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    Upgrade to SSD in Sony VGN-TZ190N

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ss8em, Jul 23, 2012.

  1. ss8em

    ss8em Notebook Geek

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    Is this possible to put in a 128GB SSD?

    Thanks
     
    ss8em, Jul 23, 2012
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    Yes you can..even a 256gb...
     
    zimbros12, Jul 23, 2012
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    Any 1.8 SSD work?
     
    ss8em, Jul 24, 2012
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    It has to be a 40pin zif pata...
     
    zimbros12, Jul 24, 2012
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    GRX7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes, you may do this

    first way - you need to buy 1.8" IDE SSD (with ZIF-connector) , which will cost you the bunch of money, but actually will give you only 60mb/sec read and 30mb/sec write... like a good pendrive :)

    2nd way, which I did myself - upgrade it to 2.5" SATA SSD, using original sony parts from TZ with HDD only.

    if you want I may send you the part numbers which is used for this.

     
    GRX7, Aug 18, 2012
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    I have been think about the 2.5 SATA SSD possibility as well however how did you manage to boot from the 2.5 SSD as there is no option in the BIOS to do so...
     
    zimbros12, Aug 19, 2012
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    GRX7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    after the swap this 2.5" hdd will appear as HDD0 in the BIOS so it is possible to boot from it. I did it myself with my TZ.
     
    GRX7, Aug 20, 2012
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    Both the 1.8" SSD(Hard disk drive 0) and 2.5"(Hard disk drive 1) show up in the BIOS however it always boot from the 1.8".Anything I am missing.
     
    zimbros12, Aug 21, 2012
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