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How to replace the keyboard on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-31

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…

How to Calibrate the Touch Screen on Your Toughbook

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…

Testing a Toughbook's Mettle: A Guide to Rugged Laptop Certifications

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…

How to reset the BIOS password

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…
What is a Nit?: Explaining Screen Brightness

What is a Nit?: Explaining Screen Brightness

Date Last Modified 8/31/2023 Have you ever been somewhere where the sunlight from a window constantly glared off the TV? Or have you ever tried using your phone outside and can't see what's on the screen? You could even have this problem with a Macbook or HP laptop. You have this problem because th…
What is a Nit?: Explaining Screen Brightness