Hi group, Having a few free time I unscrewed my PCGA-CD51 and I have noticed that it uses a typical IDE/ATAPI CD reader. So I think that it is a good idea to...
I tried this with a DVD-Writer. The interface to the pcmcia-bus is just 16bit so the transfer speed is to slow to write a DVD. You just get buffer underrruns....
Probabely you must be knowing that Sony laptops do not work with every other cd-devices, the reason being a checking system incorporated into the bios which...
Ohh...it is working ! Great....thanks ... just 16bit so the transfer speed is to slow to write a DVD. You just get buffer underrruns. get a firewire-housing an...
Please tell me where to buy (online or elsewhere) accesories for my 505 - like a CD-ROM, some thing that allows me to access to the internet other than dial ...
... There have been a lot of different models of the 505 over the years. To answer your question we need to know which one you have. It could be fairly new and...
Hi, I have a late model VAIO, bought in Febuary. It runs XP. Everything works reasobably well, but every 10P.M., the disk tray pops out. I don't want dust...
I found and old post where you were offering recovery cd's for the PCG-505tx. I just got one and need to reload the OS. Are they still available. James...
Got them quickly. Thanks. Have not used them yet. I have a working unit with 98 and will try a upgrade to 98SE first. These are my insurance. I do have the...
... Desperately! Wow, that's an interesting quest. So you'll be happy to know that I do have this, somewhere. You need to remember it needs Win95/98 and only...
Hi Group, I'd like to connect my Z505LSK to TV via either S-Video or RCA video/audio connectors. I'm not sure if on the PCGA-UPR5 monitor socket I can find...
Sony has released a fairly hot new update to the T-series in Japan, presumably soon to hit other shores. The cool thing about it here is, they have a...
... Very interesting and very nice, thanks. But I think my 505G has at least another 5 years of life and then I plan to sell it to a museum for a vast price....
... I've gotta laugh. I've had my R505 four and a half years now. Really its a 2001 model, so it is quite old already. But its been a real pleasure and...
Anyone have any sort of support docs, accessories, etc... for a 505FX Sony ? I just acquired one of these running Win98 and am looking to upgrade it to Windows...
I just acquired a Sony PCG-505FX unit running Win98. Anyone have recovery discs for this particular unit ? Has anyone successfully upgraded it to Windows 2000...
... Yes, I have a floppy, CD-ROM (PDGA-CD5), and expansion port for this model that I no longer have a use for. In fact, I also have a 505FX with 96 MB RAM...
I have one too, with windows 2000 pro, but impossible to install some features like the apps for energy control. Is this due to the pro version? Sorry for my...
... No, the problem is that those apps are Sony-specific and they only work on Windows 98. The good news is, you don't need them. Just be sure you have the...
hello I have available expansion dock, recovery CDs, 32mb of memory, let me know if you're interested? over this last weekend, I went to a computer swapmeet...
Hi, Tom what is the size of your compact flash (HD) is faster than the regular drive? whats the largest current CF available now? thanks ... [Non-text...
... Just 256MB, an old remnant of the parts bucket. I stuck it in a CF-IDE adapter that I bought from the damnsmalllinux.org project, put DSL on it and it fits...