Official Sony VAIO TT Series Owners Thread

Angus9000, it seems that is the last driver update from Sony.

rhumba, see my mini guide here how to get the wwan working.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/6912102-post32.html

 

Hi Rachel, I did this and now is appearing in GlobeTrotter Connect this message: "Waiting for device" Is it normal? What should I do?
Tks!

 

That's strange. So you've put smart network on and turned the wwan on. Have you tried restarting?
I'm assuming that you've put a sim card into the sim holder? It worked for me no problems. I'm using a Gobi card right now and have been so for months and past the guide my memory on it is not the best.
I would suggest trying again if you cannot get it work.

 

Hi, Rachel! Now it´s working, but only with windows network. Tks!

 

I wonder if you removed actually the previous version of the Option software that you installed. The below makes it sound like may be you didn't and a conflict is happening.
May be as last ditch attempt you could do a clean install and this time only download the software in the mini guide.

 

Thank you Rachel! I got my answer

 

I don't know if this is of interest to any TT owners wishing to swap their wireless cards. I've just ordered an intel 6300 and an extra antenna to fit in somewhere, but I noted Rachel stated that the Sony intelligent network software would not work with cards other than came with the machine.

I disassembled the ACPI DSDT and found that the TT enumerates its network devices in the ACPI code and it hard codes PCI ID's for the 5100, 5300 & 5050 cards. While waiting for my new card to arrive I managed to extract, binary patch and re-install the DSDT, so the machine *should* now check for a 6300 instead of a 5300. I'll post more when it arrives and I get time to install it.

 

BradC, good luck with that.

Btw, i added several links to possible helpful posts in this thread and on this board to the front page of this thread.

I probably would do the SL9600 upgrade myself if it was not for the possible battery life hit. Then i would sell my SZ and may be not be thinking of buying the SA right now as a 2nd laptop. I do have the SU9600 but as you would expect rendering is a bit laughable with the TT and the CPU pegs at 100%. I've only started doing this quite recently.
I can see me holding onto my TT for quite some time. It's highly portable with excellent battery life, superb display and has a built in drive and looks good.

For 1080p the latest flash drivers should have improved owners experience, even my nephews core solo processor laptop can now handle 1080p, so the 4500 is quite ok for the majority of users-for those that don't game that is.

 

The 4500hd works perfectly fine for me also, but I do get tempted every once in a while to do a SL9x00 swap and just go with the extended battery.

 

I'm not fussed about rendering. I was (am) completely happy with my poky little TX. The reason I upgraded to the TT was simply I could use the extra processor core, a bit more ram and a quicker SSD. The SSD in my TX uses a JMicron SSD, which stutters something chronic.

Since I managed to pick up a TT new, and i have the option to get some extra fruit for it I decided that was a good plan. Aside from the worn pain, the TX is still runs as when I bought it in 2006.

I don't do windows anyway, so the drivers are really a non-issue for me. Will let you know how the 6300 goes for battery life.

 

Hello, I have a VGN-TT180 with Blue-Ray, 8GB RAM, but with a conventional HD. I can't stand it anymore how slow the HD is and would like to upgrade it to SSD. I can disassemble the TT without problems, but before doing that I'd like to know a few things (thought that you folks here would know the answers):
a) What interface the TT presently has for the HD? I suppose it is a SATA-2, but I am not certain. Perhaps someone that has done a similar upgrade could help me with that...
b) What size of SSD I should look for? 1.8" or 2.5"?
c) Do all TTs have RAID capability or not? How can I know if mine can have RAID off the bat or if extra parts for that?
d) If I need extra parts, what is what I need? What SSDs I would need to get for a RAID setup?
I'd be immensely grateful for any help that folks on here may be able to provide.

 

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a) SATA 2
b) 1.8"
c)Yes they all do, those that don't come with RAID you need to purchase the parts needed.
d) You need a FPC-167 if your model has a dvd drive. Well, the most friendly SSD's to use are USATA ssd's because these are stripped. These are not the best performance though. You could though buy a better performance drive and remove the casing. See the first few posts of the RAID thread.

A single Intel drive for example will out perform x2 Samsung drives in RAID.

 

Hello fellow TT friends,,,here's a question for anyone who may know the answer to my problem.

I have a TT190, custom configured by SonyStyle to include 2 hard drives and no DVD. Sony supplied me with an external DVD that hooks in through the 1394 connection.

Here's the deal. Up until now, i've had no problems installing/reinstalling W7-32 using the external DVD drive.

Now i want to install W7-64, using a brand new Windows 7 64bit disk, and the 1394 connection doesn't recognize the disk. I have used the disk on my other VAIO Z's and it works fine through their INTERNAL DVD drives.

Sony says "Sorry, Your model came with W7-32 and wasn't configured to run 64 bit, So Sorry",,,and i'm still under warranty and that's all the help i get.

So, i'm stuck in 32bit land. Anyone have any ideas of how to get W7-64 into this thing short of buying a second-hand TT with an internal DVD drive, formatting my new Intel X-18 160 then pulling it out and putting it in my machine??

What am i missing here!!??

 

Rachel, thank you so very much. I really appreciate all your help. If I were to remove the casing of a SSD, how does it get attached to the TT chassis? Do I need a bracket, do I use tape (any particular one)? Also, what are you using in terms of SSD? You know so much about all this that my hunch is that one can follow your lead... Thanks again!

 

Ok, I am doing this post correctly this time. If anyone has the chance I put up a price check for my Vaio TT here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/want-buy-price-check-forum/589771-price-check-sony-vaio-tt.html
If you can check it out and give feedback it would be nice!
Thanks Fellow TT Owners, and I look forward to buyin Sony again some day! when they come out with another similar model.

 

hi, i have a tt11wn (su9300, running w7u) and yesterday it literally died on me and wont turn back on!

i was watching a 13gb 1080p mkv on power dvd 10 and the laptop shut down by itself about an hour in, it just powered down straight away.

i had it set to high performance mode battery setting and in vaio control center for maximum fan mode also...

i have tryed the "hold power button down for 15-20seconds, take out battery and try power up with ac power" but that didnt work (does it ever?)

i have extended my warrenty with sony till jan 2012 so i guess im going to have to try them (no looking forward to that!)

 

I'm surprised that a SU9300 was even able to play a 1080p .mkv...

Anyways, does the machine show any sign of life (lights-wise) when you attach the battery and connect to the AC. Flickering lights anywhere?

You can try leaving it as it is for about an hour. Sounds like the machine overheated and just needs some time to cool off. However, worst case scenario, something gave way and died... My guess it's the motherboard, considering it's completely dead (at the moment).

I guess you're aware of the horror stories of warranty repairs. Unfortunately that's your only path unless you are keen on paying out and arm and a leg for a new motherboard bought elsewhere, and can disassemble your machine by yourself. Needless to say, if something goes wrong while there the warranty is gone, on the spot...

Anyways, good luck with the process. You'll need it...

 

Could you try just a usb external dvd drive? You can buy these for pretty cheap and then just change the boot order in the BIOS. I don't really see why it shouldn't work. Or go the first page and download W7 online and install and use your COA.

Take a look at the pictures in the RAID thread. The bracket was designed for the G1 Samsung drives. It doesn't fit the G2 Samsung drives properly and will probably less so any other drive. May be you could still try and use it though for some form of support and may be use tape to hold it in place.

With the most recent flash drives 10.2 on it's quite capable. Even my nephews 743 core solo celeron laptop can now handle 1080p after i installed the most recent drivers, before it struggled and just choked the laptop.

May be RandomHajile2 if you're ok with opening your laptop open and check if any cables are frayed and may be try resetting the CMOS battery.

 

no sign of life with my TT, i tryed it a few time and even now and yesterday, with and without battrey and with the "hold power button down with no battery conected"....

the same thing happened to me in late 2010, and when under warrenty they said it was a hdd fail... (yeah right) looks liek they didnt fully fix it, well at least i had the forsight to extend my warrenty this year, i will just get them to fix it, if not they better replace it or even up grade it for the new zee

1080p should be no problem, remember the 4500hd card can do this for the cpu, and i was using power dvd10...

 

My fingerprint reader failed today but i've used it probably less than 5 times and have had it turned of for about 16 months of 18. I booted up today and got a driver install faliure error. I opened it up and now the trackpad cable is damaged. I'll need to buy a new SWX-297 and cable. I've done everything but a clean install. With so little use it's really surprising that it failed.

edited to add:
I'm using a TX FFC for the trackpad cable that i had from some spare parts. I tried one from my old SZ palmrests and that worked as well. I will probably still buy the genuine part and it looks like i still need to buy the SWX-297 switch that the fingerprint reader is on.
...
Ok, i did a clean install today and it still is not working, so it has really failed. I may just send this to Sony and get them to fix it. I could do it myself but still i would need to pay shipping from the US for a new part and then the price of the part also. I may just pay Sony to do it if it is not too expensive. I may buy a new trackpad also.

........

Ok, Sony wanted £275 pre-payment to ship it in and diagnose the fault, i will definetly just do this myself. I do wonder how the fingerprint is connected to the usb, obviously it's connected by cable but i don't know if there is anything more to it.

 

Do you guys know if sony are planning to release a new version of the TT? I've noticed there is a new vaio Z just being released, so it would make sense something coming out soon...

 

Nothing is being speculated.
The X series was the TT replacement and it's been discontinued.
The new 2.7 Z series is Sony's ultraportable that i think is meant to cover the void of the X series. I would have liked to have seen a premium 11.1 notebook.

Sony is meant to be releasing a tablet soon and that looks interesting. I own two notebooks, an SZ and of course the TT. If i was looking to merge both of my notebooks i would probably buy a 12.1 Fujitsu P771 now. I think for me it is the nearest thing to the TT series out there. I'm not as keen on the looks though.

Earlier in this thread i reported that i was having problems with the graphics drivers crashing and then recovering. I was using BIOS version
R2022M4 09 Dec 2009 before and the latest graphics drivers 8.15.10.1872.
Well, i decided to try BIOS version R3061M4 30/12/2009 and this really seems to have helped matters.

I also have an order for parts for my faulty fingerprint and will be attempting to fix it myself. I don't even use the fingerprint reader but i can't stand having unknown devices and things not working. Complete parts totalled $241/£150 so it wasn't cheap. Still though i didn't want to go and buy used parts on ebay. One of the parts which cost $73 was more cosmetic and i didn't really need that.

 

Looks like i might have to invest in a TT then if its the last of its kind. Not interested in tablets. I really do think the new Vaio Z in 11.1 form factor would have been immense.

I think the problem is Sony don't see enough profitability in netbooks size laptops, hence not releasing a smaller version, big shame. Cost of producing them prolly not worth while either.

 

Their is also a downward trend in the netbook market. Lower sales because many people are buying a tablet instead of a netbook. Sony is following this trend with their S1 and S2 tablets

 

This is the freestyle hybrid PC that i was referring to.
Sony teases 'Freestyle Hybrid PC' tablet slider and next-gen ultra-portable laptop -- Engadget

The S1 is primarily Sony's Playstation device and that will be 9.4", the S2 will be i believe around 5" inches. The Freestyle PC is being speculated to be around 9.4".

I intend to hold onto my TT for quite a while, for me it's pretty much the perfect ultraportable.

 

They came out with a first gen i3 11.6 inch YA variant of the Y series in Q4 2010 but it got a Zacate refresh in Q1 2011 into the YB and has seemed to have disappeared since then. Never been seen over here in the UK but did hit some of the European markets.

 

...One would assume Sony is experimenting with market demands at the moment. I would add to what Irishsumo is saying, that Sony is going to see how well their 'tablet' range sells before deciding whether to consider more high (and low) end ultraportables. Hence, they're trying to get the consumers to focus on their new models for now.

For me though, I think tablets are just a passing fad generated by Apple themselves. Personally don't see too much use for one... Likewise with touch screen phones and said interfaces (I despise touch screens...).

Like Rachel, if there was a machine that combined the Z's performance (or came close to it) while maintaining the TT's form factor, I'd be drooling and lining up in the checkout line with one lickety split...

 

Hi, could anyone please let me know or confirm with me that in order for me to replace my mechanical hard drive on my TT280 with a intel SSD 1.8 drive, do I need to buy any adapter for the SSD drive since it will be thinner than the toshiba mechanical drive, thanks.

 

Yellowtail, no you don't need to use a different connector. You need to reuse the black two rubber parts that supports the mechanical drive and that's really it. I use a usata ssd which is even thinner and that's what i use.

 

Thanks so much Rachel. I appreciated your help here.

 

As I mentioned in the Z thread, a couple of weeks ago at the Vaio Expo in Manhattan, one of the Sony people told me that if I want a new TT there would be something out in the Fall that would make me happy. What this means, I have no idea and I could find out nothing more.

At least there's some hope.

 

Well, i guess we just need to wait and see.
There has been rumor of a 11.6 device but that's not really a TT replacement. Actually, this and the 9.4 Vaio hybrid PC what's going on with both i guess we just need to wait and see.

 

I am really hoping this replacement model has screen quality closer to the TZ/TT and not the Y series.

I wounder if that Tegra 2 device will be a slider device like the UX or that upcoming Samsung Slider.

 

Rachel, is that in reference to this:

http://xtreview.com/images/Sony Ultimate mobile PC 1.jpg

 

I was wondering about that before if these are one in the same thing but that device that you linked to the vaio hybrid PC is speculated to be 9.4 but that might not be correct and this is 11.6??
http://www.sonyinsider.com/2011/03/...hybrid-pc-and-vaio-chrome-coming-this-summer/


They could still be one in the same thing.
The S1 S2 slider/tablets have been revealed.
Sony Tablet with Android 3.0 : Sony
The vaio hybrid pc appears to be again another slider/tablet.
"Freestyle Hybrid PC" that slides between tablet mode and laptop mode"
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/27/sony-teases-freestyle-hybird-pc-tablet-slider-and-next-gen-ult/

http://www.pcworld.com/article/226543/sony_unveils_two_new_vaio_laptops.html
It's none to clear at the moment.

Some thoughts, if Sony was coming out with a TT replacement why not get it out now? It seems to me it would be logical to release a TT SB replacement now. Would an autumn release indicate that this is most likely to be a different product line. Of course this is all nothing but speculation. A high end 11.1-11.6 i would like to see, they have kind of done that before though and as we've seen the X and TT series have been discontinued. I could well see this freestyle device with its speculated autumn launch as being the talked about replacement.

This is a thread on this-
http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/574317-vaio-hybrid-pc-new-sony-laptop.html

 

I agree re screen quality. I've yet to see screens on other laptops that match those on the TT/Z series.

It appears most manufacturers have dropped sub 12" notebooks, probably anticipating the market demand switching to tablets. Yet here in NZ the tablet market is still almost exclusively dominated by Apple, with the Android based alternatives generally gaining very little sales traction. I expect change will come quickly once Microsoft get their new ARM ported OS to market. I was an early adopter of Windows Phone 7 and prefer it to Android and iOS even in it's pre-mango state. If MS's new tablet OS interface is as good as the phone it will give Apple a run for it's money. I remain sceptical whether Sony will come out with a TT replacement, but hope it will happen.

MY TT is going great - I'm looking now at an SSD upgrade. I've recently started buying up additional TT's (especially since the NZ $ has been gaining rapidly against the US $). Got a near mint TT36GD/N recently at less than a third of what it used to sell for here in NZ. Looking out for more on behalf of friends and family.

Kendall

 

I thought about buying another TT and getting that upgraded to a SL9600 but i decided against it. The Sony outlet store in the UK sold a refurbished gold TT for £175 recently lol. I am keeping my eye on the clearance website.

I've fixed my faulty fingerprint reader. I think a faulty COMPL_CNX-417 which is the usb/sd card board caused the issue. May be it could have just been a bit dusty. Anyway, i ordered these new parts from a UK based company that ships i think from Denmark. Sony in the UK as usual would not sell me these parts directly. http://uk.eetnordic.com/
A1599665A COMPL_CNX-417 (MSSD) (S) £14.95 A1599660A SWX-297 Board_IP22 (FP) this is the fingerprint reader board

They could only get me the first part though and never informed me for some time that they could not get me the second part. I had to phone through when it shipped and ask why only one item had shipped. They was also asking for just too much for some other parts so i got the others parts from the US. The first part is out of stock with Sony everywhere it seems in the US so i got this from them instead of putting an order through Sony. The second part also seemed reasonably cheap so i ordered it.

I got the first part last week and i got two parts that i ordered from the US today.

184012931 HIDDEN TOUCHPAD (WIDEMINI)$69.78
183580011 FFC(SWX297-TOUCH PAD)$3.54
The nordic company wanted about £30 for the touchpad FFC cable.
I had to put a later order for the fingerprint reader and i'm still waiting for that but i went ahead and attempted to fix it today and i fixed it with the parts i have. I will keep the fingerprint reader board for spare parts.
I have a new trackpad and that was just comestic really i bet. I've kept a keyboard protector on my keyboard so it looks in a good condtion.

 

As mentioned a few times, the screens on the Z (and I think this was the same consensus with the TT) is that they simply 'look' good. Quality-wise, being 6 bit panels they're not very capable of reproducing accurate colours due to dithering and the likes. I only chose my Z from the myriad of other 13.1' possibilities because it was the most matt out there (and it had the best power to size ratio at the time, and it still does to an extent).

I don't know about SONY dropping sub 12'' lappies to accomodate for the tablet market. Maybe they have. But I would have thought Sony would continue releasing the occasional 'premium' ultraportable laptop from time to time. Though granted, they've been rather quiet on this front ever since the X series was discontinued (minus that hybrid machine Rachel has mentioned, which doesn't look too promising in regards to performance capability).

All in all, I think touch screens / tablets are passing fads. Everyone has it* (go down Queen St and you'll know), and it's just a matter of time before the market bores itself with the form factor. Well, that or some influential corp. like Apple decide to think 'old is the new new' and releases a slick slider or some other form factor. But yeah, that's my 2 cents worth.

*I despise touch screens and Apple products, so naturally, don't own these 'fad' devices. Yes, that includes Android...

 

For 6 bit panels, at least from my limited experience of comparison, they still appear 'head and shoulders' above other 6 bit panels. I read somewhere that Sony went to some effort to develop proprietary drivers especially for their TT/Z panels in order to give a much wider colour gamut. While there is valid debate about colour accuracy, the over all effect is pleasing to my eyes.

KJ

 

Rachel, I really appreciate the effort you go in giving the details and part numbers etc for your various upgrades and repairs. It's become a fantastic mine of information for those of us wanting to follow.

Now I have a question you may be able to help with - I'm quite keen to add WWAN to my TT. I've been reading up on your past postings about the various parts required including the different cards for the US and EU markets. Now here in NZ the network I'm on uses 850Mhz/2100Mhz UMTS 3G, essentially similar to ATT's 3G in the US, or Telstra's NextG in Ozzy. All three networks use data SIMM cards. Would you know if any of the WWAN cards you mention might be suitable?

KJ

 

kendallj the Gobi 1000 card supports those bands.
http://www.qualcomm.com/documents/files/gobi-1000-product-sheet.pdf
This what was used in North American models. Any Gobi 1000 card won't do though as it needs to be a Sony one. I got my Gobi card from a VGN-Z5 EU model.
The Option 382w that was used in Asia i believe and in the EU also supports those bands.
Product portfolio | Option
Getting hold of one of these might be easier but they don't work on the EVDO network and the Gobi 1000 cards do. All those networks you mentioned should be fine to use the worldwide option card.
Getting hold of these is quite easy now on ebay. I see the wwan boards going for sale all the time now as well.


About the TT display, i think it was largely agreed that the Sony TT has an 8bit display but the VGN-Z and VPC-Z1 model has a 6 bit. I started a thread on this a while ago.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/528949-sony-tt-8-bit-ips-display.html

edited to add:
This a TT Option wwan module, board and connection cable. May be you could contact the seller to see if they have the antenna as well.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-Vaio...Computing_LaptopAccess_RL&hash=item20ba8015f4

 

sony repaired my TT, paperwork says they replaced the main board

but the rear feet are now missing

 

Thank you - I've sent a query off to the seller to confirm the model number in the picture (which if correct is the right one for 850Mhz UMTS), and also a request for the antenna parts availability.

Kendall

 

This is not good, i would contact Sony and let them know this. Hopefully they will send you the feet you need. If not what colour is your TT, may be you can buy it as a spare part on ebay or another retailer?

Kendall, good luck with your upgrade. I was looking through the service guide and the information about the wwan is interesting. The wwan module in the auction is from a UK model so it has a sim card holder. In the UK for 3G band 2100mhz is used. This is also used in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania (Telstra, Optus, Vodafone AU & NZ, Three Mobile AU, 2° and Telecom NZ), Brazil.
UMTS frequency bands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quite why different countries in Europe had different cards i'm not quite sure why that is.The 402 is meant to be a worldwide card. If you can find a generic 402 i would go with that.
1-789-765-41 CARD, EVDO EVDO
1-789-765-81 CARD, EVDO EVDO
1-458-048-21 (English/German)...GTM382 T-MOBILE HSPA MINI CARD HSUPA
1-458-049-21 (French)...GTM382 ORANGE HSPA MINI CARD HSUPA
1-458-050-21 (Spanish)...GTM382 TELEFONICA HSPA CARD HSUPA
1-458-051-21(German/French/Italian/English)...GTM382 GENERIC HSPA MINI CARD HSUPA


Some Sony Gobi 2000 cards are on ebay. Gobi cards are worldwide cards.
Sony UN2420 GOBI2000 WWAN 3G Wireless EVDO GSM Card | eBay

HSPA/UMTS – 800/850/900/1900/2100 MHz
Quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM – 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Dual-band EV-DO/CDMA – 800/1900 MHz
Standalone GPS, AGPS, gpsOneXTRA™
Data Speeds
HSDPA/HSUPA DL/UL – 7.2 Mbps/ 5.76 Mbps

Gobi 2000 improved on the data speeds as this was Gobi 1000 speeds Data Speeds HSDPA/HSUPA DL/UL –7.2 Mbps/2.0 Mbps
I find it quite fine though. I never upload over wwan anyway. Later TT models in the US moved to the Gobi card, before this a Novatel card 1-789-765-41 was used. This explains the two different EVDO cards in the service guide.

The Gobi 2000 was used in the S series, SA/SB series, VPC-Z1 and some other models. Of course i couldn't say it would definitely work but may be it would do and you could use the Gobi firmware for one of these models. The only issue you may have is smart network but may be you could use another models smart network drivers. You could may be upgrade your wifi to at the same to a 6200/6300 which possibly could resolve any issues.
You would then need to purchase the wwan board separately and you would need one from an EU model.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-VGN-...885?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3369c659c5
I think that you may have my email address, may be email me if you don't have the service guide and want it. The details you want are on page 10.

 

G'day all,

So all my bits arrived and I managed to install everything.
- Intel 6300 Wifi
- Remove Modem & Cables
- Option 3G card & antennas
- HDMI output
- 160GB Intel X18
- 8GB Ram
- BPL14 extended battery
- Hacked BIOS to recognize the 6300 Wifi with ACPI (Smart network thingo on 'doze)
While I was in there, I put a third wifi antenna in under the CD drive.

Now, as part of installing the 3G antennas I had to strip the screen and right hand hinge down to route the cables. I've suddenly noticed that the green power led now appears to dim fairly randomly.

It comes on and goes off at the right time, and the pulsing orange hibernate led is fine. Is there some condition that causes the green led to dim or have I damaged something?

Actually, I just noticed it brightened up when I moved the screen, so odds are I've buggered something up.

Oh well, the rest of it is ok. Nice machine. Really, really nice machine.

Can't get the 3G up in Windows, but then I don't really use it anyway. Works out of the box in Linux.

I *love* the battery care function, and I especially *love* the quick-charge function (when I'm in one of those mad rushes).

Nice to be able to work wireless all day on one charge without skimping on backlight or connectivity.

 

BradC, where did you get the wwan drivers from, if you downloaded them from the Sony website then that explains for you why you're having issues.
I wrote a mini guide here that for me worked flawlessly.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/6912102-post32.html

I would open the display and check that everything looks ok. The sensor device may be running along the lower half of the display. Other than that i would look at the power cable but it doesn't sound like you touched that.

It would be interesting to read a step by step of how you got the 6300 to be recognised with the smart network. May be something like that could be done for a Gobi 2000/Gobi 3000.

 

Hope it's a real replacement for the TT in the tradition of the Tx series and not like the replacement for the Z1, the Z2 which I don't like at all.

As a temporary replacement for my TT11M/N I invested in a Macbook Air 11" i7/4GB/128GB SSD.

 

I've just had a peek inside the disassembled DSDT and it's not looking helpful. The WiFi/WiMAX stuff is based on PCI-ID and that can be patched (not easily, but you can do it). The Bluetooth and WWAN are both USB based and it looks like the SPIC sets some register bits to tell the bios whether they are there or not. The BIOS can't scan them manually as they don't exist on the bus when they are turned off.

I'll have a closer look when I've not had as much Scotch, but at first glance it's not great. On the other hand, if you know it's in the machine you could certainly "easily" patch the bios to report it's there even if it does not know about it. That's just a bit flip in the DSDT.

It's not an "easy" process... goes something like this.
- Get DSDT (RW-everything for windows or cat for linux)
- Disassemble DSDT
- Figure out what bit to flip
- Use fla.exe from a USB stick to extract bios
- Load BIOS in Ezh20
- Use WinHex to patch DSDT in the process ram of Ezh20 (flip the bit you figured out earlier)
- Use Ezh20 to re-compile Bios (I also changed the VAIO boot logo and the Insyde boot logo while I was in there
- Use fla.exe from a USb stick to re-write bios
- Cross fingers, legs, arms, eyes, nostrils and testicles that it actually boots.
- Enjoy.

 

BradC, thanks for that.

 

I am away from home with my tt180c, but I forgot to bring the charger. Can I use my wife's charger for the CB which has output of 19.2 V? TT's charger is 16 v. TIA