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    Upgrading VGN-A190

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Feroce, Mar 15, 2005.

  1. Feroce

    Feroce Newbie

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    Has anyone Put a 1-gig of Ram and a Faster Hard-drive into this Notebook. And if you did can you tell me how the performance was. Did you see a big difference?


    Thanks

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    Feroce, Mar 15, 2005
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    A faster hard drive will speed up your system performance. More memory may help depending on what you are doing.






    I know things, things that could get me killed


    Thinkpad T41:
    * 1.6Ghz Pentium M * 768Mb Memory * 40Gb Hitachi 7200RPM * Panasonic UJ-845-B DVD+RW *
     
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  3. Feroce

    Feroce Newbie

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    I haven't been able to find one thing about if I could replace the hard drive with a faster one

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    Feroce, Mar 15, 2005
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  4. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Usually there is couple screws on the bottom. Take them off and slide out the drive. Take it out of the caddy and put in the new one. Sometimes there is an adapter on the end of the drive. If there is take it off and put it on the new one. Slide the drive back in and put screws back on. Now time to re-install the OS. This should all be covered somewhere in the manual.






    I know things, things that could get me killed


    Thinkpad T41:
    * 1.6Ghz Pentium M * 768Mb Memory * 40Gb Hitachi 7200RPM * Panasonic UJ-845-B DVD+RW *
     
    ZaZ, Mar 15, 2005
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  5. dadkins

    dadkins Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, you can replace the HDD with another HDD. The drive is located under the palm rest on top. There was a link somewhere that showed the whole process with pictures, but I can't seem to find it.

    If I do find it, I will be sure to post it here.

    EDIT: Found it! Site may load kinda slow, but VERY detailed HDD replacement!
    http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?url=http%3A%2F%2Fuser2user.info%2Fforum%2Fnotebook%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ft%3D2259&lp=de_en<br%20/>
     
    dadkins, Mar 18, 2005
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  6. skelzer

    skelzer Newbie

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    I wrote a guide on this a while back...
    Here's the link:
    http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?p=469839#post469839

    Enjoy!
    -s
     
    skelzer, Mar 30, 2005
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