~Toughbooktalk~

hi hope you guys are fine
amazing forum hell of useful info about these toughbooks and thanks for sharing them.

i am with three same toughbooks all of them are same cf 30ctqazbe
mk 1
500 gb hds and 4 gb ram
orignal bios was
bios v1.00L14
ec v1.00L16
and common issue touch screen i am in uk and tried lot to get the recovery disk of them but i cant get hold on them . read about every single fourem and blogs about
touch issue tried every single bios but still at the same place.. on windows 7 touch works i checked it but i need win xp to run my software .but i need them by the end of this week
bios v1.01l20
ec v1.10l11

i am struggling with them from last one week and nothing happen.... once i do a fresh install its touch screen works for a bit but when i restart the cf touch screen dead ,
now i am trying to installing new and fresh windows xp and when i tried to install fujitsu touch panel installer tscreen_30_1_d050736.exe ft setup error comes up the {functionality required by this software is not supported on your system} .before i was trying xp pro sp3 then i tried xp pro sp2 but still stuck at the same place touch panel every single driver/device apart from touch panel is working 100% fine please help me as i come to this conclusion that this is the only one forum on internet where i can see the pros of toughbooks so please help me .thanks

I think you need the xp bios for the tscreen to work properly. I have a mk2 so I don't think I can help. I will look anyway...

You want the re-downgrade bios. I use the jp site. (Japan) This is bios L20 EC L17. http://pc-dl.panasonic.co.jp/dl/docs/01 ... &trn_org=2
There are two instances of this bios showing, housekeeping I assume. Use one or the other.

Touchscreen will not appear in the bios but will appear in HID in device manager as Fujitsu etc. and will be seen in All Programs under Fujitsu. Find calibrator there.

You will find all drivers for the CF-30MK1 at the above site, along with install instructions. I recommend running UPBIOS first. Allow your machine to install drivers in C:\util2 for continuity. Some drivers require a re-start others do not. When you are finished with the driver install as directed by install instructions it may require two re-boots to get all functional. (I don't know why) Along the way [F2]set to defaults and save.

Good luck.

Jeff....some pictures here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=112

I do have a recovery DVD you can download for $25. Please PM me for details!

Thanks!

There's a deal.

Run UPBIOS first.

Remember that L20 and L17 are for XPP. If you change to W7/Vista you must upgrade the bios again.

Jeff...good show Rob...

Rob wrote:I do have a recovery DVD you can download for $25. Please PM me for details!

Thanks!

yws i would lve to what about $20
and are you 100% sure that is this is for this model .........cf-30ctqazbe

$25 is all I can do. It goes straight to the account that runs the site.

Yes sir. Its for a cf-30 mk1. Its what you have.

hamza wrote:

Rob wrote:I do have a recovery DVD you can download for $25. Please PM me for details!

Thanks!

yws i would lve to what about $20
and are you 100% sure that is this is for this model .........cf-30ctqazbe

Don't like the price? Try contacting Panasonic and see if you can barter w/them. Or better yet, get your help and discs from fleabay.

You come here asking for help, which you got, and was offered a great deal on a restore discs (no shipping, customs, waiting, etc) and you come back with a lowball offer.

We need a big 'BANSTICK' smiley.

That is a great deal and they do work great. Have you tried loading XP on any Toughbook without one. I have and will never do it again. With the restore disk you are done in about 35 minutes.

download the recovery thanks for that
in middle error 45 and crashed
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looking for my hammer to smash them