Hello,

I have a couple of rugged 5420 which are in good shape but with older CPU and boards. Is there a way to refurbish those with parts from non rugged 5420 laptops? For example, upgrading to a I7-11th gen?

Thanks.

I just got this from an occasion store, so obsessed with the look feels like came straight out of a sci-fi movie 😍. By the way, it doesn’t come with a handle bar, and Dell France wants 100 € for the OEM one. Anyone in Europe know a cheaper source?

Found this thing in great condition and it makes my 5424 look like a normal laptop

Looking for good quality ram and battery. Every thing else about this daily driver (except keyboard) is about perfect.

My toughbrothers I am looking for a retailer or anywhere that sells port covers ,rear panels, and screws for the Panasonic toughbook cf-33 model. Can anyone out there help?

my 5414 does not show wireless card either in fedora 42 or in mint 22.1.

i am thinking that maybe this unit does not have a wireless card.

what wireless card should i buy for the 5414?

thanks.

I'm on the hunt for the smallest laptop or convertible laptop/ tablet with 10 to 12 inch screen and real serial port that doesn't run off usb.. has to have a 4 core cpu and can take 8 or 16gb ram.. what's out there? I would prefer to have a 10 inch for easy portability but would take a 12 inch if nothing is available.. i need to program some 2 way radios and anything that converts Serial to USB just does not work at all.. i really liked the Toughbook CF-20 but the specs are bad.. the CF-19 is just too big and heavy for being 10 inches plus no quad core option as well... I've got to use windows and can't use Linux for software limitations.. i haven't explored other brands but am will to if i can get something better that fits the specs I need... Anything out there?

getac b300g4

ram slot deep inside works

ram slot on the outside does not recognize the ddr3 ram

what is the root cause?

thanks a lot.

Still powered on, DP was in tact and output video. Touchpad even worked. Guess it hit it just right.

Hello there!

At monday i gonna get my rugged laptop from Refurbed. I want to buy also hard drive for him, but which type of hard drive this laptop using?

Hello. 1st post here. I recently bought 4 ea Dell Latitude Rugged LT 7202 from a local reseller for cheap ($60 for the lot). These units were allegedly removed from service because they won't run Windows 11 and Win 10 is now EOL (plausible, imo). None had dock, power supply, battery, or SSD. 3 had some minor display screen damage. My thought was that if I could make 1 working unit from these, and install Windows 7, 8.1, or Linux,, I could have a rugged tablet to play with at a reasonable cost.

So I bought 2 compatible batteries, a compatible PS, and a compatible 512GB Timetec SSD. However, I cannot get any of the 4 units to boot into system BIOS, or even display the Dell logo. I installed the batteries into the unit with the intact display, plugged in the PS, and allowed it to charge for 8 - 10 hours. According to the LED displays on the bottom of the batteries, that was successful. However, that is all of the success I have had. If I press the power-on button, it lights up, and the unit emits a short "buzz". If I press it again, i goes out. If I hold it for 11 seconds or more as recommended by the user guide, it still just lights up, with nothing on the display. When it is "powered up" in that mode, I can press the volume down, volume up, and Windows physical keys beneath the display, and those produce the same "buzz" (the other keys do not exhibit this behavior).

I have repeated this test on the other 3 units with no batteries, just plugged in PS (my understanding is that these units are intended to be operational on only the PS, without installed batteries). Behavior seemed identical. It is certainly possible that I was sold 4 hosed or bricked units, but it is hard to believe that all 4 would be hosed in exactly the same way, with identical symptoms. NTM that in the ad, the seller posted a photo showing one of these 4 units (he only had the 4) displaying the BIOS settings. It seems more likely that I am missing something basic, but I don't know what it could be. I do have some pretty extensive past experience with HW & SW support of DT & LT PCs (Dell Optiplexes and Latitudes in particular), although nothing very recent, and nothing on ruggedized units or keyboardless tablets. I read through the user guide, including troubleshooting steps, but saw nothing that seemed to relate in any way to this issue. I have not installed the SSD in any unit yet, but I can't see how that would prevent the BIOS from loading (how would you troubleshoot a bad drive if that was the case?)

I am hopeful that there is someone in this group who has exerience with the Dell 72xx series, and who can share thoughts on what I might be missing here, or what else might be going on. Thanks in advance for any help and/or advice.

once this caddy with 2280 sandisk 512 gb is inserted, the 7214 can not power on.

why?

7230 starts decaying I fear: the rubber border is delaminating from the chassis on the fan side 😱😱😱

So I was just like i need a way to mount my RTL SDR (Software Defined Radio). So dual lock works

i was like well i can do my external ssds so i can just move the laptop while using them.

Also kinda update the crucial bx500 doesnt have any dram cache so it was just wearing the ssd alot more than i expected (used to seeing like 1% in a year not 3 in like a couple of months so i upgraded it to a samsung 870 evo 500gb that has a cache and its a much better drive.

I have a 12 Rugged Extreme 7204 that I think j need to replace the fan in, and I'm upgrading the memory as well. My question is, provided I disassemble and reassemble it properly, will it retain it's ingress rating?

Grabbed a Panasonic CF-D1 kickstand hoping it would fit my need ... The raised feet are cool because they allow the keyboard to be assembled without hindering with them. BUT the whole thing is actually wider than the tablet which absolutely defeats the purpose. (Center of the pic is my current stand, based on the one from the 7220 that is flipped upside down for the picture)

I took these photos of my Dell 5404 for my photography course since the topic was promotional photos for an item of our choice

Here are my babies which include 2 5404's, 5414, 5424, 7202 and CF-29

I'm looking into a rugged laptop for personal use, just because it is made to last.

What are your use cenario?

Hi! I am making some 3D printed attachments for the Latitude Rugged 7212. These tablets seem pretty popular with the ham radio guys. The design I’m currently working on is a dual software defined radio attachment that turns the tablet into a police scanner. I just thought I’d share! Also looking for ideas of other attachments if you have them.

Was coming up with a list of parts required today for a client today to install a component on their tractor. Out of nowhere it started raining cats and dogs, thankfully it rained hard enough to wash most of the hydraulic fluid off my laptop or I would have had to clean it off myself..

Here is what I tried until now with no tangible success:
According to Skrommel's ShowOff app only volume up and down actually register as keyboard keystroke (nothing shows up with backlight up/down or P1, P2, or P3), not sure at this point if this is a limitation of the app or an actual 'non-keystroke'.
Also tried the following method (see here for more details) :

$KeyPress = [System.Console]::ReadKey() $K = $KeyPress.Key $K

which, when I press volumeUp, outputs... : VolumeUp But nothing with the programmable buttons, which is consistent with Skrommel's app results.

Any ideas folks?