~Toughbooktalk~

From what I have heard there isn't much performance difference between the 7 and the 8. Mk1 core duo shares basic chassis with the 18 ( U2400 ) Mk2 core 2 duo shares basic chassis with the 18 ( U7500 ) Mk3 core 2 duo 1.2 new chassis and led backlight ( SU9300 ) Mk4 i5 1.2 ( U540 ) Mk5 i5 2.5 first b...

I had a Mk6 19 here about about two years ago I had to do that on. 7 first then upgrade. Also had to do a alienware R4 aurora for my son like that. All are from around the same time frame computer wise.

There is lots of little tricks to toughbooks. That was a trick needed to boot up some older models from the single core days. Also some of the older ones were really picky about what brand ram you used.

One thing to try is set bios to default. Save then reboot. I know it has worked with a few other toughbooks that was having booting issues. Another trick was to boot a few times with no drive in it at all then boot have the drive you wanted installed.

North bound to North Dakota from Louisiana. Still got a day and half of driving to do.

Personally It's the first time I have seen or heard about this on a pc in general. Usually if it was a bad touch screen it was the whole thing. Either it worked or it didn't. Being this is a dual touch model. We can see the digitizer is working fine. Maybe we can just focus on the brand/type of touc...

I don't think it's prepped but some have modded one in.

The caddy is different. They swapped from a IDE to SATA drive going in the 18 to the 19. If you have a Mk1-2 CF-19 some of the parts on the 18 will swap over. Less will swap over on a Mk3-8 as the chassis was changed up. Post your model numbers up when you have time.

Also check your bios setting to see where they are set at. Also see if you have a light sensor. It will auto dim. That can be shut off in the bios as well.

"Aperture is probably more akin to having your film developed at the local drugstore, and Photoshop would be developing it yourself in your personal darkroom" And that is how it should be. The older I get the more the more I understand why my dad was pissed off at some stuff. Me and my kid...