I have a 505G with the PCGA-CD5 external CD-ROM. I lost the power supply. I can find generic 6V power supplies but I need to know what the amps should be...
The power requirement might be given in the spec sheet for the drive, if you have that. Alternately you may be able to locate a spec sheet on the Sony web...
... Coincidentally, a friend just had exactly this same problem. He tried a Radio Shack power supply that was 800mA. It seemed to work, but then failed part...
Stephen Casner
casner@...
Jan 2, 2003 5:43 pm
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Sorry, no. I am typing on a PCG-R505EL that came with 256MB installed. 128MB was *soldered* onto the motherboard and the other 128MB was in a socket (the...
I'm planning to install W2K on my Z505R and have been studying Sony's recommended procedure, which is to do a dual-boot install with W98 and W2K on the same...
rschw74573@...
Jan 2, 2003 6:17 pm
15000
I did an UPGRADE of my Z505SX from Win98 to Win2k not a dual boot. It was a bit of a pain, but here's a note I posted back in October of 2000 on the problems...
In a message dated 1/2/03 11:32:14 AM Mountain Standard Time, gshell@... ... Gary, Thanks for those notes, they'll be invaluable. Based on your...
rschw74573@...
Jan 2, 2003 6:53 pm
15002
I don't really know, but why would you want to??? I see no need to keep win98 around at all. Gary ... From: rschw74573@... [mailto:rschw74573@...] Sent:...
I had the same problem & fixed it by upgrading to PC-Cillin 2003, which I really like. It appears as though they have made substantial improvements to the...
Now I'm really confused Got several confirmations that 512MB will work .... ???? ... installed. 128MB was *soldered* onto the motherboard and the other 128MB...
It's fixed in PC-Cillin 2002, too, which is what I have on my other boxes here. Pop3trap in PC-Cillin 2000 under Win XP just grabs all the system resources and...
For starters, I have a NEC laser printer that's working great, but is unsupported by W2K and there is no W2K NEC driver. And some older software that probably...
rschw74573@...
Jan 3, 2003 12:07 am
15007
lifeisfuneh, the poster below is assuming all you can get are 256mb chips...you can put a 512mb chip in the D/E/G series (R505)...all three are 133fsb, newer...
Oops...you'll just have to cut-n-paste that link below...or just search for part # CT64M64S4W75 This dumb forum can't handle a link correctly w/o wrapping it...
Do I have to pay $24.95 to upgrade to PC-Cillin 2003, or can I download it from Sony? www.pccillin.com says I need to pay for the upgrade. Any help is...
Yes, you do have to pay $24.95 for the upgrade. I called Trend Micro. You have to have the 20 digit serial code for the upgrade price. If you don't have the...
Emanuel Brown has on his web site instructions for preparing a boot floppy to enable the use of third-party CDROM drives to run the System Recovery CD, on a...
rschw74573@...
Jan 3, 2003 7:25 pm
15013
... You should be able to use rawrite. Have you seen my Z505 recovery page?...
ihave a sony 505gx laptop, 64mb ram 2.0gb hd, i need to find out what kind of video, modem i have so i can find what drivers to use on them. if you now this...
In a message dated 1/3/03 12:52:57 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Chad, Many thanks for the help your page provided! I've gotten the boot image extracted with...
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