CF-U1 Mk1+Mk2= ???

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CF-U1 Mk1+Mk2= ???

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Finally got to work and I brought the U1 project with me. I have a fully working Mk1 and a working Mk2 with a busted screen. The Mk2 is cf-u1aqc9zjm with 2Mp camera, 2d barcode scanner, bluetooth, wwan with GOBI 2000 I will be adding GPS from a CF-19 later on to this unit.

The main reason I wanted a mark 2 was the 2gb of ram, but the 1.6 ghz cpu over the base 1.3 ghz cpu will help as well.

I was thinking I could just swap in a screen from the Mk1 to the Mk2, use the whole cover and just loose the hole from the ambiant light sensor. I can just disable that in the bios.

I got pictures of the insides coming. (work has flickr blocked, so I am working on alternate uploading to flickr now)

Right now I finally figured out how to pull it all apart and got both units tore down. It went back together good, but now I have a few things to iron out. It won't turn on. When the battery is inserted or as soon as a charger is plugged in both battery lights in the front and rear flash red. Since it's late now I will just have to figure it out tomorrow when I am off work again, lol. I already stayed up a hour later than normal.

I hope this thread will give us a lot of photos of the inside of the U1 for future reference.

When I get it all working again I will be doing some testing on the 64 gb ssd vs the 32 gb in windows 7, then try some kind of linux on it and see what she does.
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Re: CF-U1 Mk1+Mk2= ???

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Do a power pull reset.
I had a CF52 do that. I thought I toasted the motherboard. Power pull reset unscrambled it.
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Did you remember the ram? :)
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Back off work and going to try a few things on it tonight.

The CPU and RAM is non removable on this model.
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Finally got it on, booted and stayed in bios, the battery lights both flashed red the whole time with no battery in there. Screwed the back, back on and buttoned it up, rebooted, installed batteries and hard drive, rebooted. Now it turns on, Battery lights flash green and start to charge. No more red lights. Reboot, the screen goes to the Panasonic splash screen then it goes blank a few seconds later with the lights still on. Can't get screen back on.

Tried rebooting, didn't work. Pulled the batteries and the lights went flashing red again. Bios screen opens and stays on like normal. Put the batteries back and and rebooted with out problems this time. Boots into the XP that was on the 64 gb SSD when I got the unit. Looks like it's time for windows 7 install time.
CF-28 MK2,Mk3 / CF-29 Mk3 / CF-30 MK2 / CF-25 Mk1 ATI / CF-19 MK3/Mk3/Mk5 / CF-U1 Mk1,Mk2 / CF-M34 Mk7/Mk3 / CF-17 Mk1 / CF-07
Voodoo Envy M355 / M360 / M515 / M780 / U703 / Voodoo Hexx / Voodoo Idol / Voodoo Rage F1 / Voodoo Rage F1 / Voodoo Rage F1 "signed case" / Voodoo Omen
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Well I will have to upload the pictures to my pc and load them straight here as the way I have to go around works block on flickr it times out every time on the upload.

Last night both batteries charged like they should so that is working out. So now on to the windows 7 install. Then I will have my beater U1 for gps tracking on the ATV done.
CF-28 MK2,Mk3 / CF-29 Mk3 / CF-30 MK2 / CF-25 Mk1 ATI / CF-19 MK3/Mk3/Mk5 / CF-U1 Mk1,Mk2 / CF-M34 Mk7/Mk3 / CF-17 Mk1 / CF-07
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Crap, Crap, crap. Looks like it won't recognize my DVD drive. Digging though my bag also shows that I didn't bring my pile of trusty USB sticks one with linux mint on it also. Looks like a wash till I get home now. Unless it will boot in my Mk1.


If anyone needs any CF-U1 parts I have some you can get now, lol, Mk1. Caddy, 16gb SSD, 1D barcode scanner, motherboard, battery door covers, speakers, keyboard.

I only have a few parts I am keeping to upgrade a base unit I have at the house that is such a stripped it doesn't even have the push buttons on the back.
CF-28 MK2,Mk3 / CF-29 Mk3 / CF-30 MK2 / CF-25 Mk1 ATI / CF-19 MK3/Mk3/Mk5 / CF-U1 Mk1,Mk2 / CF-M34 Mk7/Mk3 / CF-17 Mk1 / CF-07
Voodoo Envy M355 / M360 / M515 / M780 / U703 / Voodoo Hexx / Voodoo Idol / Voodoo Rage F1 / Voodoo Rage F1 / Voodoo Rage F1 "signed case" / Voodoo Omen
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Yesterday I was in the training room and noticed all of the thinkcentre mini pc's in there had the optional USB DVD drive with them. The ones in the room for employees to check email don't have them. So I brought the U1's down and it booted on up. It even had two usb ports in the back of the DVD drive. It let me use one port for usb mouse while it still booted correctly on the Mk1 and 2. Got 7 on them both now. Working on drivers today. Going to see what resolution the camera is working at, etc. Then if it's real low quality I am going to try the CF-19 Mk5 software as it's reported on a H1 to work well. I think it's about the same camera.
CF-28 MK2,Mk3 / CF-29 Mk3 / CF-30 MK2 / CF-25 Mk1 ATI / CF-19 MK3/Mk3/Mk5 / CF-U1 Mk1,Mk2 / CF-M34 Mk7/Mk3 / CF-17 Mk1 / CF-07
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