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[Zheng Wang <wangzhenglib@xxxxxxxxx>]

don't have the original place where i did my purchase. But just googled
one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-5mm-Hard-Drive-2nd-HDD-SSD-Caddy-For-Sony-VAIO-Z-Series-VPCZ133GM-VPC-Z13C5E-/251134462700

for the instruction, google a video how to disassembly that machine.

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 6:16 AM, Robin - <robinaudy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Nikhil, that settles it for me :-).
>
> I purchased mine in North America, that's probably why it doesn't have any
> sim port.
>
> Mystery solved.
> -R
>
>
>
>
> 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>
>>> 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
>
>
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