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Vaio VGN-AW190 hard drive upgrade

post #1 of 7
10/6/11 at 4:14am
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Hello,

 

im looking to improve the performance of my laptop, as my new travel macbook air makes my desktop replacement laptop look like a snail.

Laptop vaio VGN-AW190 (sony PCG-8131L) 

so i have one drive now: Seagate momentus 7200.4 320GB

wwn: 5000c500133cb302

SN: 5vj26GGE

PN:9hv14e-300

the laptop in some models came with Raid, i have two drive bays (one in use) what is my best option SSD for the Operating system and move the 320gb over to second drive bay? or purchase another 320gb for raid?

 

also the specs i find only list SATA for this laptop, not SATA II or SATAIII can i put a newer model in this laptop?

 

now im not looking to buy the best possible thing, as this laptop is already getting older. just want to speed it up a good amount. budget 400$ or less.

 

thanks in advance for your help

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post #2 of 7
10/6/11 at 4:39am
Pop in an SSD and use the current drive for back up, that would speed up your system considerably. Max out the ram also if you have not done so

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post #3 of 7
10/6/11 at 4:45am
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ram is at 4gb,

 

which ssd though can i use a SATA II or SATA III drive in my SATA laptop?

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post #4 of 7
10/6/11 at 5:42am
Safe best is SATA II, I personally do not feel that your model would take advantage of the higher speed of SATA III

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post #5 of 7
10/6/11 at 5:44am
I see and read that many reported that the AW-190 can support up to 8GB ram as well.

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post #6 of 7
3/19/12 at 1:53am

Did you end up getting a drive and if so which one? I also have this SONY VAIO. I already have the 8 GB of RAM. I'm thinking about getting an SSD but I'd like to know if nay drive will fit since I've seen several sizes. For example the WD 1 TB drive was not compatible with some laptops. 

 

thanks!

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post #7 of 7
3/19/12 at 2:22am
I don't think that SSD would work with this model

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