Comments on: Upgrading a Toughbook CF-W2 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/ taking I.T. personally Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:46:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: PJ http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-16723 PJ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:56:31 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-16723 Hi, Great posts. Very helpful. I am about to start replacing a drive and this has been excellent. One question. Has anybody experimentated with much larger drives? 320GB, etc?? Hi,

Great posts. Very helpful. I am about to start replacing a drive and this has been excellent. One question. Has anybody experimentated with much larger drives? 320GB, etc??

]]> By: sb http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-16399 sb Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:24:37 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-16399 Thanks to this post and discussion, and especially the instructions at http://homepage1.nifty.com/~goemon/pc/pana/lets_note3.htm, I managed to replace the failing Toshiba MK4025GASL HD of my CF-T2 with a Transcend TS64GSSD25-M 64GB SSD drive. A somewhat scary operation what with the drive being so expensive, but I was encouraged by the SSD manual claiming support for 3.3V also (in addition to 5.0V). I did remove both of the pins, and in fact the cable had no hole for pin 44. The machine is now booting off the new drive, and I'm not noticing any significant speed difference or anything. But now there is no sound. A silent laptop with a matte display, no such things on the market today. Thanks to this post and discussion, and especially the instructions at http://homepage1.nifty.com/~goemon/pc/pana/lets_note3.htm, I managed to replace the failing Toshiba MK4025GASL HD of my CF-T2 with a Transcend TS64GSSD25-M 64GB SSD drive.

A somewhat scary operation what with the drive being so expensive, but I was encouraged by the SSD manual claiming support for 3.3V also (in addition to 5.0V). I did remove both of the pins, and in fact the cable had no hole for pin 44.

The machine is now booting off the new drive, and I’m not noticing any significant speed difference or anything. But now there is no sound. A silent laptop with a matte display, no such things on the market today.

]]> By: Gessie M. http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-14128 Gessie M. Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:01:17 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-14128 Hi I had the same problem with my W2 and needed to replace the hard drive. I had a 60 gig Hitachi Travelstar model IC25N060ATMR04-0 and followed these directions. I cut pin 41 & 44 and installed it. Once I powered the W2 all I heard from the drive is clicking but would not boot and the BIOS could not find the drive. Can anyone tell me what may be wrong? I now have a 60 gig drive that I can't use and a W2 that is dead. Hi I had the same problem with my W2 and needed to replace the hard drive. I had a 60 gig Hitachi Travelstar model IC25N060ATMR04-0 and followed these directions. I cut pin 41 & 44 and installed it. Once I powered the W2 all I heard from the drive is clicking but would not boot and the BIOS could not find the drive. Can anyone tell me what may be wrong? I now have a 60 gig drive that I can’t use and a W2 that is dead.

]]> By: Phil http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-7854 Phil Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:40:24 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-7854 Hi, thanks for the detailed instructions and pictures. I was able to back up all my files when the computer crashed. Thanks :) However, when i put my laptop back together again, the screen would not come on, even if the HD and cd rom shows activity. What did i do wrong? what can i check? don't worry, i donot hold you liable for anything. i am actually learning a lot from this site. :) Hi, thanks for the detailed instructions and pictures. I was able to back up all my files when the computer crashed. Thanks :) However, when i put my laptop back together again, the screen would not come on, even if the HD and cd rom shows activity. What did i do wrong? what can i check?

don’t worry, i donot hold you liable for anything. i am actually learning a lot from this site. :)

]]> By: rwczen http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-413 rwczen Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:48:56 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-413 Awesome! My manager had one of these notebooks and I opened about 2 years ago with no instructions and it was a nightmare! Took a day to do and was very frustrating. Now my bosses HD was failing so I had to do his. I followed your instructions with the addition of Sean M's tip to number both the screw holes and screws (I just numbered a bunch of little white tags, folded part of the sticky part for easy removal and put them beside each screw hole where removed, then taped the screw to a piece of paper and wrote the number on the tape with a Sharpie) it seems like a lot of work but it made reassembly sooo much faster and easier IMHO. All in all took less than 2 hours for the whole process. Thank-you very much for this post!! Awesome! My manager had one of these notebooks and I opened about 2 years ago with no instructions and it was a nightmare! Took a day to do and was very frustrating. Now my bosses HD was failing so I had to do his. I followed your instructions with the addition of Sean M’s tip to number both the screw holes and screws (I just numbered a bunch of little white tags, folded part of the sticky part for easy removal and put them beside each screw hole where removed, then taped the screw to a piece of paper and wrote the number on the tape with a Sharpie) it seems like a lot of work but it made reassembly sooo much faster and easier IMHO. All in all took less than 2 hours for the whole process. Thank-you very much for this post!!

]]> By: Zolmat http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Zolmat Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:09:30 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-356 You've done a gr8 work. thanx You’ve done a gr8 work. thanx

]]> By: Al http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Al Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:29:42 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-178 I've had a CF-W2 for quite a few years now (around 5-6 yrs?, I think). The computer has been acting strange for a while and I finally decided the HD is going bad. I stumbled onto this website (THANK YOU) and went ahead with replacing the HD. I tried successfully to buy the exact HD mentioned here (80G Samsung) and followed the procedure. My computer is back and running the way it was intended. I did cut pins 41 and 44. Cutting pins 44 is a no brainer since the original Toshiba HD also had pin 44 missing. I also cut pin 41 out but am still curious what this does. I’ve had a CF-W2 for quite a few years now (around 5-6 yrs?, I think). The computer has been acting strange for a while and I finally decided the HD is going bad. I stumbled onto this website (THANK YOU) and went ahead with replacing the HD. I tried successfully to buy the exact HD mentioned here (80G Samsung) and followed the procedure. My computer is back and running the way it was intended.

I did cut pins 41 and 44. Cutting pins 44 is a no brainer since the original Toshiba HD also had pin 44 missing. I also cut pin 41 out but am still curious what this does.

]]> By: Sandeep http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Sandeep Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:01:03 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-161 Hey... Am revisiting this place, where i had been half a year ago. The update is that now I have xp-sp3 and server 2k3 R2 running on an external HDD instead of Ubuntu. Here is how I did it. http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176 and very here's the surpise...Automated conversion of O.S. to make it boot from a USB www.usboot.org/ Hey…
Am revisiting this place, where i had been half a year ago. The update is that now I have xp-sp3 and server 2k3 R2 running on an external HDD instead of Ubuntu.

Here is how I did it.

http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176

and very here’s the surpise…Automated conversion of O.S. to make it boot from a USB

http://www.usboot.org/

]]> By: tnorala http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-143 tnorala Fri, 16 May 2008 21:15:13 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-143 I popped in a Samsung HM121HC (120GB) and it works very well. Clipping pin 41 was complicated. Had to clip off part of the plastic guard in order to get to the pin. Also need to take care when removing the plastic cover of the wireless antenna. We first freed the bottom end near the SD-card slot. I popped in a Samsung HM121HC (120GB) and it works very
well. Clipping pin 41 was complicated. Had to clip off
part of the plastic guard in order to get to the pin. Also
need to take care when removing the plastic cover of the
wireless antenna. We first freed the bottom end near the
SD-card slot.

]]> By: Zeqe http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Zeqe Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:57:26 +0000 http://www.forwhatitworths.com/posts/2007/09/upgrading-a-toughbook-cf-w2/#comment-106 Thank you so much for these EXCELLENT instructions! You ABSOLUTELY must clip pins 41 and 44 for it to work properly. Everything worked perfect!!! Thank you so much for these EXCELLENT instructions!
You ABSOLUTELY must clip pins 41 and 44 for it to work properly.
Everything worked perfect!!!

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