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    Replacing/upgrading accelerometer

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by IHateMayonnaise, Aug 11, 2010.

  1. IHateMayonnaise

    IHateMayonnaise Notebook Enthusiast

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    I accidentally ripped the accelerometer off my HDD cable and it looks pretty unlikely that I'll be able to reconnect it. So, I'd like to replace it; the original model (on my SZ450n) is the STMicroelectronics LIS3L02AL. I'll probably just go ahead and order this from somewhere and get to soldering this soom back on.

    Has anyone else done this? Should I just stick with the same model or can anyone think of a reason why I should change? Thanks yall,

    IHateMayonnaise
     
    IHateMayonnaise, Aug 11, 2010
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    TofuTurkey Married a Champagne Mango

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    HDD cable? Or SATA cable? I'm guessing the accelerometer is used for detecting falling drives and makes the heads park before impact? If so, I thought that would be on the hard disk....

    I would buy exactly the same model, Octopart.com has a link to a company that sells it.
     
    TofuTurkey, Aug 11, 2010
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  3. IHateMayonnaise

    IHateMayonnaise Notebook Enthusiast

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    The SATA cable; yes it's to lock up the hard drive if it falls. The accelerometer is a little black chip on the end of the cable where it plugs into the motherboard.

    cool site, ill check it out

    edit: only one place seemed to have it, i sent a request for a price but it looks as though they only deal with distributors.. any idea on a replacement?
     
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    TofuTurkey Married a Champagne Mango

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    Oh ok, I'm guessing that's a Sony proprietary FPC, makes sense. Try contacting Element14, Farnell (although I think Element14 could be related to Farnell), Arrow, Heilind Electronics or Newark. The issue is that on ST's site:

    STMicroelectronics | MEMS inertial sensor: 3-axis - +/-2g ultracompact linear accelerometer - LIS3L02AL

    that component is marked as obsolete, so it may be difficult to get it... Perhaps one of the distributors above may have technical staff kind enough to know what a feasible replacement may be.
     
    TofuTurkey, Aug 11, 2010
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    OoTLink Notebook Evangelist

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    Why not just buy a new cable?
     
    OoTLink, Aug 12, 2010
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    I suspect it's Sony proprietary, which means it'll be $$.
     
    TofuTurkey, Aug 13, 2010
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