r/toughbook • u/burnerphonedotexe • 8d ago

Refurb Could use some advice about a mk4 FZ-G1

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Hey guys, I work at an e-waste facility and we recently got in a mk. 4 FZ-G1 Toughpad that won't register any m.2 that's put in it. No drive shows up when trying to boot the tablet off of a windows 11 flash drive. The original m.2 was pulled when the tablet was retired from police use. Is there a trick for getting it to work?

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u/mx_th 8d ago

Which SSD did you try? Just m.2 SATA drives will work, no NVME ones!

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u/burnerphonedotexe 8d ago

Thanks! You're totally right, i was using the wrong type of drive. Its installing windows now

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u/mx_th 7d ago

Great!

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u/One_Reflection_768 7d ago

Oh the mk4 is nice. I have mk1 and it’s not bad… But the mk4 look nice 

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u/Old-Box-5075 2h ago

I just got a mk4 but I'm struggling finding a pen that works. The one that came with it clicks from an inch away from the screen. And I can't find the driver to adjust it

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u/burnerphonedotexe 2h ago

So i might not be the best person to answer this, I barely know anything about them. But Ive found that if it was clicking from a distance, it meant that my finger was accidentally pressing the button on the side of the pen. I also had less faulty triggers when I held the pen at an angle (like a normal pen) instead of having it be vertical. Im sorry if that doesn't help, hopefully someone else has a better solution