Posts by popophobia

Sorry if I offended you. Good luck with the upgrade. Anyway, be careful when you disconnect the keyboard and the motherboard. The guide was a little bit confusing. Make sure to lift the whole lever up. Look what happen to my first...

Quote: Originally Posted by Craig What did you upgrade? I added Bluetooth, changed the HDD, upgraded RAM, tried to apply AS5 (which did not turn out so well), and upgraded to Intel Wireless 2950 ABG. Oh, I also...

Are you sure it's S170? Or is it SZ170? S170 is a really old model

Upgrading this Sony would cost you an arm and a leg easily. Bluetooth alone is about $150 already (last time I checked). You can have the info on http://www.talkvaio.com/forums besides, what's the point of 2.0 in a portable laptop. It...

Craig: Ripping your laptop apart to upgrade does not void the warranty. I did open up my laptop many times and changed almost everything in there.. Still, Sony granted me the warranty without any question asked when I needed them.

I changed most of the parts in my S360p. When I send it in for service, I undid most of the changes and Sony is fine with it. I don't think they really bother about that, as long as you swap it back. So, keep your original parts. In my...

I would go for 5400rpm drive, cooler I think.

i have 1.5gb. I dont want to waste money on the second 1gb stick though

2Gb is the limit for most PC

I made the upgrade to 100gb 5400rpm. The hdd does get hotter, but not a whole lot. Prolly 1-3 degrees from time to time.