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[Nikhil Somaru <nsomaru@xxxxxxxxx>]

Falvio I think it is. does your model have a CD bay? in which case I'd
suggest replacing that with a caddy + SSD option.

This might be of interest:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/vaio-vpc-z2-hard-disk-ssd-upgrade.724237/

On 27 February 2017 at 19:43, Flavio <fbcyborg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> myabe I've missed something here, but is this SSD replacement possible
> also for Z21X9E?
>
> Thanks
>
> On 27 February 2017 at 11:06, Nikhil Somaru <nsomaru@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Robin,
>>
>> Thanks for the detailed response.
>>
>> Just confirming you had a SVZ131**** before I go ahead and make this
>> purchase.
>>
>> I'm also curious, I've heard the SSD connectors are non-standard and the
>> drive is soldered to the board. Is this the case, or is it just a simple
>> connector?
>>
>> Thanks for clarifying.
>>
>> Nikhil
>>
>> On 27 February 2017 at 08:16, Robin - <robinaudy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> It was straightforward, it's not that difficult.
>>>
>>> There are youtube videos that show how to open the laptop which can
>>> help. Pulling off the bottom cover once the bottom screws are removed is
>>> the hardest, you need to slightly bend the bottom plastic cover for the
>>> sides to go over the external monitor plug, ethernet plug cover and power
>>> plug. The plastic is flexible enough, but the first time you do it it's
>>> scary.
>>>
>>> Besides changing my SSD, I did a screen replacement, and that job was
>>> harder. For those who want to attempt it, don't bend the screen hinges once
>>> you remove the cover of the base except with extreme care (or get ready to
>>> make screw seats repairs with epoxy glue). The base cover holds the hinges,
>>> and with only one screw per hinge they will pop out with the torsion. That
>>> should not be a concern when you change a hard drive, since you can keep
>>> the screen lid closed, there is no need to open it (don't risk it).
>>>
>>> Overall, it's a very workable chassis, and an SSD change is fine.
>>>
>>> By the way, another easy and cheap upgrade you can do while you are at
>>> it is to change the wifi card, my original one did not support 802.11ac. I
>>> installed the Intel Wireless 7260 (rev bb).
>>>
>>> -R
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Yours,
>> Nikhil Somaru
>>
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> --
> Flavio
>



-- 
Yours,
Nikhil Somaru