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Panasonic Toughbook CF-48S issues

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First post, by DoobyShoo

Posted on 2025-11-30, 22:11

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Hey all, recently found out my old Panasonic Toughbook CF-48S, it has win98 installed, but a generic video driver, no sound drivers, no USB etc etc, its barely a laptop thats useable. How in the heck do i find out whats inside it? ive tried using some command prompts etc, but no luck, any help is majorly appreciated, here is an image of the base serials and bios screen.

I know some of it, the CPU is an Intel pentium 3, 1000mhz, there is 20gb of HDD space, and it has 128mb of ram. The graphics i believe are ATI 8mb of VRAM? however past that, i am more than stumped.

Reply 1 of 3, by NeoG_

Posted on 2025-12-01, 00:32

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Start > Run > hwinfo /ui [enter]
View > Devices with problems

Then google the "VEN_XXXX&DEV_XXXX" hardware IDs to find out what the device is

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Reply 2 of 3, by chinny22

Posted on 2025-12-01, 02:37

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Quick search found the video card is a ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9000 video controller, 64MB VRAM
but that was it, just general terms like "integrated audio"

If you install WinXP and check device manager as it'll have more luck detecting the hardware, you'll get a rough idea what Win98 drivers to look for.
googling the hardware ID like NeoG said above is usually what I do if still not able to find drivers.