topic Tune up VGN-A117S in PCs & Accessories

Tune up VGN-A117S

HerrVorragend — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:13:12 GMT

I'm not quite satisfied with the performance of my A117S and think it's far from being a real desktop replacement.

Has anyone tried to increase the memory or replace the harddisc? Is it worth the 500$ to extend the memory to 1024 MB or does the Hitachi-harddisc slow down the system?

Any experiences or suggestions would be very helpful.

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

TygerTyger — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 13:20:37 GMT

$500?!?! Unless that's a currency typo that is at least 5 times what you would pay for 512Mb of memory. More RAM will speed up any system, but there are endless endless reasons why your computer would not be running as fast as it should. Have you given Windows/Software a full tuneup? Usually that will give it a bit of a boost.

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 13:33:11 GMT

Five hundred Dollars? WOAH thats crazy
go to Crucial and get a good deal and good tech support.

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

HerrVorragend — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:09:03 GMT

Maybe I'm completely nuts, but my Aida tells me that the A117S has 2 bars of 256 MB inside. So in order to reach the 1G I would have to rip theese out and insert two bars of 512.
The cheapest offer I've seen here in my area would be ¿ 221,- each. My tech support (not the dealer) told me that it is strongly recommended to use the Sony originals to work properly.

@TygerTyger: I already used Tuneup Utilities 2004 in order to switch off all the usual suspects in XP to slow down the system.

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:58:15 GMT

You'd be well advised to take a cheap trip to the UK and buy memory here...

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

TygerTyger — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:16:07 GMT

The UK? Cheap? :die laughing: have a look on the internet and buy it from an internet shop, even with the postage and perhaps tax you will still be way better off.

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:24:33 GMT

Yep

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

TygerTyger — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:40:58 GMT

Yep

Quality post there Kee-Lo LOL :smileygrin:

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

tellingd — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:09:24 GMT

Maybe I'm completely nuts, but my Aida tells me that the A117S has 2 bars of 256 MB inside. So in order to reach the 1G I would have to rip theese out and insert two bars of 512.

I knew that :smileysmug:

Kee-Lo has a way with words

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:30:16 GMT

Hehehe sure
Now thats TW's job

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

HerrVorragend — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:33:34 GMT

ok guys. After looking for new dealers I could decrease the cost to 300 ¿ for 2x512 Kingston (who btw claim that their memory can upgrade an A117S up to 2 gigabyte).

But that's not exactly the point. I canot estimate wheter the system even with 1 gigabyte RAM would be slowed down by the harddisc or if it would be worth the cost.

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:37:23 GMT

Yep I see the point you're making - a bottleneck can cause havock, and adding RAM doesn't improve matters.

It's hard to judge. I hope someone with this notebook can help you more.

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

HerrVorragend — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:42:39 GMT

I hope so too. Thanks anyway.

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

TygerTyger — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:49:47 GMT

This is very true, but look on the bright side, both the hard drive and the RAM can be upgraded. It might cost u but ur not stuck with it for life.

Re: Tune up VGN-A117S

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:29:15 GMT

True, and with the hard disks coming on the market they're nearly the speed of it's desktop equivlant.