CF-51: Will it accept a backlit keyboard?

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Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:23 pm

It appears that the CF-51 shares its keyboard with the CF-29, which of course begs the question - Will an emissive backlit keyboard from a CF-29 function in a CF-51? By "function", I mean working keyboard input and a working backlight itself.

I'm specifically looking for this capability with regards to the CF-51 Mk3 (Core Duo version).

Does anyone know if this will work?

#2 Post by **tomcat57** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:46 pm

There is No third cable power connector

I have been too lazy ,but I was going to mod a source of 5vdc on my cf-74 and install a backlite keyboard
It would be full brightness as they don't have a control board

Alex

#3 Post by **Rob** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:22 am

Alex is 100% correct. You cannot put a backlit anything into 50,51,52, 72, 73, & 74 because it doesn't have the 3'rd connector

Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:10 am

That equals sadness. Oh, well. Expect some crazier ideas from me in the near future...

#5 Post by **tomcat57** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:24 am

Modding is not easy
As I said it can be done given time and some skill , if you find a switched source of 5vdc and solder 2 leads from the backlite keyboard and hook up

Alex

#6 Post by **Springfield** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:15 am

Rob wrote:Alex is 100% correct. You cannot put a backlit anything into 50,51,52, 72, 73, & 74 because it doesn't have the 3'rd connector

I would think the *rubber* backlit keyboard from a 27 or 28 would work, since it only has 2 ribbon cables. Prolly can't control the brightness tho, and I hate typing on the stiff rubber keys. But don't see why the backlight wouldn't work.

#7 Post by **tomcat57** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:49 am

I tried the two conductor rubber keyboard in a cf-72 and no backlite , so I am thinking the cf51 will be the same

Alex

#8 Post by **Springfield** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:21 pm

tomcat57 wrote:no backlite

D'oh!

That's what I get for thinkin' ... (says one Homer to another)

#9 Post by **teo** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:28 pm

Hey, Guys! the cf-50 and cf-51 toughbook keyboard has only one ribbon cable not two or three. Its like the cf-cf-18, cf-W series and etc.

teo

#10 Post by **tomcat57** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:50 pm

Thanks for the info Teo

So not only no backlite ,no keyboard function as well

Well I am not giving up easy here

How about

Installing the keyboard ,modding the backklite to work and using and external CF-VKBL01 keyboard that is concidered useless for anything else

Unless anyone here has any better ideas

Alex

~Toughbooktalk~

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