Saying Hi, Buying a Toughbook Soon.

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Saying Hi, Buying a Toughbook Soon.

#1 Post by raggedrebel92 »

Howdy!
First im almost sure this in the wrong thread. But I cant find one to put this in. So heres a blurb about me.

Alright guys, My names Allen, and Im new to the Toughbook world.I drive a 66 mustang, and have always loved tinkering with computers. Ive always admired the Toughbook's but never has the $$$ to buy one. Well, My job, a business asset recovery company (Legally cant say the name, we do alot with the government... hush hush stuff) we get all kinds of stuff in. And we just got a shipment of about 100 or so toughbooks that had been taken out of service. Most are 28's and earlier, most being p3's. So... while I was checking them in... I noticed a diamond in the rough. A CF-30, well 4 actually. So I quickly sat those to the side and continued my work. Well to cut it short. I found one I liked. Its a M1, in decent shape, all the little rubber parts and everything in order. Theres no HDD Caddy or ODD, so I couldn't dive into to much info. But, It only has 2040 hours or about 85 continuous days use. I was amazed. Ive started the purchasing process for employees from my job.

So, naturally Im going to have ALOT of questions, but of course, Ill search first, then ask.

My current Plans:
Install 4gb of ddr2. (Curiosity, can anyone confirm 4gb is the actual board limit and not just the limit that was stated because of the 32bit os?)
Find A Hard Drive Caddy
160gb Hard Drive.
Find A DVD drive of some sort.
Install w7 ult x64 if possible.
And more likely a fingerprint reader, just for the OMG effect.

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Re: Saying Hi, Buying a Toughbook Soon.

#2 Post by tomcat57 »

raggedrebel92 wrote: Its a M1, in decent shape, My current Plans:
Install 4gb of ddr2. (Curiosity, can anyone confirm 4gb is the actual board limit and not just the limit that was stated because of the 32bit os?)
Find A Hard Drive Caddy
160gb Hard Drive.
Find A DVD drive of some sort.
Install w7 ult x64 if possible.
And more likely a fingerprint reader, just for the OMG effect.
Welcome , your half way there by the sounds of things
The parts needed add up quick
I have a Mk-1 as well
2 sticks of 2GB ddr2 pc 4200/pc5300 will work fine
The caddy will be as low as $130 used ,when they come up on ebay
Heartland (the panasonic parts dist) will set you back at least $150 or more + min shipping of $25
The sata hard drive will be cheap
The original dvd cdrw caddy is available used for $150 or so, or you may use a cheap usb type to load the O/S software
Forget 64bit, too much trouble stick to 32bit
The fingerprint reader is available from heartlands as well ,last time I checked around $200 ,not including instalation if needed
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Re: Saying Hi, Buying a Toughbook Soon.

#3 Post by toughasnails »

Welcome to the forum. I have W7 Ult installed in my 30 and it runs great and easy to install. If you want to save yourself a few bucks stick with Windows 7 Home premium , Ultimate is a waste of money. I bought it to put on my XPS but changed my mind. Check out our W7 how to topic here http://www.toughbooktalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=603

Post all your CF-30 questions here http://www.toughbooktalk.com/viewforum.php?f=2
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CF-19 MK1, 2, 5 Emissive Keyboard, Samsung 240GB SSD, 12GB Ram, W7 64 bit, GPS *
CF-28 MK2, 3
CF-30 MK2 , Intel SSD, 4GB , GPS, W7 Ultimate , Bluetooth, Emissive Keyboard
CF-51 MK3LL Core 2 Duo T7600 Mod , W7, 4GB Ram, 160GB 7200RPM HDD, Finger Print Reader
CF-52MK1 Core2Duo 2GHz, Intel SSD X25 Series ,4GB , BT with dock
CF-52 MK4 i5‑2540M 2.60GHz, ATI Discrete Graphics, Intel 120GB SSD, 16GB,W7 Pro 64bit
CF-53MK1 i5/2520, Kingston Hyper X SSD 240GB, 16GB memory, W7 Pro 64bit with dock
CF-54 MK2 Samsung SSD512GB, 16GB memory
And the little guys CF-M34 MK3 and MK7
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Re: Saying Hi, Buying a Toughbook Soon.

#4 Post by raggedrebel92 »

toughasnails wrote:Welcome to the forum. I have W7 Ult installed in my 30 and it runs great and easy to install. If you want to save yourself a few bucks stick with Windows 7 Home premium , Ultimate is a waste of money. I bought it to put on my XPS but changed my mind. Check out our W7 how to topic here http://www.toughbooktalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=603

Post all your CF-30 questions here http://www.toughbooktalk.com/viewforum.php?f=2

Actually got a few w7 licenses from my collage class. Were a microsoft partner so each student gets access to this site with alll kinds of software. And

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