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    VGN-SZ 650n Hard drive replacement

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by saurc3rer, Jul 12, 2010.

  1. saurc3rer

    saurc3rer Newbie

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    Hi,
    I used a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ650n laptop for almost 3 years without any problem and now when I turn it on it shows a message on "Smatr failure predicted" and when I continue (just pressing F1) windows loads but sometimes the system shuts down without any warning.
    so I thought to replace the HDD.
    I have a SATA II hdd (I use this as an external drive) and thinking to use it as a replacement. But my laptop specification gives it supports SATA disks. Since I am in SriLanka and Sony doesn't give customer support in my region I am very helpful if you could give me your kind opinions..
    thanks
     
    saurc3rer, Jul 12, 2010
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  2. NHT

    NHT Notebook Evangelist

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    SATA II HDD works well on PC which supports only SATA I. But I thinks your SZ supports SATA2 as well. Anyways, you can replace your HDD with the external one.
     
    NHT, Jul 12, 2010
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  3. saurc3rer

    saurc3rer Newbie

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    thanks.......................
     
    saurc3rer, Jul 12, 2010
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