Does Sony vaio sa have a user upgradeable hard drive?

Does anybody know if the Sony vaio SA notebook has a user upgradeable hard drive?

Would the warranty be voided?

 

seeing that the SA is designed like the SB, i'd be inclined to say yes (also the fact that it has many different HDD/SSD options).

As for will it void warranty, if you tell Sony that you switched the drive, yes. What they don't know doesn't hurt them

 

It is an easy swap. The SA takes a standard 2.5" laptop drive SSD or HDD.

About 6 screws and one easy to remove cable and you can have it done in no time.

And as for voiding the warranty..I am inclined to agree with Auch.

However it is considered a user replaceable part, so it would likely not void warranty of other components. I may very well be wrong so please correct me if you find differently.

 

I don't believe it voids the warranty. If it does, then why did they make it so accessible, with no stickers to warn the customer?

 

I'll have ask either at the sony store or online chat about the warrenty. Most of the time the sales reps don't know any details and refer me to tech support which requires a serial number to get anywhere. The sales rep did tell me that the screen was amazing. I saw the SA screen in the store and while it is better than a cheap lap top; I'd call the screen average. The horizontal viewing angles extend to the glare/reflections limit of the screen, but vertical viewing angles are much less. I'm really spoiled though, because I use mainly IPS displays

 

Thanks for the info about the standard 2.5 inch harddrive. Makes me more inclined to buy the standard harddrive and put my own SSD in. I did see the post about removing the optical drive placing a harddrive in there...

 

Eh, don't ask, they'll probably say it voids the warranty anyways... The screen is average you're correct. And NOTHING like IPS displays... If you want a nice TN panel, look at the current Z.

The Vaio Z doesn't have any stickers when you completely open it either. In any case, what Sony doesn't know doesn't hurt them.

When buying a laptop, unless the implementation is non-standard, NEVER upgrade RAM or SSD... always cheaper to do it aftermarket. Removing the optical drive is also an option.

 

Official response from Sony is that a user upgrade of the hard drive would void the warranty unless you had a certified Sony technician perform the hard drive.

On a side note the HDMI port will not output 1080p but only 1600x900

 

meh who cares about what sony says, they really can't track it. Also... are you sure about the HDMI??? If that's true, there'd be a lot more pissed off people...

 

Did you try that on Display Cloning mode? Because then I could understand why it doesn't output anything higher. The specs say it should be 1920x1200 maxmium output.

 

I specifically asked Sony about the HDMI port, but the Sony rep could be wrong. I seems to remember somebody else mentioning the HDMI limitation which is why I asked. I'll try asking Sony tech support and see if they have a different answer about the HDMI.

You are right about tracking a changed hard drive if there are no stickers or glue dots it would be difficult to track

 

I'm using a 23" 1080p monitor over hdmi with the SA. It works like a charm. No limitations at all. Audio works well also.