TBT CF-18 GUIDE
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:40 pm
CF-18 FAQ
(Tweaking now, think I have most of it fixed now)
The CF-18
The CF-18 comes in 5 different Marks or Mk. This is also sub divided into touchscreen or digitizer screen. Touch screen is just that touch with finger, pen or other object. The digitizer won’t work unless it has special pen for the screen.
Here is out break down of the model.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/tough ... puters.asp
CF-18XXXXXXXXX
CPU
B - Pentium 900MHz ULV (Centrino) 802.11b+g
C - Pentium 900MHz Ultra Low Voltage (No Wireless)
D - Pentium 1.1GHz ULV (Centrino) 802.11b+g
E - Pentium 1.1GHz ULV (No Wireless LAN) -Federal Only
F - Pentium M 733 - 1.1GHz (Centrino) 802.11a/b/g
G - Pentium M 733 - 1.1GHz (No Wireless LAN) -Federal Only
H - Pentium M 733 - 1.1GHz (Centrino) 802.11b+g
K - Pentium M 753 - 1.2GHz (Centrino) 802.11a/b/g
L - Pentium M 753 - 1.2GHz (No WLAN) -Federal Only
N - Pentium M 753 - 1.2GHz (Centrino) 802.11a/b/g + TPM 1.2
P - Pentium M 753 - 1.2GHz (No WLAN) -Federal Only + TPM 1.2
LCD-Keyboard
D - 10.4 XGA High Bright Digitizer
C - 10.4 XGA High Bright Digitizer - Backlit Keyboard
E - 10.4 XGA Digitizer+Black Cabinet
F - 10.4 XGA Tablet (Hazardous Location)
H - 10.4 XGA High Bright Touchscreen
J - 10.4 XGA High Bright Touchscreen - Backlit Keyboard
K - 10.4 XGA High Bright (Hazardous Location)
T - 10.4 Transflective XGA
HDD-Ram
A - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. connectors
B - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. connectors
C - 40GB HDD - 768MB RAM
D - 60GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. connectors
H - 60GB HDD - 512MB RAM - dual ant. connectors
K - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM
L - 40GB HDD - 512MB RAM
N - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. connectors - SmartCard
Q - 60GB HDD - 512MB RAM - dual ant. connectors - SmartCard
1 - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. conn. - Hazard. Location
2 - 60GB HDD - 512MB RAM - dual ant. conn. - Hazard. Location
Wireless
F - GPRS (Cingular)
G - EDGE (Cingular) - (AT&T GPRS prior to Pent. M 733)
H - GPRS (T-Mobile)
J - CDMA 1xRTT Verizon (no voice)<
K - EDVO (Sprint) - (1xRTT prior to Pent. M 733)
L - GPRS (Cingular)
M - EVDO (Verizon) - (1xRTT prior to Pent. M 733)
Z - None
3 - Special Order
Integrated Options
A - 802.11 Wireless LAN - GPS
B - 802.11 Wireless LAN - Bluetooth
C - 802.11 Wireless LAN - GPS - Bluetooth<
X - Base model
Z - None
1 - Secured HDD Door
OS
B - Windows XP Pro SP2
D - Windows 2000
K - Windows XP Pro
M - Windows XP Pro Tablet PC
R - Windows XP Tablet PC MUI
V - WIndows XP Tablet 2005
X - Windows XP
Z - No License
Destination
M-North America
E - non North America (U.K.)
F - non North America (FRANCE)
G - non North America (GERMANY)
P - non North America (SPAIN)
S - non North America (SWEDEN)
T - non North America (ITALY)
L = Belgium
H = Hungary
K = Turkey
N = Norwegian
4 = Slovenia
5 = Portugal
6 = Greece
7 = Czechoslovakia/Republic
W = Mixed Specification....e.g. a Spanish Keyboard with a US AC cord
(Credit: CF-18 Tablet - ToughWiki) http://toughwiki.com/index.php?title=CF-18_Tablet
Customer Special Configuration:
When a customer orders multiple units of the same configuration they are designated a Panasonic Customer Configuration Number which replaces the fourth & fifth letters in the standard model number.
In the event of the same customer ordering multiple units of different configurations, they are designated additional Customer Configuration Numbers....These configurations are not available in the Panasonic Configurator....these units can often be of a standard configuration with subtle additions such as external hardware....or more significant such as a non-standard Bios that disables the use of WLAN/Bluetooth/Modem.
A Customer Configuration is just that....tailored to the customers needs.
Example; CF-18xxx90xx....This number (90) is designated to Toyota (US)....the full model number is not available in the Panasonic Configurator....so the configuration....subtle or otherwise, is unknown!!
Partial List:
Zurich Finance (UK)
25
Yorkshire Water (UK)
26
29
Romec (UK)
34
Iveco (UK)
40
Steris (US)
45
Thames Water (UK)
53
Iveco (Italy)
55
Dubai Police
57
Philip Morris (Turkey)
58
Anglian Water (UK)
62
Jaguar (UK)
65
66
89
Ford (UK)
68
69
Verizon (US)
00
70
71
72
Tennent (US)
73
AT&T (US)
83
85
Coca-Cola (UK)
87
Toyota (US)
90
91
US Army (Germany)
93
Hyundai
94
Severn Trent Water (UK)
96
Aston Martin (UK)
97
Belgian Government
99
There MUST be others.... (CREDIT: ORANGE GEORGE)
DIGITIZER VS TOUCHSCREEN (DIFFERENCES)
With a touchscreen, there are 2 layers of connected wire mesh encased in a piece of glass or plastic that sits in front of the LCD. When pushed on an intersection connects and completes the circuit and that intersection is where the pointer jumps to.
The digitizer is a giant PCB (the size of the LCD) that sits behind the LCD and detects the presence of another circuit embedded in the stylus using a similar intersection idea. Where it detects it is where the pointer jumps to which is why you don't have to touch the screen for it to work but why nothing but that stylus will work. That's also why the front cover is just a plain piece of glass or plastic. (CREDIT TO: ZEROFLIGHT)
The other reason digitizer screens are beloved by some people is the difference in screen "depth" - A touchscreen has 3 layers of glass in the touch panel on top of the LCD; the digitizer has only 1, or in some cases NONE if they make the LCD extra heavy duty to handle people pressing on it. This removes the issues of poor contrast/color we CF-28 touchscreen users often lament; it also gets rid of the parallax issue where it's difficult to gauge stylus location because of the screen depth. (CREDIT: MNEMENTH)
http://forum.notebookreview.com/pana...uch-screen.html
OK, here are a few clues on telling the difference between a digitizer and touchscreen:
The pen holder slot on the touchscreen model is only 1/2" across Digitizer is about 1"
(CREDIT: H-BERT)
There will be a rubber seal flap on the rear left of the case for the serial port. Digitizers do not have serial ports
(CREDIT: H-BERT)
Windows XP COA on the touch model. Tablets have XP Tablet edition COA
Designed for windows XP badge on the left wrist wrest. No badge on the tablet as they are designed for XP tablet.
The touchscreen cable harness has only two connector while the digitizer has three.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MK’S
ALL BOTTOM COVERS INTERCHANGE BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE MK4,5’S COVER compared to the mk1,2,3 the ram hole slot is bigger, the plate under the speaker cover to help secure the ram is different. I have used a Mk2 back plate on a Mk5, just harder to remove the ram with the cover on. (INSERT PHOTO)
There is a extra speaker wire on the Mk1 running to the audio out sound board. (INSERT PICTURE)
Mk4 no TPM, Mk5 TPM other than that they are virtually identical.
(MORE COMING SOON)
XP HOME/PRO VS XP TABLET
XP Pro doesn't have digitizer drivers, you can install a digitizer driver to get it working. XP TABLET has the digitizer drivers as default.
Service pack 2 should solve Bluetooth driver issues on XP
(CREDIT: CF-18 Drivers and Buttons http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... ttons.html)
WHAT IS UNDER THE HOOD
http://www.panasonic.com/business/tough ... s.asp?f=18
Mark 1 -- CF-18B/CF-18C
Mark 2 -- CF-18D/CF-18E
Mark 3 -- CF-18F/CF-18G/CF-18H
Mark 4 -- CF-18K/CF-18L
Mark 5 -- CF-18N/CF-18P
What is the storage/memory capacity for the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- On-board 256MB. Expandable to 1,280MB
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- On-board 256. Expandable to 1,280MB
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3)-- On-board 256MB or 512MB. Expandable to 1,280MB or 1,536MB
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- On-board 512MB. Expandable to 1,536MB
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- On-board 512MB. Expandable to 1,536MB
What type of CPU is in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- Intel® Pentium® M 900MHz ULV
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- Intel® Pentium® M 1.1GHz ULV
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- Intel® Pentium® M 733 1.10GHz ULV
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- Intel® Pentium® M 753 1.2GHz ULV
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- Intel® Pentium® M 753 1.2GHz ULV
What VGA controller is used in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- Intel® 855GM - Unified Memory Access(UMA) up to 64MB
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- Intel® 855GM - UMA up to 64MB
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- Intel® 855GM - UMA up to 64MB
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- Intel® 915GMS - UMA up to 128MB
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- Intel® 915GMS - UMA up to 128MB
What is the Front Side Bus (FSB) of the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- 400MHz
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- 400MHz
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- 400MHz
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- 400MHz
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- 400MHz
What type of wireless network card is installed in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B (Mk1) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100A - 802.11b
CF-18D (Mk2) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG - 802.11b/g
CF-18H (Mk3) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG - 802.11b/g
CF-18F (Mk3) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG - 802.11a/b/g
CF-18K (Mk4) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG - 802.11a/b/g
CF-18N (Mk5) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG - 802.11a/b/g
What type of network card is installed in the CF-18 Toughbook and what speed does it support?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- RealtekRTL8139DL 10/100
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- RealtekRTL8101L 10/100
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- RealtekRTL8101L 10/100
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- RealtekRTL8101L 10/100
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- RealtekRTL8101L 10/100
What type of sound card is in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- SigmaTel STAC9767CC1
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- SigmaTel STAC9751TGCC1
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- SigmaTel STAC9751TGCC1
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- SigmaTel STAC9751TGCC1
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- SigmaTel STAC9751TGCC1
What type of memory can be used in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- PC2100 DDR SDRAM
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- PC2100 DDR SDRAM
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- PC2100DDR SDRAM
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- PC2-3200 DDR2 SDRAM
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- PC2-3200 DDR2 SDRAM
CF-18 GPS INSTALL
http://toughbookcentral.com/guides/14/
Not mine but lots of good pictures
(COMING SOON)
CF-18 GPS WITH FACTORY DAUGHTER BOARD
CF-18 GPS WITH CF-19 DAUGHTER BOARD
CF-18 WITH AFTER MARKET GPS
SD CARD READER
Only found on Mk4 and Mk5 models, you may need two registery entry's for windows XP for it to work on over 2gb cards. I have tried up to 4GB card and they work fine. Panasonic reports up to 8GB cards will work. Others have reported up to 16GB works fine.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -29-a.html
Registry file one http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923293
Registry file two http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934428 For greater than 4gb sdhc.
DOCKING PORTS/REPLICATORS PART NUMBERS
Gamber-Johnson Dual RF version:Item Number:7160-0207-02
Panasonic CF-WEB184A LAN, SERIAL, 4 USB,VGA OUT,HEADPHONE, MICROPHONE
PEN PART NUMBERS
Same as Wacom M200 will fit the digitizer slot, but no hole for the tether.
Also with out the tether hole is this PA3317U-2ETC Toshiba pen.
LINUX INSTALL
UBUNTU 10.10
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CF-18
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=51
DAUGHTER BOARD
The factory daughterboard is need for the factory install of WWAN, GPS and BLUETOOTH.
(INSERT PICTURE)
A CF-19 Daughter-board will work on a CF-18 opening up a M-PCI-express slot for your use and a usb slot. Then you can install GPS, WWAN or experiment with other cards.
"This is the word of precaution regarding the use of CF-19 HSPDA board(daughter board) into the cf-18. I've checked the schematic between the two and I've found out that one internal USB port is not align to supposed to be into the CF-18. The other usb port I suspect is a complete match into using PCIE term. and all line circuit line port for PCIE. The GPS in is line into ground automatically. It means even though if you don't have yet a GPS module on the PCIE card slot it will display on the bios having a GPS.
Now! I will conclude that the daughter board of CF-19 into the CF-18 must only be use for GPS installation using PCIE card. Nothing else. It is only a words of precautionary measure but if you gonna do further more. Go ahead and explore, Lol"
(CREDIT: ohlip)
CF-18 WWAN PANASONIC SOFTWARE
http://www.panasonic.com/business/tough ... reless.asp
CF-18 with CF-19 daughterboard GOBI 1000/2000 experiment
(coming soon, waiting on parts)
KEYBOARDS
Chicklet PN:
Emissisve PN:
Rubber backlit PN:
CF-18/19 use the same keyboard.
EXTREME COLD WEATHER OPERATION
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... eater.html
HELPFUL THREAD LINKS
CF-18 Tablet - ToughWiki
http://toughwiki.com/index.php?title=CF-18_Tablet
CF-18 touchscreen to digitizer?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... tizer.html
CF-18 post it note
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -note.html
Toughbook cf-18 serial port
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -port.html
HOWTO: Install Windows 7 on a CF-18 mk1
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... 8-mk1.html
CF-18 Difference between Touchscreen and Digitizer
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... tizer.html
CF-18 - Swap Digitizer w/ touch screen?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... creen.html
CF-18 Drivers and Buttons
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... ttons.html
Future proof Tim’s laptop service manuals
http://www.tim.id.au/blog/tims-laptop-s ... -panasonic
CF-18 unusual docking connector
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... ector.html
Cheap Digitizer Pens
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -pens.html
Adding Aftermarket Internal GPS to the CF-18
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -18-a.html
CF-18 GPS Options
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... tions.html
What is hooked up to this CF-18
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -18-a.html
CF-18, Ubuntu installation, Touchscreen works !!!
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... works.html
CF-18 touch-panel and LCD replacement
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... ement.html
Australian CF-18 GPS install
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... stall.html
Ubuntu 10.10 Is this the Toughbook Version?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... rsion.html
UBUNTU WIKI CF-18
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CF-18
Safely disabling the heater
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... eater.html
SDReader CF-18-Mystery solved
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... olved.html
Screen replacement CF-19
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -19-a.html
CF-18/CF-29 GPS module swap?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -swap.html
Adding Aftermarket Internal GPS to the CF-30 "shows CF-19 daughter board on CF-18"
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... 0-a-2.html
(I STILL HAVE A LOT OF LINKS TO ADD, SEE ANYTHING I MISSED OR HAVEN'T ADDED SO FAR, SPEAK UP OR PM ME, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THIS SHOULD BE FINISHED)
(Tweaking now, think I have most of it fixed now)
The CF-18
The CF-18 comes in 5 different Marks or Mk. This is also sub divided into touchscreen or digitizer screen. Touch screen is just that touch with finger, pen or other object. The digitizer won’t work unless it has special pen for the screen.
Here is out break down of the model.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/tough ... puters.asp
CF-18XXXXXXXXX
CPU
B - Pentium 900MHz ULV (Centrino) 802.11b+g
C - Pentium 900MHz Ultra Low Voltage (No Wireless)
D - Pentium 1.1GHz ULV (Centrino) 802.11b+g
E - Pentium 1.1GHz ULV (No Wireless LAN) -Federal Only
F - Pentium M 733 - 1.1GHz (Centrino) 802.11a/b/g
G - Pentium M 733 - 1.1GHz (No Wireless LAN) -Federal Only
H - Pentium M 733 - 1.1GHz (Centrino) 802.11b+g
K - Pentium M 753 - 1.2GHz (Centrino) 802.11a/b/g
L - Pentium M 753 - 1.2GHz (No WLAN) -Federal Only
N - Pentium M 753 - 1.2GHz (Centrino) 802.11a/b/g + TPM 1.2
P - Pentium M 753 - 1.2GHz (No WLAN) -Federal Only + TPM 1.2
LCD-Keyboard
D - 10.4 XGA High Bright Digitizer
C - 10.4 XGA High Bright Digitizer - Backlit Keyboard
E - 10.4 XGA Digitizer+Black Cabinet
F - 10.4 XGA Tablet (Hazardous Location)
H - 10.4 XGA High Bright Touchscreen
J - 10.4 XGA High Bright Touchscreen - Backlit Keyboard
K - 10.4 XGA High Bright (Hazardous Location)
T - 10.4 Transflective XGA
HDD-Ram
A - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. connectors
B - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. connectors
C - 40GB HDD - 768MB RAM
D - 60GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. connectors
H - 60GB HDD - 512MB RAM - dual ant. connectors
K - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM
L - 40GB HDD - 512MB RAM
N - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. connectors - SmartCard
Q - 60GB HDD - 512MB RAM - dual ant. connectors - SmartCard
1 - 40GB HDD - 256MB RAM - dual ant. conn. - Hazard. Location
2 - 60GB HDD - 512MB RAM - dual ant. conn. - Hazard. Location
Wireless
F - GPRS (Cingular)
G - EDGE (Cingular) - (AT&T GPRS prior to Pent. M 733)
H - GPRS (T-Mobile)
J - CDMA 1xRTT Verizon (no voice)<
K - EDVO (Sprint) - (1xRTT prior to Pent. M 733)
L - GPRS (Cingular)
M - EVDO (Verizon) - (1xRTT prior to Pent. M 733)
Z - None
3 - Special Order
Integrated Options
A - 802.11 Wireless LAN - GPS
B - 802.11 Wireless LAN - Bluetooth
C - 802.11 Wireless LAN - GPS - Bluetooth<
X - Base model
Z - None
1 - Secured HDD Door
OS
B - Windows XP Pro SP2
D - Windows 2000
K - Windows XP Pro
M - Windows XP Pro Tablet PC
R - Windows XP Tablet PC MUI
V - WIndows XP Tablet 2005
X - Windows XP
Z - No License
Destination
M-North America
E - non North America (U.K.)
F - non North America (FRANCE)
G - non North America (GERMANY)
P - non North America (SPAIN)
S - non North America (SWEDEN)
T - non North America (ITALY)
L = Belgium
H = Hungary
K = Turkey
N = Norwegian
4 = Slovenia
5 = Portugal
6 = Greece
7 = Czechoslovakia/Republic
W = Mixed Specification....e.g. a Spanish Keyboard with a US AC cord
(Credit: CF-18 Tablet - ToughWiki) http://toughwiki.com/index.php?title=CF-18_Tablet
Customer Special Configuration:
When a customer orders multiple units of the same configuration they are designated a Panasonic Customer Configuration Number which replaces the fourth & fifth letters in the standard model number.
In the event of the same customer ordering multiple units of different configurations, they are designated additional Customer Configuration Numbers....These configurations are not available in the Panasonic Configurator....these units can often be of a standard configuration with subtle additions such as external hardware....or more significant such as a non-standard Bios that disables the use of WLAN/Bluetooth/Modem.
A Customer Configuration is just that....tailored to the customers needs.
Example; CF-18xxx90xx....This number (90) is designated to Toyota (US)....the full model number is not available in the Panasonic Configurator....so the configuration....subtle or otherwise, is unknown!!
Partial List:
Zurich Finance (UK)
25
Yorkshire Water (UK)
26
29
Romec (UK)
34
Iveco (UK)
40
Steris (US)
45
Thames Water (UK)
53
Iveco (Italy)
55
Dubai Police
57
Philip Morris (Turkey)
58
Anglian Water (UK)
62
Jaguar (UK)
65
66
89
Ford (UK)
68
69
Verizon (US)
00
70
71
72
Tennent (US)
73
AT&T (US)
83
85
Coca-Cola (UK)
87
Toyota (US)
90
91
US Army (Germany)
93
Hyundai
94
Severn Trent Water (UK)
96
Aston Martin (UK)
97
Belgian Government
99
There MUST be others.... (CREDIT: ORANGE GEORGE)
DIGITIZER VS TOUCHSCREEN (DIFFERENCES)
With a touchscreen, there are 2 layers of connected wire mesh encased in a piece of glass or plastic that sits in front of the LCD. When pushed on an intersection connects and completes the circuit and that intersection is where the pointer jumps to.
The digitizer is a giant PCB (the size of the LCD) that sits behind the LCD and detects the presence of another circuit embedded in the stylus using a similar intersection idea. Where it detects it is where the pointer jumps to which is why you don't have to touch the screen for it to work but why nothing but that stylus will work. That's also why the front cover is just a plain piece of glass or plastic. (CREDIT TO: ZEROFLIGHT)
The other reason digitizer screens are beloved by some people is the difference in screen "depth" - A touchscreen has 3 layers of glass in the touch panel on top of the LCD; the digitizer has only 1, or in some cases NONE if they make the LCD extra heavy duty to handle people pressing on it. This removes the issues of poor contrast/color we CF-28 touchscreen users often lament; it also gets rid of the parallax issue where it's difficult to gauge stylus location because of the screen depth. (CREDIT: MNEMENTH)
http://forum.notebookreview.com/pana...uch-screen.html
OK, here are a few clues on telling the difference between a digitizer and touchscreen:
The pen holder slot on the touchscreen model is only 1/2" across Digitizer is about 1"
(CREDIT: H-BERT)There will be a rubber seal flap on the rear left of the case for the serial port. Digitizers do not have serial ports
(CREDIT: H-BERT)Windows XP COA on the touch model. Tablets have XP Tablet edition COA
Designed for windows XP badge on the left wrist wrest. No badge on the tablet as they are designed for XP tablet.
The touchscreen cable harness has only two connector while the digitizer has three.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MK’S
ALL BOTTOM COVERS INTERCHANGE BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE MK4,5’S COVER compared to the mk1,2,3 the ram hole slot is bigger, the plate under the speaker cover to help secure the ram is different. I have used a Mk2 back plate on a Mk5, just harder to remove the ram with the cover on. (INSERT PHOTO)
There is a extra speaker wire on the Mk1 running to the audio out sound board. (INSERT PICTURE)
Mk4 no TPM, Mk5 TPM other than that they are virtually identical.
(MORE COMING SOON)
XP HOME/PRO VS XP TABLET
XP Pro doesn't have digitizer drivers, you can install a digitizer driver to get it working. XP TABLET has the digitizer drivers as default.
Service pack 2 should solve Bluetooth driver issues on XP
(CREDIT: CF-18 Drivers and Buttons http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... ttons.html)
WHAT IS UNDER THE HOOD
http://www.panasonic.com/business/tough ... s.asp?f=18
Mark 1 -- CF-18B/CF-18C
Mark 2 -- CF-18D/CF-18E
Mark 3 -- CF-18F/CF-18G/CF-18H
Mark 4 -- CF-18K/CF-18L
Mark 5 -- CF-18N/CF-18P
What is the storage/memory capacity for the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- On-board 256MB. Expandable to 1,280MB
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- On-board 256. Expandable to 1,280MB
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3)-- On-board 256MB or 512MB. Expandable to 1,280MB or 1,536MB
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- On-board 512MB. Expandable to 1,536MB
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- On-board 512MB. Expandable to 1,536MB
What type of CPU is in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- Intel® Pentium® M 900MHz ULV
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- Intel® Pentium® M 1.1GHz ULV
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- Intel® Pentium® M 733 1.10GHz ULV
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- Intel® Pentium® M 753 1.2GHz ULV
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- Intel® Pentium® M 753 1.2GHz ULV
What VGA controller is used in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- Intel® 855GM - Unified Memory Access(UMA) up to 64MB
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- Intel® 855GM - UMA up to 64MB
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- Intel® 855GM - UMA up to 64MB
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- Intel® 915GMS - UMA up to 128MB
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- Intel® 915GMS - UMA up to 128MB
What is the Front Side Bus (FSB) of the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- 400MHz
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- 400MHz
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- 400MHz
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- 400MHz
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- 400MHz
What type of wireless network card is installed in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B (Mk1) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100A - 802.11b
CF-18D (Mk2) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG - 802.11b/g
CF-18H (Mk3) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG - 802.11b/g
CF-18F (Mk3) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG - 802.11a/b/g
CF-18K (Mk4) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG - 802.11a/b/g
CF-18N (Mk5) -- Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG - 802.11a/b/g
What type of network card is installed in the CF-18 Toughbook and what speed does it support?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- RealtekRTL8139DL 10/100
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- RealtekRTL8101L 10/100
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- RealtekRTL8101L 10/100
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- RealtekRTL8101L 10/100
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- RealtekRTL8101L 10/100
What type of sound card is in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- SigmaTel STAC9767CC1
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- SigmaTel STAC9751TGCC1
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- SigmaTel STAC9751TGCC1
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- SigmaTel STAC9751TGCC1
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- SigmaTel STAC9751TGCC1
What type of memory can be used in the CF-18 Toughbook?
CF-18B/C (Mk1) -- PC2100 DDR SDRAM
CF-18D/E (Mk2) -- PC2100 DDR SDRAM
CF-18F/G/H (Mk3) -- PC2100DDR SDRAM
CF-18K/L (Mk4) -- PC2-3200 DDR2 SDRAM
CF-18N/P (Mk5) -- PC2-3200 DDR2 SDRAM
CF-18 GPS INSTALL
http://toughbookcentral.com/guides/14/
Not mine but lots of good pictures
(COMING SOON)
CF-18 GPS WITH FACTORY DAUGHTER BOARD
CF-18 GPS WITH CF-19 DAUGHTER BOARD
CF-18 WITH AFTER MARKET GPS
SD CARD READER
Only found on Mk4 and Mk5 models, you may need two registery entry's for windows XP for it to work on over 2gb cards. I have tried up to 4GB card and they work fine. Panasonic reports up to 8GB cards will work. Others have reported up to 16GB works fine.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -29-a.html
Registry file one http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923293
Registry file two http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934428 For greater than 4gb sdhc.
DOCKING PORTS/REPLICATORS PART NUMBERS
Gamber-Johnson Dual RF version:Item Number:7160-0207-02
Panasonic CF-WEB184A LAN, SERIAL, 4 USB,VGA OUT,HEADPHONE, MICROPHONE
PEN PART NUMBERS
Same as Wacom M200 will fit the digitizer slot, but no hole for the tether.
Also with out the tether hole is this PA3317U-2ETC Toshiba pen.
LINUX INSTALL
UBUNTU 10.10
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CF-18
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=51
DAUGHTER BOARD
The factory daughterboard is need for the factory install of WWAN, GPS and BLUETOOTH.
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A CF-19 Daughter-board will work on a CF-18 opening up a M-PCI-express slot for your use and a usb slot. Then you can install GPS, WWAN or experiment with other cards.
"This is the word of precaution regarding the use of CF-19 HSPDA board(daughter board) into the cf-18. I've checked the schematic between the two and I've found out that one internal USB port is not align to supposed to be into the CF-18. The other usb port I suspect is a complete match into using PCIE term. and all line circuit line port for PCIE. The GPS in is line into ground automatically. It means even though if you don't have yet a GPS module on the PCIE card slot it will display on the bios having a GPS.
Now! I will conclude that the daughter board of CF-19 into the CF-18 must only be use for GPS installation using PCIE card. Nothing else. It is only a words of precautionary measure but if you gonna do further more. Go ahead and explore, Lol"
(CREDIT: ohlip)
CF-18 WWAN PANASONIC SOFTWARE
http://www.panasonic.com/business/tough ... reless.asp
CF-18 with CF-19 daughterboard GOBI 1000/2000 experiment
(coming soon, waiting on parts)
KEYBOARDS
Chicklet PN:
Emissisve PN:
Rubber backlit PN:
CF-18/19 use the same keyboard.
EXTREME COLD WEATHER OPERATION
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... eater.html
HELPFUL THREAD LINKS
CF-18 Tablet - ToughWiki
http://toughwiki.com/index.php?title=CF-18_Tablet
CF-18 touchscreen to digitizer?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... tizer.html
CF-18 post it note
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -note.html
Toughbook cf-18 serial port
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -port.html
HOWTO: Install Windows 7 on a CF-18 mk1
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... 8-mk1.html
CF-18 Difference between Touchscreen and Digitizer
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... tizer.html
CF-18 - Swap Digitizer w/ touch screen?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... creen.html
CF-18 Drivers and Buttons
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... ttons.html
Future proof Tim’s laptop service manuals
http://www.tim.id.au/blog/tims-laptop-s ... -panasonic
CF-18 unusual docking connector
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... ector.html
Cheap Digitizer Pens
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -pens.html
Adding Aftermarket Internal GPS to the CF-18
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -18-a.html
CF-18 GPS Options
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... tions.html
What is hooked up to this CF-18
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -18-a.html
CF-18, Ubuntu installation, Touchscreen works !!!
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... works.html
CF-18 touch-panel and LCD replacement
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... ement.html
Australian CF-18 GPS install
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... stall.html
Ubuntu 10.10 Is this the Toughbook Version?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... rsion.html
UBUNTU WIKI CF-18
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CF-18
Safely disabling the heater
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... eater.html
SDReader CF-18-Mystery solved
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... olved.html
Screen replacement CF-19
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -19-a.html
CF-18/CF-29 GPS module swap?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... -swap.html
Adding Aftermarket Internal GPS to the CF-30 "shows CF-19 daughter board on CF-18"
http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... 0-a-2.html
(I STILL HAVE A LOT OF LINKS TO ADD, SEE ANYTHING I MISSED OR HAVEN'T ADDED SO FAR, SPEAK UP OR PM ME, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THIS SHOULD BE FINISHED)
...better than what we had before...