Hello group, Thanks for accepting me to the group. My laptop is different than what this group is about but I'm hoping to get some ideas anyway. Mine is a a...
What Ram did you purchase? It sounds like the ram your using is not the correct chip layout. Cheaper chips use high density ram. Intel computers for that...
This is a special person Who helped me after I just ordered the wrong RAM from him, the same night. Quote to me; VAIO PCG-FX210 will take 2 x 256mb pc100 low...
nice memory. In case you don't already have the XP drivers: http://www.myplc.com/sony/xp_drivers.htm You may also need to manually set the drive parameters in...
Just flashed FX210 to bios R0121K5 using everything at the link you just pointed out. http://www.myplc.com/sony/xp_drivers.htm Following the Ultra DMA Warning...
After installing new HDD and R0121K5 BIOS I Checked Cylinders and heads in BIOS and they agree with Seagates info. Selecting "user" I turned LBA (logical...
Thanks JALouser for all your timely advise! I purchased a Win XP COA (license#) on e-bay for $18 and Installed XP with SP3 Imbeded using a standard 9 in 1...
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For the PCG-FX210 The correct VIA Northbridge VT8363A 552 BGA Chipset is here http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/legacy/kt133a/ Showing Support for up...
John I too have read the 1.5gb memory support in the past. But that support is based on a motherboard having three memory slots. In such a configuration...
I upgraded my FXA47 to 1024mb a couple of months ago. SIW reports that they are Kingston 64MX64PC133CL3144. I purchased them over eBay. The seller guaranteed...
Arrived Saturday, but they failed to function properly. Their count of 1Gig showed up in BIOS but BIOS was locked up with no keyboard function. Oh well hoped...
I had the same problem. You need to order 'low density' memory. You most likely have 'high density' memory. If anyone knows where that 3rd 512MB slot is. Let...
Dell OS is not swappable with Sony and vice versa. How are you loading the Sony OS. Are you using the recovery disks?? What size HD are you trying to install??...
Here are some drive recovery tricks that have worked for me, in the order that I do them. Try booting the drive and copying the data off after every step. ...
I just got an old Vaio PCG FX210... abandoned by previous owner due to NTLDR is missing problem which I easily fixed with XP pro. But it's ram is pathetic....
You need PC133 low density RAM. If you update the bios, it will take 2 512MB sticks for a total of 1GB of RAM. Good Luck!! ... to ... anything. ... be ... ...
I updated the CPU to an Athlon 1400+ and it seemed to work fine on first boot. However, after 3-4 minutes the screen went black. At first I thought it was...
Sounds like a possible inverter or lamp. I updated the CPU to an Athlon 1400+ and it seemed to work fine on first boot. However, after 3-4 minutes the screen...
Check out http://kahlon.com -- They have incredible prices, and a huge database of virtually every computer known to man... (At least to this man!) Here's a...
How do you update the bios? ... From: jlartz <junk_inbox@...> Subject: [FX210] Re: Need desperate help with the FX210 Ram To: FX210@yahoogroups.com ...
Go to http://myplc.com/sony/ and click on Downloads\Bioses. Download the appropriate boot floppy image, it comes with a Readme.txt that explains the rest. Make...
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