Sony Vaio S Series - SATA 3 Investigation

This means that the "structure" on which the proprietary Sony ssd is fixed (like this: ) can contain a standard SATA SSD?

 

Now you caught me... looks bit different then I had in my mind from my S13p (but it has been a while ago...)
I have to check my laptop, and then I will post an update.

But with respect to that cable: that's 100% sure.
You need another cable when you currently have SSD (Sony RAID-0) and want to replace it with normal SSD.

 

Greetings,
I'm new here, I'm looking forward to solve a SVS13 SSD replacement issue. I've read the whole thread, info dating from 2 years ago stipulate that it's a proprietary SSD (I have the 256 GB toshiba one) and that it cannot be replaced.

is that still the case ? I've been looking around, found some lif 24 to SSD adapters how it's the wrong way, it's to connect my toshiba as a regular SSD. I need to do the opposite, ie fit a new SSD on that ribbon cable.
How can I do that ? is it possible ? or is there a recommended 1.8" 512GB SSD I can buy that is compatible with my laptop ?

thanks !

 

I've got a SVS1513C5E which I want to upgrade with an SSD, something like the Crucial CT256MX100 256GB.

Are these laptops still not SATA 3 compatible? Is it likely that Sony will release a firmware update? Is it even possible for them to become SATA 3 compatible?

I know that I probably won't see much (if any) difference between SATA 2 and 3 but it's disappointing to know that I'm not going to be able to get the best out of my shiny new SSD

I spent a lot of money on this laptop (blu-ray, full HD screen, upgraded RAM, i7 etc) - it seems like a massive oversight on Sony's part!

Cheers

 

you won't feel the speed difference, tbh. just enjoy the SSD performance

 

Has anyone made any progress on this? Any BIOS mods to enable SATA 3 yet?

Please say yes!