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    Sony Vaio SR Upgrade?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by updog, Oct 10, 2012.

  1. updog

    updog Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys anyone have any experience upgrading their sony vaio? If so what did u upgrade?

    I am going to upgrade to an SSD with a replacement optical drive bay. Hopefully that goes well. If someone has had any experience about the process please share!

    Also anyone got any ideas of a long extended (like 12 cell battery) for relatively cheap for the vaio considering how crappy the battery life is. Seems like its hard to find a relatively inexpensive 12 cell but there's a lot of 9 cells all from random sites. Just wondering if its worth the effort to try and buy one considering I think there's a bios modification required and I dont know how much more time I can use my laptop with the new battery. Anyone with any experience ??


    Thanks guys!
     
    updog, Oct 10, 2012
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  2. cenkaetaya

    cenkaetaya Notebook Consultant

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    yes just buy a Thinkpad t400 caddy on ebay for like $8 dollars and use that.

    or pay $50 or so dollars for the sony one.

    the thinkpad one works just as well but it doesnt look 100% like your old one, but if you dont care then just save the $40
     
    cenkaetaya, Oct 18, 2012
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