EP 61:Q&A Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 Questions and Answers

Bob will be giving some of our questions from YouTube on owning and operating a Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 some answers. Follow along in the 61st episode of The Rugged Rundown to get some answers based on his many years of experience in this industry.

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00:00 | Introduction
00:52 | What are the 2 slots above the Disk drive for?
02:19 | Where is the SD Card Slot?
02:41 | How do I clean the keyboard?
04:32 | Why are my USB ports not recognizing my devices?
06:06 | How well do Toughbooks operate in cold weather?
07:09 | Why upgrade to an SSD?

Bob answers some questions that we received in our YouTube comments. The first question that Bob answered is from "Adventures in camping with Carl," and the question was, "what are the two slots for the compartment above the disk drive?" Bob starts by showcasing the disk drive that Carl referred to, tune into the video to see this. Carl is most likely referring to the CD Drive where the CD-ROM drive would go, where the secondary battery would go, and where a secondary hard drive could go with the correct caddy. The slots specifically are called the PCMCIA slot and the PC express slot. Moving on to the second question, which is from a "Brenda K Aschoff," question was, "how do I clean the keyboard? The keys are sticky because a Pepsi was spilled on it." The answer to this question depends on the keyboard that Brenda has. Assuming that the keyboard is either a backlit chicklet keyboard that is featured in the video or a standard chicklet keyboard. The problem is that with either, you cannot get rid o the stickiness with just water, the best thing to do is to take off the keyboard and wash it. It would be a smarter idea to just replace the keyboard and start fresh. Question number three is from "Joseph Sagati", and Joseph asked, "why would the USB ports on my CF-31 not recognize my USB device. I don't think they are fried?" This problem could be originating from a few different causes. First, the drivers could be improperly installed on the unit and might need to be updated or fixed. The second thing is that the USB board could be bad on the unit. Replacing the USB board is not too hard, and we have a guide for that listed below, both a video and a blog. The fourth question that Bob answers today is from "Dez ee" and they asked, "how do Toughbooks operate in very cold weather she's saying negative 20 degrees centigrade?" The answer is that the Toughbook CF-31 has strong weather resistance, from both cold weather and hot weather. This unit actually has a hard drive heater on it preventing the hard drive from failing when it is in extreme cold. And a computer will not start in the cold if the hard drive is too cold to operate and the heater on this hard drive helps prevent this from being a problem. The final question for today is from a "Crash and Burn" and they asked, "why would you upgrade to an SSD?" And that was answered in a previous video comparing the SSD and HDD on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 and that video is listed below.

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Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 Product Links:
Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 MK3: https://tinyurl.com/TB-CF31
Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 keyboard: https://tinyurl.com/CF-31-keyboard
Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 USB Board: https://tinyurl.com/CF-31-USB-Board

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