Hey guys,
I was wondering if X505 would be able to accomodate more memory? I know my X505ZP has only one socket with 512 in it, as it says “on board”. Does it mean it was soldered? I know the CPU would support 1 gig of memory. Of course it is scary to open that “precious” (hint to the LOR :wink: )...looking at the service manual, it does not look promising…. what do you think guys?

Well, after reading more about X505 and actually finally getting it into my hands I doubt the memory can be upgraded. The VAIO X505 is definitely a masterpiece!

According to everything i’ve read you cannot go above 512…for whatever reason. The service manual shows the 512 but doesn’t say it is non-removable.

Erik

Absolutely, it can not be upgraded. RAM is soldered direct to its motherboard. There is no any socket for any component to upgrade.
In addition, It can only be upgraded to 30G using MK3004GAL but I think this hard drive hard to find on market.

[quote author=“Anonymous”]Hello, Anh Nguyen

If you want to buy a HD 3 options:

http://www.span.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=23_504&osCsid=dcc2b4b09186a1e40645fc513e8f8679

or

http://www.atic.ca/index.php?page=Add&sku=09645&rcat=5

or

http://www.computergiants.com/get_index.asp?letter=m

I hope i´ve helped

Computer Giants has MK2004GAL at $133
Span has MK2004GAL at £77, MK2006GAL at £87 and MK3006GAL at £88
Great infos, thanks.

i wish i could upgrade the precious, but it is just not possible. does anyone know if a 2nd generation x is in the works?

It is funny how you call it precious    Actually it won’t be considered as a second generation, because 505 superslim series were introduced back when VAIO was born (back in 1995ish). There was an original PCG-505 (was very popular because of its size), then Z505, N505, V505 and X505. X505 is the slimmest of course, and I was wondering myself what the next 505 series would look like. I cannot imagine it being slimmer or paper thin :shock:  hehe but who knows… some day there will be something like that.
Stan