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    upgrading to SSD in core2duo VAIO Z

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by syd430, Dec 1, 2010.

  1. syd430

    syd430 Newbie

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    Hey guys, I have a previous gen Z series (VGN-Z790DBB, manufactured last year) and want to upgrade the 5400 HDD currently installed to an Intel X25-M G2 SSD.

    I have literary spent hours looking on these forums and on the net for a complete guide on how to swap the HDD to SSD for previous gen vaio Z, but cannot find anything.

    Someone mentioned a guide created by user "IsamuX" on these boards, but the link is now broken ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...272690&page=90).

    Could anyone let me know where i could find a guide for this? Thanks
     
    syd430, Dec 1, 2010
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  2. Siris Le Osiris

    Siris Le Osiris Notebook Guru

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    Siris Le Osiris, Dec 2, 2010
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  3. Metsn

    Metsn Maiku Hama Yokohama

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    Just use the official service guide...that one from IsamuX is horribly outdated and he made a few mistakes, as the official guide was not out yet...
     
    Metsn, Dec 2, 2010
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  4. Calcio16

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    Just wondering where I can get the official service guide from?

    Nothing on sony sites.. :(

    Cheers!
     
    Calcio16, Dec 3, 2010
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  5. Rachel

    Rachel Busy Bee

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    You can find the service guide linked in the 3rd thread in this forum.
     
    Rachel, Dec 3, 2010
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    moriteri Newbie

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    Sorry for ruining the thread, I am actually asking a question to "Metsn" as I couldn't find a way to PM him...

    Hi Metsn, I have exact same computer as you have and consider upgrading to Win7. But as you know, sony has an interesting policy about drivers. Shortly to say, I cannot find the english drivers for Win7 x64. Could you help me out?
     
    moriteri, Jan 14, 2011
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  7. 5ushiMonster

    5ushiMonster Notebook Deity

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    Use the search function on the top right.
    Though incase you're having trouble.
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/426448-vaio-z-windows-7-official-driver-available-now.html

    There are about half a dozen good installation guides for the VGN-Z, and I read each and everyone one of them back in the day and optimised my clean install.

    It's pretty much a self-explanatory install; make sure you install and account for all the 'UNKNOWN DEVICES' in DEVICE MANAGER. Be aware of the BIOS version when installing the graphics driver. There are reports of people succeeding with a working machine when they install drivers in a specific order; myself, I started out with the essentials first like chipset, firmware parser, etc etc, then with the supplementary hardware stuff like bluetooth and wifi coming last.

    All in all, I recall about essential 24 drivers / software, with the 'software' being Sony's Event Service (for working Fn shortcut keys).
     
    5ushiMonster, Jan 14, 2011
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  8. syd430

    syd430 Newbie

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    In case anyone was wondering how i went with this, I have two SSD's in my Z now (1x64 GB, 1x128 GB). Procedure was pretty straightforward actually: Bought a VPC-Z11. :D Got it yesterday. Very happy with it.
     
    syd430, Jan 17, 2011
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