... fine; just wondering if XP Pro would be better. Someone posted that XP was faster. I am worried about the RAM - I have 128MB and it will no doubt all go...
Hello all, It is starting to look like it is time to upgrade from my Z505-LS and I am looking for a machine that will be even half the workhorse that the 505...
Hi - I have a PCG-505F with the NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD display adaptor running Win98 SE 4.10.2222A. I love this little box and have had it since it first...
hi All LCD Display Panels have "FIX" resoulation, there are no drivers to changes the resoulation. The only way is to replace the your 800x600 LCD Panel with a...
... I've done this button modification on an FX and two TR's (which are physically the same in this regard) with no problems. The mod is not strictly...
Hi. If this can interest some of you, I found something that seems answer my questions: http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html CYA. JLC ... From:...
Jean-Luc_Chabrier
Jeanluc.Chabrier@...
Jan 3, 2005 3:55 pm
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Thanks to Mr. Casner and Mr. Killingsworth for replying to my post. I'll give XP a try and find myself some carbon paper to do the button mod. I'll assume that...
Hi, I have a PCG-R505EL laptop which does not power up. Here are some descriptions of the problem. 1. Cmos battery is fine. 2. The problem occurs when computer...
Anybody have a recommendation on a HD replacement for a 505TR? -- Lee in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org http://www.livejournal.com/users/togeika/ WEB LOG...
I bought this model used and can't find any info on it anywhere. Is it a rare model or was it sold to a market outside the USA? What's up? Any info would be...
... I've installed 30GB and 40GB Travelstars. The BIOS has no trouble to recognize them. The configurations I've used all involve a Windows partion of 8GB or...
I hope you can help me with this, I write to you because you wrote about a Z505JE. It is difficult to find information; I have tried Sony, Microsoft and...
In reference to my previous message from a few minutes ago I want to add that I am also worried about not being able to reboot to install the new OS since it...
... Go here to learn how to use a 3rd party CD drive for recovery: http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/Laptop/SonyRecovery.html -- in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org...
I've been using System Commander as a boot manager for a while. I like the ability to resize partitions. I'll follow your example and stick Micro$oft on the...
First off, upgrading the modem driver is not critical, u can do it at a later time. There are tons of messages in the archive here on how to go about the whole...
... Can you add two 256 mb ram sodimms? Sony specifications say that max for my model (Z600RE, and I think 600 series are European version of 505) is 256 mb...
Sarunas Vancevicius
svan@...
Jan 7, 2005 4:31 pm
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does anyone have theses disks for sell or downloads? thanks john...
Has anyone attempted to go over 640 meg of memory on the R505DL machine? I'm thinking this might be a way to keep this machine viable for me for awhile...
I just purchased a new HD and maxed out the ram (192). Is it best to compress the DVDs and "back them up" to my HD? or buy a cheap DVD drive and attach it to...
I have had two v505's, and both of these have developed small hairline cracks in thier case right next to the power light in the bottom left hand corner of the...
I had to look up FAT in the Foldoc on line dictionary. File Allocation Table at the start of the partition of a HD. Right? I looked up 256 Sodimm in Yahoo...
I have read old messages concerning the possibilty of upgrading this machine to run Win xp. Obviously we need to add more memory and this is a problem. Has...
There is 2 specific Micron chips that work. I got just a cheap 256 and use it, even though it only sees 196 total. With Xp, its not a rocket, but it runs fine....
I upgraded my Z505R to WinXP some time ago. I used a KingMax 256 MB SoDIMM (with square ball-grid-array chips) to increase RAM to 320 MB. This module fits...
Hey Robert, after you upgraded your system to xp could you view dvds? or mpgs? or any other video? my goal is to make my old vaio into a media player. anyone...
I never tried, at least not DVDs. I don't think I tried mpgs It does play windows media files and such just fine. FYI it has a 128 IBM simm in it, and a simple...
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