Panasonic CF-25LJM8EAM Toughbook - what are the chances?

[Bari Ari]

Miernik wrote:

> Bari Ari <bari at onelabs.com> wrote:
> 
>>Miernik wrote:
>>
>>>I bought a Pansonic CF-25LJM8EAM notebook. 
>>>All important chips on the mainboard are listed here:
>>>
>>>http://www.miernik.ctnet.pl/linuxbios/CF-25LJM8EAM-chiplist
>>>
>>>Bari, can you spot which one is the "keyboard controller" which you 
>>>said is usually the critical problem on getting LinuxBIOS to a laptop?

It may not be a problem. It all depends on if they use the controller 
for enabling writes to Flash. See how far you can get with replacing the 
BIOS.

> In the URL above I have a list of all significantly-looking chips on 
> the board. Can you spot anything which might be the keyboard 
> controller?
> 
IC327
20+20+20+20=80
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| Mitsubishi
| M38867E8AHP
| IM   842A101
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Probably this 8-bit micro is used.

http://documentation.renesas.com/eng/products/mpumcu/e3886g.pdf

Off topic - the Toughbooks had great cases. I recall someone testing one 
a few years ago by shooting it at a basketball hoop and it landing on 
concrete and it still ran fine.


-Bari