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Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Drivers

Thorp — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:56:33 +0000

We recommend downloading a full package and extracting its content to the root of your disc (C:\). Main drivers and applications will be in util2 folder. Follow installation instructions to install/update drivers.

CF-29C/E (MK1) Full Package, Windows XP
CF-29C/E (MK1) download one-by-one

Once and for all — Toughbook touchscreen driver

Thorp — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:20:47 +0000

In this post I’ll try to gather all possible drivers and solutions for touchscreen equipped Toughbooks.

Almost 60% of all questions about touchscreen enabled Toughbooks (CF-18, CF-19, CF-28, CF-29, CF-T2, CF-T4, CF-T5) are about touchscreen driver.

The “PS/2 Compatible Mouse” in Device Manager actually covers both the touchpad and the screen, and appears as a fully functioning device right after a new install of XP – there’s no separate device for the touchscreen itself. You have to replace this default driver with the official one from Panasonic here, unhelpfully and simply called “mouse driver”.

Download the mouse driver, extract all the files (Panasonic’s .exe file won’t run on anything but a compatible Toughbook, but 7zip can extract the files by itself), right-click the mouse in Device Manager and point it to Fidmou.inf instead.

Solution #0 CF18 MK1 Win XP

Download and expand mouse-touchscreen driver for MK1 (CF-18BXXX). Follow driver update procedure described earlier in this guide.

Solution #1 CF-T1/T2/T4 CF-18 MK2 Windows XP

Download Toughbook touchscreen driver packageÂ #1. Extract and follow driver update procedure described earlier in this guide.

After update, you might need to calibrate the screen. To start calibration procedure open folder where extracted drivers are located and run application named calvin.

Solution #2 CF-T5/T7, CF-18 MK3/MK4/MK5 Windows XP

Download touchscreen driver package #2 (newer version). Unzip and run ftsetup.exe. Restart computer. Run calibration utility if needed.

Solution #3 CF-18 MK4/MK5 Vindows Vista

Download and extract touchscreen update for Vista.

Hard Drive Replacement in Panasonic CF-29

Thorp — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:24:01 +0000

Required hardware: #00 Philips screwdriver

There are three major parts to the CF-29 HD caddy

Metal caddy
Plastic & foam HD carrier, “damper”
Heater and HD connector strip

Four screws hold the top (Panasonic part DFHE5025XA.) Three on the connector side and one on the rear side with the plastic pull-tab. Remove the top cover and the HD assembly should come out easily.
On the end opposite the copper flashing, there is a plastic flap under two foam blocks with adhesive holding it closed on either side. Carefully open the plastic HD carrier flap and slide the hard drive out.

Unwrap the heater coil from the HD and unplug the PATA connector. Reverse for HD installation. My cable was not keyed for install direction, so just remember the HD ribbon faces the bottom of the drive as in the picture.

The caddy connector has two tabs that go into the metal caddy to hold it in place. Make sure both tabs are in before closing the caddy up.

Close the caddy up by putting the cover on and screw in the four screws previously removed.

Source: ToughWiki.com