Official Sony SB/SA/SC/SD Series Owners' Thread

[lifesabeach]

just get a regular caddy, and slap the face plate of drive in there, its going to look as nothing has changed.

Can the ODD tray be taken apart as simple as that?

Also, someone in this thread said that the smart thing to do with the SB is stick the HDD where the ODD is and put the SSD where the HDD used to be? I think it had something to do with taking advantage of SATA2 or something along those lines.

[bob6789x]

My order is official. Just talked to a sony chat rep and got 5% off the full purchase of my CTO and bit on it.

i5-2520 (AES and VT-d support was the main reason)
4GB RAM (adding another 4GB myself)
6470M
320GB HDD (will be put in a caddy eventually or external as I am buying an Intel 320 - 160GB SSD today as well)
Fresh start
Windows 7 Pro
Slice battery also selected.
Was 1169 - 58 dollars in promo discount.

Total with tax was 1198 for me.
My estimated shipping date was 4/25/11 with expedited shipping set to arrive on 4/27/11 (included for free with CTO's apparently).

[magicsoap]

Even after bios update, my fan is super loud! Can someone link me to the "BIOS UPDATE". Also link to Sony VAIO's auto update software please for the SB. Thanks

[simP]

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[urbanstereo]

My order is official. Just talked to a sony chat rep and got 5% off the full purchase of my CTO and bit on it.

i5-2520 (AES and VT-d support was the main reason)
4GB RAM (adding another 4GB myself)
6470M
320GB HDD (will be put in a caddy eventually or external as I am buying an Intel 320 - 160GB SSD today as well)
Fresh start
Windows 7 Pro
Slice battery also selected.
Was 1169 - 58 dollars in promo discount.

Total with tax was 1198 for me.
My estimated shipping date was 4/25/11 with expedited shipping set to arrive on 4/27/11 (included for free with CTO's apparently).

basically the same config w/o the slice

[Karamazovmm]

Can the ODD tray be taken apart as simple as that?

Also, someone in this thread said that the smart thing to do with the SB is stick the HDD where the ODD is and put the SSD where the HDD used to be? I think it had something to do with taking advantage of SATA2 or something along those lines.

yes it is. and to second question yes, so that you enjoy the sata III speed instead of the sata II

If I remember correctly the ODD is only hold by 1 screw, simply release it, and get the face plate out (please be gentle, those things are plastic, they break if you are not careful) and voila slap it in the caddy and insert back, screw again, and you are done.

[XDark_FenixX]

I'm getting an i5 and the 6470 so...

i guess i'm lucky? i5 2520 btw

I'm curious why you guys didn't choose to just get a cheapest preconfigured one if you really wanted it that much faster. Literally the only difference would have been 30 bucks and a 500gb hard drive as opposed to your 320gb (urbanstereo)

[simP]

I even ordered a slower (but hopefully less power consumptive) configuration (: But it was 100~150 euro cheaper (including 7% discount) than the pre-configured one. Moreover, I opted for the blue/purple colour, which they only sell on CTOs.

yes it is. and to second question yes, so that you enjoy the sata III speed instead of the sata II

If I remember correctly the ODD is only hold by 1 screw, simply release it, and get the face plate out (please be gentle, those things are plastic, they break if you are not careful) and voila slap it in the caddy and insert back, screw again, and you are done.

Are you sure it's got a sata3 connection? Can't find it on the Sony website.

[urbanstereo]

just wanted the faster CPU in case. and wanted windows 7 pro 64

[benny90]

Even after bios update, my fan is super loud! Can someone link me to the "BIOS UPDATE". Also link to Sony VAIO's auto update software please for the SB. Thanks

Just go to the Vaio Care updater, it will do it for you.