~Toughbooktalk~

I have a CF-28 mk2 (CF-28PBJ12FE) with BIOS v2.00L13 It has a 12 inch transflective touchscreen, bluetooth, GPRS but NO LAN. (with yellow top case) I now have a bluetooth driver installed from Toshiba. But that only is a trial version that works 30 days. Does somebody have the original or even bette...

According to the install .TXT file for the CF-28 mk2, it is stated that after an install of Windows XP, the handwriting utility doesnt work.

Anyhow, i installed the handwriting utility of the mk3 and it works.

Talking about graphics and games. I succeeded in playing Unreal Tournament 2004 on a CF-M34 mk2 (Celeron 400Mhz) with 256MB ram. Yep, resolution is scaled down to 400x300 but it plays smooth.

I dont know what EC means.. maybe Electronic Circuit ?

Ador, as a coincidence, i bought 10 of these 3Com cards in december 2012.. they work okay. And fit nicely. Another handy thing is: When you close / push the antenna inside, the card turns itselve off, so doesnt eat any power of your batteries.

I did some bios updates on toughbooks some years ago, but since my last ultimate fail (I bricked a CF-M34 mk2 thanks to a bad version of the bios update), i didnt try again. Anyhow, if my memory still works good, the EC update works the same way as the bios update. What i did was this: take a spare ...

I only tested the standard Combo card (network and modem) that is also in the Mk3 700Mhz machine. That works okay.

Didnt test any wifi cards yet. But I guess that most mini-pci cards will work.

Be warned ! If you install the wrong BIOS, your CF-17 turns into a doorstop/brick.

the EC update must be performed first ! After the EC update you can update your BIOS. Otherwise , your machine wont boot.

I never had a CF-50/51/52. The CF-50s are sold rather cheap on german Ebay. But i miss the handle. I am used to the CF-28/29 and 27s, that have a carrying handle.

I have about 15 CF-M34s mk2 /mk1 here to play with and i discovered the swap possibility between a CF-m34 mk2 and mk1. Concerning the Cf-m34s you can easy swap the mini-pci slot of the mk2 and put it in a mk1. Then you can use the mini-pci slot for a nice wifi-card. This keeps your pcmcia slot free ...