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...
I tryed to install a new ram chip. but windows wouldn't boot. The bios recognized it as 256MB of ram but windows xp would go blue screen and restart or freeze...
Computer does not like it. More than likely, the wrong ram or defective. I tryed to install a new ram chip. but windows wouldn't boot. The bios recognized it...
Also could be a defective memory slot forgot to add that in there. I tryed to install a new ram chip. but windows wouldn't boot. The bios recognized it as...
One trick I have learned as a technician, when the problem is data-read errors off the platters themselves, is to freeze the hard drive overnight. It makes the...
Hi there, Would there be any return of experience about HDD upgrade above 128Gb on these VAIOs? I plan tu upgrade my European PCG-FX502, and am really...
I'm the original owner of an FXA-49. It was purchased new 7 years ago this month. It got me through grad school and then some. It is missing the backslash...
Install CDs you say? How much are you asking for it, please? ... From: plainman98 <rob.owings@...> Subject: [FX210] FXA49 going on ebay soon... unless ...
Yeah, I bet you are just foaming at the mouth for this ;) I'm asking $150... mainly because the XP install disks don't phone home to MS, it is a rare treat....
Hello plainman98 Â Thank you for the extended & honest details. The price does seem reasonable for the condition of the laptop. I envisioned giving it to a...