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SSD, VGA, HDMI, WWAN, WLAN... If these abbreviations stress you out, you're not alone. When I first started working here at BJCS, I have to be honest- they were overwhelming to me too- my degree in Communications with a focus in Professional Writing definitely did not lend itself to an understanding…

Replacing the keyboard is a pretty easy, pretty common repair. You'll just need a small Phillips-head screwdriver and a flat-head screwdriver. Step one: power down Always power down completely when handling your Toughbook's internal components. This entails shutting down the laptop (all the way &md…

If you're having trouble with your touch screen, finding that the place you tap is different from where your Toughbook thinks you're tapping, or if you just feel like your touch screen isn't as accurate as it should be, you may need to calibrate it. Calibrating your touch screen is a cinch, but the…

The Panasonic Toughbook line of rugged laptops has earned a lot of impressive looking certifications, but what do they all mean? For this article, we looked at the  CF-31, but other  fully-rugged Toughbook models have similar credentials. Although we did our best to parse all the dense do…

Cut your losses and trade in your Toughbook I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but these tricks usually only work on much older units. If your Toughbook was built within the last ten years, the odds are against you. Your best option is to save yourself the headache, cut your losses and trade in y…