Sony Vaio X505 going more eXtreme...

SorenStirner · Postby **SorenStirner** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 16:15

Hello! This is my post here

I just bought a second hand X505 and I'm hardly working on it to make it shine as new or better (now it's far from being "as new"). I'd like to know if the cpu upgrade is on the way since I found a cheap R200 mainboard and I'm about to buy it.

fem · Postby **fem** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 07:04

I will let you know. I should get it back from Anh in a couple of weeks

SorenStirner · Postby **SorenStirner** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 20:06

Work in progress. I'm about to make some really extreme modding on my beloved X505. Soon I'll post some pictures. My goal is to have WiFi, Bluetooth and some other toys integrated in the chassis without silly USB sticks or PCMCIA surfs popping out.
Of course I mounted a brand new 32gb SSD wich boosted the system (I was not hard to install XP without the iLink external optical drive, I just used WinToFlash making the SSD bootable to install XP from the hard disk itself).

anh · Postby **anh** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 20:14

Since X505 has really tight space inside and probably no populated unused usb line, so I doubt we can put something in there without giving up external usb ports.

fem · Postby **fem** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 02:46

Hi all. Just wanted to let you know that I received my X505 from Anh. I am currently moving in a new apartment and – regretfully – I do not have time (nor the necessary accessories, e.g. my DDRW3 is inside a box…) to install Win and let you know my impressions (my X came OS-free). However I must say this: Anh did a fantastic job. I almost cannot tell that my X505 was opened! Perfect job, Anh. You are a real pro! Thanks. I will update with my impressions on the upgraded X505 when I actually find some time and space to make some!

bigs · Postby **bigs** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 19:18

so fem how much ram does ur x505 have now? stock is 512mb right?

Also did you upgrade from 1.1ghz to 1.33ghz?

anh · Postby **anh** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 21:36

I upgraded his X to 1.33GHz.
RAM is hard to find.

fem · Postby **fem** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 06:20

Hi bigs

Yes, it now has the PM773 @ 1.33 and a 30GB SSD. We cannot upgrade RAM for the same reason we cannot do it in the UX. Not sure what Anh means "hard to find" :confused:

bigs · Postby **bigs** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 01:55

what was the original processor?

anh · Postby **anh** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 02:32

Stock CPU was Pentium M 713 1.1GHz
713: 1MB Cache, 130nm, 7W TDP, 0.844V
773: 2MB Cache, 90nm, 5.5W TDP, 0.812V, Execute Disable Bit

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