Panasonic cf29 toughbook... keyboard works but types the wrong letters. Worked yesterday but on fire up it changed. the J key is a 1 and others are wrong.

All Panasonic Toughbook Drivers can be
found at the following Website:

http://pc-dl.panasonic.co.jp/itn/drivers/d_menu_en.html

Click on your particular model (ie. CF29),
choose the version (MK1, etc.), choose the
operating system (ie. Windows XP),
then choose the driver (ie. LAN Driver) and
click on "Download Now".

Voila! That is how you find the Ethernet driver
for the Panasonic Toughbook CF29.

Good Luck!
Regards,
Richard - Montreal Based
Panasonic Canada Toughbook Dealer since 1989

To get into the built-in setup utility on a Panasonic
CF29 Toughbook, please turn on the unit and immediately
press the "F2" function key repeatedly.

As long as your unit has a working keyboard, the setup utility
should open. If no password is required, then you can enter
the setup utility and make changes.

Please be careful about making changes. If you make a
change and then want to go back, you can either exit and
discard changes, or you can set factory defaults in the last
(right side) selection and then exot and save changes.

Good Luck to you.
Regards from Richard in Montreal.
Authorized Panasonic Canada Toughbook Dealer since 1989

The CF29 comes in two basic flavors:
#1: With 256MB RAM and DDR Ram with One open slot.
So add a 1GB DDR RAM (PC-2700) DDR 333 and
the maximum RAM is now 1.2GB

#2: With 512MB RAM and DDR2 Ram with One open slot.
So add a 1GB DDR2 RAM (PC2-5300) and the
maximum RAM is now 1.5GB.

This is my experience and very frustrating to find out the
hard way that the CF29 does not support a 2GB DDR2
RAM Module.

Good Luck.
From Richard, Montreal Based Panasonic Canada Authorized Toughbook Dealer since 1989.

External Speaker or Headphone Jack on the Panasonic Toughbook CF29 is located on the back side or rear of the CF29. There is a cover in the rear that has to first be opened. There is a sliding latch which has to be slid and held in rder to open the back cover.

Once the cover is open, then with the CF29 facing away from you as shown in the photo, the headphone jack is located on the left hand side. That is it!

Good Luck and Regards from:
Richard, Montreal Based Panasonic Canada Authorized Toughbook Dealer since 1989.

I had a look on a few places that where selling recovery discs, i could only see cf29 discs, no cf30.
It may be worth giving it a go

Connect an external keyboard to your laptop. If the external keyboard works properly that means the keyboard of your laptop is defective and you have to replace it. If you get the same problem with the external keyboard reinstall your operating system (it could be a virus).

On the Panasonic Toughbook CF-51 there is a key located on the top right next to the F12 function key called "NumLk" or Num Lock.
Press this key once and the embedded numeric keypad is enabled.
Press it a second time and it is disabled.
How do you know if it is enabled or disabled?
Simple: Observe the LED above the keyboard. If the second light with the square symbol and the number "1" is lit up, then the NumLock is enabled. If that LED is not lit up it is disabled.

Good Luck.
From Richard, Montreal Based Panasonic Canada Authorized Toughbook Dealer since 1989.

Hit "FN" and the "NUM Lock" key together to unlock it.

I believe thats the combination.

Let me know.