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[Nikhil Somaru <nsomaru@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Robin,

I have a sim slot here as my configuration came with a 3g radio.

On 19 January 2017 at 12:51, Robin - <robinaudy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +1 to that! I would love to see pictures or instructions of the bay
> conversion!
>
> By the way, since we have so many knowledgeable people suddenly exchanging
> here, I'll jump in and ask a question:
>
> Does anybody know what the "rear port" is for? When I flip my computer up
> side down to look at its underside, very close to the rear edge where the
> screen meets the body chassis, about a third of the length of that rear
> edge from the left, there is a plastic cover that can be pulled out with my
> fingers when the screen is closed, revealing a port about an inch in
> length. It looks as if some kind of card can be inserted in, but when I
> open up the chassis to make a repair (and I made quite a few!), I don't see
> anything.
>
> Anyone has a clue what that opening is for?
> -R
>
>
>
>
> 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