sony-vaio-z-series team mailing list archive

[Nikhil Somaru <nsomaru@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Zheng,

Could you provide a little direction on how you switched the bay?

Thanks,
Nikhil


On 18 January 2017 at 20:05, Zheng Wang <wangzhenglib@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I switched the bay, and put a standard ssd there. I think with some
> google, you can find someone sell it.
>
> It would be nice sony would make a new version of z133, same design just
> update the hardware.
>
> On Jan 18, 2017 12:59 PM, "Robin -" <robinaudy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I did the SSD upgrage a few years ago on my laptop and my wife's. Search
>> for MZRPC512HAFU.
>>
>> I've been on ubuntu since day one. 16.04 works fine. You need to use the
>> server version to activate RAID, but besides that it's great.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> -R
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Folks,
>>
>> I really do enjoy my SVZ13. I've got the quad core i7 with 256GB SSD and
>> 8GB RAM.
>>
>> A few questions:
>>
>>    1. Has anyone successfully upgraded the SSD to 512GB? I've found a
>>    couple cards that claim to be compatible on ebay and aliexpress. Like
>>    this
>>    <https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Raid-LIF-SATA-512GB-SSD-For-Sony-VAIO-VPCZ2-Series-VPC-Z2-Z22-Z23-Z21/32720927966.html>.
>>    However if there's 1TB I'd love to get that in instead!
>>    2. Has anyone succesfully installed linux (preferably debian stable
>>    [maybe with some unstable backported packages etc]) and got it to recognise
>>    the disk as one striped disk using the intel based RAID, rather than two
>>    separate disks? The one install guide that I found claims that this is not
>>    possible.
>>    3. Has anyone been able to increase the RAM to 16GB or even 32GB?
>>    Could you link to the modules that you purchased? I run VMs for dev work
>>    and the extra RAM would be really useful to get the machine to go a few
>>    more years. Alternatively if the processor is going to be a bottleneck or
>>    SSD based swap will be good enough for the VMs, then please indicate so.
>>    AFAIK the processor supports up to 32GB.
>>    4. I have broken the flimsy sim tray. How to replace it?
>>
>> There's nothing on the market that really necessitates me changing my
>> machine, it really is a performance beast. Want to give it a breath of new
>> life!
>>
>> --
>> Yours,
>> Nikhil Somaru
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series
>> Post to     : sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series
>> Post to     : sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series
> Post to     : sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
>


-- 
Yours,
Nikhil Somaru