3, 2 CF-19's,7 CF-52's, FZ-A1 and other assorted beaters.

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#4 Post by toughasnails »

Check out the picture to see if you have any antenna's...just 2 screws to remove.
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CF-28 MK2, 3
CF-30 MK2 , Intel SSD, 4GB , GPS, W7 Ultimate , Bluetooth, Emissive Keyboard
CF-51 MK3LL Core 2 Duo T7600 Mod , W7, 4GB Ram, 160GB 7200RPM HDD, Finger Print Reader
CF-52MK1 Core2Duo 2GHz, Intel SSD X25 Series ,4GB , BT with dock
CF-52 MK4 i5‑2540M 2.60GHz, ATI Discrete Graphics, Intel 120GB SSD, 16GB,W7 Pro 64bit
CF-53MK1 i5/2520, Kingston Hyper X SSD 240GB, 16GB memory, W7 Pro 64bit with dock
CF-54 MK2 Samsung SSD512GB, 16GB memory
And the little guys CF-M34 MK3 and MK7
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#5 Post by SHEEPMAN! »

Blair,
Do you know of a tutorial for lifting the keyboard with-out bending it? A lot of these G models are coming out. In my case a CF19G....just needed a card and one or two reboots.
Shawn sent me a long blade (like a frosting spreader) that works to pop the adhesive. Big point is to give the glue time to come loose. Also a lot of the stock CF-30 KBs have pins that lock into the bottom case. My first one surprised me. :) For the CF-29 I pull the hinges and slide a screwdriver through past the hinges to lift the KB. I have seriously hurt a couple of KBs learning the tricks.

Slightly OT

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#6 Post by kode-niner »

I also got surprised by those pins on that CF-30 you sent me. I had an extra backlit keyboard from a 29 that I successfully swapped on it, but not after bending the original keyboard on the 30. What got me was that the keyboard on the 29 doesn't have those pins and I really wasn't expecting that on the 30, so I thought I was dealing with some sort of powerful adhesive. :pat:
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#7 Post by SHEEPMAN! »

Someone mentioned reading the manual one time but mostly I have avoided it.

I don't bend them anymore. :rofl: I took one blkb out one time in four pieces.
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#8 Post by safn1949 »

kode-niner wrote:I also got surprised by those pins on that CF-30 you sent me. I had an extra backlit keyboard from a 29 that I successfully swapped on it, but not after bending the original keyboard on the 30. What got me was that the keyboard on the 29 doesn't have those pins and I really wasn't expecting that on the 30, so I thought I was dealing with some sort of powerful adhesive. :pat:
I pried so hard I broke one of the pins,the entire time saying" holy cow ! they glued this thing down." :pat:
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#9 Post by SHEEPMAN! »

Apologies to OP but sharing is good for the soul.

My intent was to point out that there are tricks to be learned before diving in. Dive in by all means but read then ask first. :D

J'd...OP = original poster...
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Re: The beginning of my toughbook oddessy...

#10 Post by john_jrhan762 »

I actually appreciate the direction he thread went, because I've got backlit rubber keyboards on they way for both units!
Sounds like I'm in for some fun...

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