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 - <robina...@hotmail.com> 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 - <robina...@hotmail.com> 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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