Component-level repair, parts sources?
Myself
in a little table, which I should probably branch out into its own
page because so many parts are common across the product line.
But here are some parts I can't find suppliers for:
CF-28 keyboard connector:
I need the 16-position Hirose connector, CN53 which the schematic
identifies as an FH12A-16S-1SH. Hirose's own FH12 series ordering
guide says this part number can't exist, since the 1mm-pitch parts are
only available in bottom-contact, and the A in the part number makes
it a top-contact part.
I assume this just means the top-contact 1mm parts are discontinued,
and that a Toughbook service center must have some on hand. Otherwise
I get to trim the leads on an almost-right Molex part and hope it
fits... ;) So, do these exist in the wild?
CF-72, CF-M34 power jack:
The elusive Hosiden HEC3900-01-010 jack, which I can't find online in
less than thousand-quantities! Well, there's one eBay seller who wants
$15/each but that's just silly. I need one for my CF-72, two for my CF-
M34s, and I'd like to keep a few on hand since the centers seem to
crack out of these things pretty easily. If I could get 'em for $5/ea
I'd buy 5 or 6.
CF-M34 Ethernet jack:
I don't have a part number for this, because the modem/lan jack board
doesn't appear on any of the schematics I've seen. It's smaller in
footprint than anything I've found on Digi-Key, and it's driving me
nuts because I found the Molex parts for the other side of the board,
enabling me to connect my internal GigE card to the jack board in my
mutant m34. I'd like to mutate a few more (finding a MiniPCI USB2.0
host controller enabled a lot of stupid tricks!) but the limiting
factor is that all my other jack boards have only the modem jack
soldered on. Any leads on the part number or manufacturer for the lan
jack?
CF-M34 backlight CCFL tube:
This one just hit me last week, the backlight on my beloved m34 is
going
pink, which is a prelude to outright failure. I could just steal one
from
a spare machine, but replacing it with another used tube seems like a
bad
idea. I'll measure the tube and make a followup post.
-Myself-