Sony VAIO S Series Upgrade Guides (pics)

[mikec]

I would highly highly NOT recommend trying to take apart the S-series - it's just not worth the headache, and the chances of breaking something are very high.

Not worth it, in my opinion. (And I've had three S-Series and been through this.

There are better, easier to modify/upgrade, and cheaper laptops out there. (ex. HP L2000 / Compaq V2000z)

(That said, your guide is welll done and I commend you on it).

[ClareD]

I would highly highly NOT recommend trying to take apart the S-series - it's just not worth the headache, and the chances of breaking something are very high.

I unfortunately have to agree. The Vaio is a great looking notebook but inside its like a porcelain doll. I upgraded the harddrive on mine, put it back together, pressed the on/off switch and now its at Sony's service-center. Apparently the culprit is the thin white ribbon cable under the keyboard (you need to remove the cable before taking the top cover off).

Clare

[jv96]

great guide! Tell me, i want to acces the CPU on my Sony FS570 - are the internals roughly in the same places on it compared to the S series?

thanks

thank you for guide

i want too my CPu-Upgrade on my Sony FS?How can i vaio fs disassemble?

thank you

[MACleod]

Does anyone know why my newly installed hard drive in my sony vgn-s170p isn't letting me boot up from my xp cd?

[Dan Lacey]

Does anyone know why my newly installed hard drive in my sony vgn-s170p isn't letting me boot up from my xp cd?

Press 'del' on startup (or whatever other key you need to press to get into the BIOS settings) - then in the BIOS find the 'Boot from...' sequence and change it from the hard-drive to the CD-ROM drive. Install Windows XP, then change it back if you want to not boot from the CD-ROM as first choice thereafter.

Failing that - the ribbon cable or power supply may have come out of the connectors from the CD-ROM to the motherboard when you were installing the harddrive.

[Itaintrite]

Please tell me which DVDRW you got. Or should I just get a USB dvd burner and be done with it?

thanks.

[BonScott]

Beware...

this sony vaio VGN-S3XP uses non standard slim dvd-+RW its slimmer than a standard slim !!!, i found out when i was about to bolt in a new NEC slim drive that turned out to be to thick ! dont know where i can get a slimmer than standard slim drive ?? well gotta be a faster one also good if its a slot in and if it can be firmware upgraded to region free, that would be great !!!!

the bluetooth module can be upgraded also to UGPZ6 2.0 EDR but can only find the module from sony USA for 99USD

//Bon

[nelly]

Anybody have a guide to parts and steps on how to install Bluetooth to the S260p? I'm very much interested in doing this little upgrade project on it. I remember one on TalkVaio.com, but they dont work anymore and I can't find it anywhere else. Thanks

[Tinderbox (UK)]

Hi.

How is your CPU temp since you used AS5 is there much of a difference

thanks

John.

[Turre]

Thank you for a great guide!

I have the same problem as BonScott. My DVD drive broke and I need to find a replacement.. Does anyone know what drive fits this laptop and where could I find one? Is this drive even of any standard?

Any info would be very much appreciated!

-Turre