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[Nikhil Somaru <nsomaru@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Robin,

Was it hard to change the SSD yourself or would you recommend sending it in
to a service centre? I'm considering purchasing the SSD that you
recommended.

Thanks
Nikhil

On 18 January 2017 at 23:29, 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
>
>
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-- 
Yours,
Nikhil Somaru