I made an experiment with my 210, I change the original 800 duron for a 1.2 athlon tb. The results were not that good. The main problem was the heat, but it...
If the 1.2GHz is running to hot you should use the 25W XP part. If you still need this please let me know. Charles I made an experiment with my 210, I change...
Hi all. Could use some input. My Vaio FX210 has recently begun rejecting data discs. It accepts and plays audio cds and DVDs without incident, but when I ...
Same here. Some disks are read very smooth, others I have to eject and eject ... I think is the drive, I am upgrading to the Nec 6500a that is dvd rw 2 layers...
Many of the older CD drives will not recognize the CD-RW formats, only CD-R. Some may intermittently recognize the various CD-RW media types. Regardless, the...
You just need to update the firmware in the optical drive, just like the desktop versions. Hi all. Could use some input. My Vaio FX210 has recently begun...
Does anyone know the part # /where I can get the CCF inverter for my FXA36? My display is beginning to fail (slight pink cast, occasional flickering) and I...
its an 8x8 DVDRW found it on the net for 105, also an option. Just found it while searching for some stuff. Still can't find the QSI 52x cdrw's anymore. ...
I might be able to pull it from another unit, if you had the pn that would help. I get my flash and other things from _www.mouser.com_ (http://www.mouser.com)...
Thanks for the information. Until I pull my LCD assembly apart I will not know the part # on the inverter and I don't plan to do that until my new CCF arrives...
The part number is 1-476-318-21. You won't find it on the unit. However, they are not cheap, so you may like to reconsider replacing it unless you need to. ...
Here's a document that may help you with the backlight replacement:- www.lcdpart.com/images/TX41D56VC1CAA.pdf Personally, I don't think it's advisable to pull...
... that ... OK, I may have answered my own question as the part number KSON259 is the same for both fx210 and fx215, however, does anyone have personal...
1-476-318-21 $50 The part number is 1-476-318-21. You won't find it on the unit. However, they are not cheap, so you may like to reconsider replacing it...
Charles, Thanks for the info. I will replace the CCF first and see if that fixes the problem. I started to order the CCF over a month ago and now I wish I...
Well, my CCF totally died. Fortunately I just pulled out an old CRT monitor and will use that until I get the LCD back together (I am running the FXA minus...
sure, not all dvd+-rw drives are compatible but some work I want to change my standard CDRW. Is there any option to change it on DVD±RW drive? I found that...
Andrey, I replaced my original CDRW/DVD read-only drive with the NEC ND6500A CDRW/DVD+-RW drive in my FXA36 (immediate predecessor to FXA49…identical except...
Andrey, The one on ebay was overpriced. Newegg is asking $119 for the same drive and when I ordered mine, the total for shipping of the drive AND a new Athlon...
Oh, great! Did you have to upgrade the old BIOS (or just for a new proc)? I mean will it work without that upgrade? Which proc did you buy from them?...
No, I tried once, battery and ac plug both on, and during the process it just went blank and never worked again. So since then, I don't mess with bios...
Andrey, As I was installing the processor and the new CDRw/DVD+-RW at the same time, I did the bios upgrade first. Upgrading the bios can carry some risk, ...
Andrey, I failed to answer your question regarding the processor upgrade. My original processor was a 1GHz Palomino core Athlon. I replaced it with a mobile...
I have a Vaio PCG-FX705 notebook, and it's daed. Actually I did some tests this weekend on that notebook. HD seems to be good (DFT on a different notebook gave...
David, I am planning on upgrading my cpu also on my FXA36 and was interested on how I would cut the multiplier link in other words how do I locate on the cpu....