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    Sony Z590 Hard drive replacement options -Urgent!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by tc2007, Oct 25, 2009.

  1. tc2007

    tc2007 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi
    I would like to purchase a Z590 which is currently configured with a SSD Raid of 60GBX2

    I was hoping I could break the raid configuration and use one SSD for OS and other for data.

    But 60gb for data might be less. Can I replace both SSDs with
    1 2.5" SSD and 1 250 GB standard SATA notebook hard drive?

    If it takes some special kind of SSDs can you name they type? I am guessing it would be a standard SATA SSD without the covers.
     
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  2. agathos

    agathos Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi, i think the sdd cable for the 2x64 GB Raid will be different from a standard 2.5' drive SATA try and look for the Z dissemble diagram in this forum, you can see that the 2x ssd raid have a different set of cable from a standard hdd one. If your planning to upgrade your SSD, i think you should just get a standard Z with 320 HDD and later replace it with an intel/OCZ or Kingston SSD and if you are willing to tinkle more, change your optical drive with an HDD one.
     
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  3. sniper_sung

    sniper_sung Notebook Evangelist

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    The raid 0 in Z is made up with 2 x 1.8" SSD without covers.
     
    sniper_sung, Oct 25, 2009
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  4. tc2007

    tc2007 Notebook Consultant

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    Ok Thanks. This is helpful. Do you know if replacing the 2nd SSD with a Toshiba 1.8" 250gb HDD is possible in terms of thickness?
     
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  5. sniper_sung

    sniper_sung Notebook Evangelist

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    i think it would be hard to do so. Take a look at this picture:

    http://www.benyouhui.com/thread-997863-1-1.html
     
    sniper_sung, Oct 25, 2009
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