VGN-T1XP/L hard drive change

[stcragg73]

Hi,

Has anyone some advice on 'cracking-open' a Vaio VGN-T1 laptop?

I would like to replace the 30G hard drive and increase the memory while I have the case open - BUT - when I removed all the obvious case screws and began to ease the case apart, there was too much resistance and I don't want to break a very useful machine.

I want to be able to put the case back together - so can someone advise me as to how to spli the case and to suggest the location of a not very obvious screw or clip that is stopping my progress?

Many thanks,

Steve

[Blencogo · Accepted solution]

Hi Steve,

It's not the easiest - you have to take off the hinge covers, keyboard and palmrest and there are several detentes (clips).

This should help!!

[stcragg73]

Many thanks Blencogo

The attached descriptive manual will reassure me as I take the case apart and return the laptop to more current spec.

Now I need to shop for an appropriate hard drive and a little more memory.

Thanks for your assistance.

Cheers,

steve

[TheoGB]

Hi,

Thanks to both of you for this. The PDF allowed me to remove my sadly broken hard drive from my 6 year old beast (actually, it's probably older as mine was a refurb from the Sony store when I bought it in 2005).

One thing is where to source a good replacement drive from? stcragg73 where did you get yours from? I've looked around and only ebay seems to have 1.8" ATA-100 drives but they seem pretty expensive.

Cheers

Theo