20 Most Recent Panasonic Toughbook CF-27 Notebook - Page 3 Questions & Answers

Download a program called CPU-Z and instal (Free) run has all your machines specs.

Often when you think an LCD is bad it is the inverter board. This is even more likely when you get a red or pink glow. Either way if you compare the price of a new LCD ($100-$200) to an inverter board ($15-$35) it is worth trying. Worst case you will have a new inverter board and still have to buy an LCD or you may be able to resell the inverter board. I just had a Toshiba Satellite that was dropped and had no glow at all. I purchased an inverter board for $30 and replaced it and it fixed the problem. No cracks in the LCD and it looks great. Of course if you see a crack in the LCD that is a different issue.

i need help i have a panasonic cf-27 toughbook with a usb cd drive and usb floppy drive ive tried both seperate and with a multi usb connector to boot both but it doesnt find them can anyone help me?

What do you mean you cannot find how to turn it on? Do you mean you cant find the switch or do you mean you try to turn it on using the stitch and nothing happens? If your computer is not posting it is probably the motherboard. Send it in to Panasonics service center they can fix it at a reasonable price. Toughbooks are expensive and well worth repairing.

Your port is probably damaged. Are you saying all USB devices are not working through the ports or a particular device is not working? Give me more detail please.

All drivers for CF-27R Model listed here http://www.toughbookdrivers.com/drivers/CF-27/index.php?dir=MK1%20%28CF-27R%29/

Hello and welcome to FixYa.

I've written guides on how to install windows xp, and vista/windows 7 here

windows vista / 7
http://www.fixya.com/MyProfile/tips.aspx?usrid=364913

windows xp
http://www.fixya.com/support/r3575559-step_by_step_howto_install_windows_xp

If these guides don't provide what you are looking for, let me know.
In that case also post the brand and model of the laptop and do you have any kind of windows cds or restore media?

If you have any questions, please let me know by adding a comment to this page, I will respond as soon as I get the message.

Thanks,
Ekse

Hello,

as soon as the laptop starts to boot … tap (continuously) the F8 key …. this will give you a start menu where one of the options will be Start in Safe Mode …. it will scroll through a screen then give you the choice of user … your account and an "Administrator" account … log onto the Administrator account then go in to "Users" and remove your password … reboot as normal and your password will be gone.

(Original information taken from here)

Hope it helped.

P2 are Much Old......You can replace but You Have to pay Extra For P4

Go to Crucial or Viking or any memory company on the web, type in your model number, and they will provide the proper memory module advice. You can remove the cover from the HDD on the bottom of the toughbook, and inspect the current disk to determine if it is SATA or not. I would check the manufacturer and series (model) and see if they had a larger in the same series. It will be labeled if it is SATA or EIDE, and you would get the same in a larger internal size.
tom

Do you want a Power on Password? When you boot up you are required to enter a password before the laptop boots up, (if you forget the password there most likely no backdoor passwords available, so you need to write it down and store it in a safe place).
OR
Do you want to put a password on the Screen Saver so when the Screen Saver kicks in when you are away from your laptop no one can access your laptop when you are away from your laptop?
Let me know what you want to do.

You have to remove the internal battery. These are usually found under the keyboard. First you want to remove the external battery and make sure the laptop is not plugged in. Unless you have experience disassemblying laptops, I would recommend that you take it to a local computer shop.

Flip the laptop over and slide the 2 tabs that are near the carry handle to the unlocked position. This will allow the metal cover on the underside of the laptop to hinge up and be removed.

With the laptop upside down and the carry handle facing you, you should see the battery on the left of the laptop. On the right, there is a silver case about 4 inches long and 2.5 inches wide. This is the hard drive caddy.

To remove /this/ part, carefully push the connecting cable towards the battery until it smoothly disconnects from the hard drive caddy. Remove the caddy from the laptop. Using a small phillips screwdriver, remove the 3 small screws which hold the top of the caddy on. Remove the top, and you will see the hard drive.

As a note - be sure you do not remove the gel lining. This is 99.9% of the hard drive's shock protection. When you remove the hard drive, the cable should come out of the caddy as well. Put the new cable on a new hard drive (HDD must be smaller than 65,536MB), put the new hard drive into the caddy with cable attached, make sure the cable assembly is fitted into the caddy slot, replace the caddy cover, replace the screws, replace the caddy into the laptop. Then, make sure you connect the cable from the laptop PC board to the caddy cable assembly. Replace cover, turn on computer, and set up your Operating System (if needed).

you can try entering safe mod and then system restore

As long as the BIOS has been updated to the latest available, the CF27 will accept most hard drive capacities if you are running XP or Vista.

kindly check the cmos setup by using del key and follow up on the drive dection make sure ur hard drive is displaying or not on cemos setup

Most often the OS that came with the system is usually optomized fot the hardware.
However if the notebook came with say Win 98, ME, or XP you should be able to upgrade to the latest XP SP-3.
I would be surprised if Vista would work on a machine that wasn't already equipped in running at least XP SP-2

Open the cover, unplug the device its out.

Get a new one ... plug it in, its out.

There is lots more ... do you know is involved in reloading the OS?

Ask me if you need help

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This POST error could mean BIOS error or a system board failure.
I suggest you replace the BIOS battery and configure the BIOS date and time etc. If this doesn't work then reseat the RAM modules.
If this doesn't work, take the RAM module/s to youe friendly computer shop to get them to test the RAM.
If all this fails then most likely the laptop's motherboard is dead.

If I remember rightly the key you are looking at is to do with battery/power use, you can set it to run full speed on bat or lower it to a trickle so the battery lasts longer.