Upgrading Vaio Tx

[rob650]

You're in luck newbie I was practically given a TXN ($100!!!) which I decided to buy and upgrade for the wife as her school laptop as she finishes up her masters since her UL30VT is just soooo heavy :P So I have done the research for you! Any 1.8" Zif PATA ssd will work, I went with the Renice k3vlar-e. Renice K3VLAR-E (EWS720) ZIF SSD User Review

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motherboard + U7600

Another choice is what I am going to do. I found a BGA U7700 for $55
Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile U7700 SLAUR support 945 chipset | eBay

There is a member here on the forum that can do the cpu switch as it requires tools and skills most dont likely have here.

I would have just gone with the motherboard with cpu already (even though it's slightly slower) soley because i'm impatient and I'm STILL waiting for my CPU to get here from China.

Thanks for the info Qwaarjet!!!

I will check out that SSD that you linked!

Now if I am understanding the part about the CPU....

I have two options....

1) buy the motherboard you linked thats on eBay for $285 that has the u7600 chip on it and then just install that.
or
2) buy a u7700 chip that you posted the link to and use my existing motherboard?

If i have #2 correct, who would I talk to on the forum here to talk about the CPU swap? That seems to be the fastest processor I can get and the cheapest way to do it?

Thank you all for all your help.

[Qwaarjet]

correct, those are your options.

There's only a $30 difference between both options as it's quite expensive to have someone swap soldered cpu's

Talk to this guy if it's the route you end up going.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/member.php?u=5534

Before you go that route though, try using your TXN with just soley the SSD upgrade. It's a bigger real world upgrade than the CPU unless you're doing something CPU intensive. Win7 + SSD = smoothness even with a single core. As the wife only uses it to surf and use MS Office in class, she really doesn't have any complaints as of yet, she doesn't notice a difference between this and her dual core UL30VT. I'm just going to go ahead with the CPU upgrade during her winter break for two reasons A) I already ordered the CPU before doing the SSD upgrade and B) Because it's cool

[rob650]

I talked to the guys today who are on eBay. They said that besides this MBX-153 1.2GHz CPU MotherBoard, they also have a MBX-153 1.33GHz U7700 CPU for the same price.

I just asking, but that should work the same as the 1.2 U7600 unit right? Nothing special going on? Just swap the motherboards and fire it up?

Might be a dumb question, I have built many desktops, this is my first experience with modifying a laptop.

And this MX-153 motherboard is the same that is what's in my current TXN15P laptop? I won't have to modify anything?

[Qwaarjet]

from what i've read, the main motherboard of the tx and txn are the same.

[rob650]

from what i've read, the main motherboard of the tx and txn are the same.

what TX or TXN laptops came with u7600 or u7700 cpus?

[Qwaarjet]

none. it appears that they did the upgrade but the fact that they don't advertise it (since it's a pretty big deal) is what throws me off

[rob650]

none. it appears that they did the upgrade but the fact that they don't advertise it (since it's a pretty big deal) is what throws me off

Ok, thats why I can't find any with the CPU's then.

Yeah I was wondering which ones came with that CPU setup, but the more I look into it, the more confusing it seems to be.

So No Tx or TXN came with u7600 or u7700 CPU's but somehow you can buy a MBX-153 motherboard (used in tx and txn laptops) with the u7600 or u7700 cpus already in place.....

[ngvuanh]

TX and TXN are totally different.
TX uses Pentium M with 915 Chipset.
TXN uses Core Solo with 945 Chipset.
Only TXN board can be upgraded.

[egaille]

Hi Ahn,

remember me? you modded my UX1XN

I also have a VGN-TX5MN (with an intel 945 chipset) run with a Core Solo 1.2ghz

Just to mention i replaced the DVD-drive by a sata caddie adapter, and installed inside a CRUCIAL REALSSD 128gb drive.
In the same time, i dumped the native 80gb zif PATA drive that was so damn slow.

A 2.5" SSD drive IS definitely the thing to add to your sonyTX if you want speed on that little machine...

see ya!

[rob650]

Hi Ahn,

remember me? you modded my UX1XN

I also have a VGN-TX5MN (with an intel 945 chipset) run with a Core Solo 1.2ghz

Just to mention i replaced the DVD-drive by a sata caddie adapter, and installed inside a CRUCIAL REALSSD 128gb drive.
In the same time, i dumped the native 80gn zif PATA drive that was so damn slow.

A 2.5" SSD drive IS definitely the thing to add to your SONY TX if you want speed on that little machine...

see ya!

That is great to hear, as my 128GB SSD is shipping today