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VPCEC1S1E/BJ Second Hard Disk?

leizhou98 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:14:36 GMT

Hi All,

I have a VPCEC1S1E/BJ and yesterday just loss the screws and have a look on the hard disk position. I found there're two empty position could contain 2 hard drive, only one of them are occupied at the moment. When I checked the sockets, what a strange!! only one socket available there, if I want to make a second hard drive operational, it's definitely need to replace the socket, any one have ideal about 2nd hard drive accessories? It's pity I didn't take a photo there.

Thanks in advance.

Lei

Re: VPCEC1S1E/BJ Second Hard Disk?

talv86 — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:38:47 GMT

did you ever find out which connector you need to get to put your 2nd hdd in, ive got the same one and want to put a 2nd drive in mine.

VPCEC1S1E/BJ Second Hard Disk?

experience30 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:45:12 GMT

did either of you ever find the replacement ribbon cable to add the 2nd drive?

VPCEC1S1E/BJ Second Hard Disk?

talv86 — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:03:19 GMT

no i need one though i tried to contact the sony viao help support people and they said they couldnt help and i needed to contact the retailer, who incidentally are sony, i bought a couple of dual hdd connectors off ebay for other sony laptops hoping they might work but with no luck.

:@:@:@ so annoying

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cdpbrid — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:31:27 GMT

Have you got any further with this? I've just bought a Vaio vpcec2s0e and there is space for a secondary drive. I've got a 256mb SSD and a 750gb drive I want to install as the basic 320gb is not enough for me.

Looking at the various models the VPCEC3S1E/BJ appears to have 2x 500gb drives installed, so I would expect that there is a cable that connects the two drives together.

I'm tempted to have a drive to the local sony store but I'm certain that when I get there they won't be all that concerned or interested to help as it's going to be a lot of work for something that is probably rather cheap.

My only worry is that it is a different mobo and if so it would not be cost effective.

Does anyone know where you can get a parts list for the laptops from? this would help no end.

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cdpbrid — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:25:38 GMT

Well I have finally found out what the part number is for the second hard drive cable.

It is: PN: A1766534A M980 SATA HDD FPC (Ref 903)

It is about $70 from the states, but I can't find anyone at Sony UK that will sell me the part. Apparently, to authorise the sale of the part, you have to have a serial number for a laptop that actually has the required part in it! - Strange eh!

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dacaine70 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:31:25 GMT

Hi all,

This cable is something i've wanted ever since i received my laptop so i'm very interested in this thread.

Maybe it would be possible to order from the servicesplus.sel.sony.com to a redirection service and have it delivered to the UK that way.

It's about the only decent option I can see, Why can't they just sell them to the UK I wonder?

Is anyone here interested in clubbing together for shipping and getting a few over to the UK?

Cheers

Daniel

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pepppe — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:28:46 GMT

I have the same Vaio EC1S1E and I need the same fpc double cable.

I've checked the model number that you wrote but the Sony homepage says that it's for Vaio VPCEC1M1E.

M1, not S1.

It is the same thing?

Thanks

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dacaine70 — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:17:04 GMT

peppe, it is the same basic model as far as i can tell but the different model numbers show which have single and which have dual drives.

Obviously we would want to buy the cable from a dual drive machine hence we look at a different model for the parts.

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Gklitsman — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:41:06 GMT

Greetings, I 'm owner also of a laptop of this family and I would like to add also a 2nd hard disk.

I found the topic very usefull and I did a small research also.

So obviously we are talking for something like this:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo3temp/pics/0f57f8c275.jpg

and this is what we seek in his "dual" version:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo3temp/pics/3ba9c72c24.jpg

If you check at:

https://www.servicesplus.sel.sony.com/sony-parts.aspx

and search for "M980 SATA HDD FPC" at the "Description contains:" field, it 'll return the:

"M980 SATA HDD FPC" and "M980 SATA HDD FPC SINGLE" results - links.

Probably we need the 1st one (the non "single"), anyone can confirm this somehow btw?

So, any ideas or further research about the above?

Can we actually easily order it from the above link?

Thanks in advance.

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dacaine70 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:03:44 GMT

Gklitsman, that all looks right to me.

From what i found you can order from that site, but they deliver only to the us.

you can order internationally from here:

http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com/searchresults.aspx?pn=A-1766-534-A

but for the UK it comes to a total of £90 without prepaid taxes or £130 with and i think that's a bit much.

I would want to combine shipping with someone else or get someone in the us to get and send me one to bring the cost down.

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leimad13 — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:58:55 GMT

I need the very same thing guys. And I tell you its a pain to even find more info about it. Sony doesnt want to know...Ordering from states for that sort of money for just a cable? I think not...Shame really as I bought my VPCEC2S0E as an upgrade to my old AR21M which btw has dual connector even if there only one HDD in it;/

I think we have to forget that for now, dan

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leizhou98 — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:55:36 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm supprised there're a lot of people using the same model with me.

I have hesitate to find proper dual adapter for hard disk. If any one got a new dual disk adapter please do let us know. Thanks.

Lei

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leimad13 — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:17:43 GMT

Well it may be worth contacting UK sony at some point, but I dont really think they will have the part here. Maybe dual connector from other laptops will do as well? I have ar21m but the connector is completely different. I also had AW21Z, now my friend has it, will try to check for dual connector in there as well. Other than that I dont think is possible for us UK guys find this part...Bit of a puzzle really because we have that spare space for HDD there being just a space:(

Dan

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Bubbster — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:46:34 GMT

Well, I was looking for the same thing and got directed here by another member.

Pretty outrageous asking us to pay that kind of money for a cable we have to order from the States. Had I known this at the start, I would have simply ordered a model with 2 drives pre-installed...

I have come up with another solution which, whilst not suited for everyone may be useful for some.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/enermax-jazzmate-25-hdd-ssd-enclosure-eb211es-b-esata-usb-black-double-sided-mesh

I am just going to put my 2nd drive in this little enclosure. No power cables needed and can be connected via esata so should be plenty quick enough. Yes, it means I am going to have to carry it around if I need it but I'd rather do that than pay a ridiculous amount of money for a cable.

Joe

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SHARDIG — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:27:56 GMT

The parts in those photos will definately not fit into my 17" VPEC1ME

In my Vaio the second empty HDD space is in a completely seperate compartment to the primary. It's not possible to connect the two.

It appears that I simply need the exact same adapter-case/part (whatever it's called) that my primary HDD uses.

I have another viao which is exactly the same but with a 14"screen, can't remember the model number right now. But it also has the exact same case on the HDD which I have in my 17", so I'm pretty sure that I can just take that HDD out of the 14"and put it directly into the 2nd space in mine.

As soon as I manage to get the 14" back from my baby sister I'll have a closer look, but I'm pretty sure I'm right.

If the price is right, $70 is beyond a joke. I can buy an Android phone for that much!

But I really really want a 2nd HDD!!!!

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SHARDIG — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:34:08 GMT

£130 is completely insane!

One way or another I'm definately going to get the part I need. I would be very happy to combine a package with others if it would save some $$$. Would be interesting to see how it can be arranged if we get a few people together

17" VPCEC1M1E

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jungleguru — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:08:03 GMT

I would very much like this part too, but would you need anything else? Apart from another Hdd that is. I assume you couldn't just buy another M980 SATA HDD FPC SINGLE, & plug it into the MB. Here are some photos of the insides of the VPCEC, from someone who is trying to do a i7 upgrade -

http://http://www.mjnsoftware.co.uk/Blog/category/Sony-Vaio-E-Series.aspx

He posted about this in the Official Vaio E Owners Thread.

http://http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony-owners-lounge-forum/456538-official-vaio-e-series-owners-thread-332.html

No-one there has found a solution to this as yet. I have sucessfully replaced my original 320Gb with a Crucial 128Gb C300 SSD, and is an amazing upgrade, Windows 7 boottime is 20 seconds. Photo Shop CS 5.1 load time is 2 seconds, Firefox 3.6.17 is 1.5 seconds.

If anyone wants to group together to bulk buy some of these dual Hdd SATA connectors, please feel free to PM me.

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jungleguru — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:03:07 GMT

According to this review, it's not possible to add the double SATA because " There is only one socket for the ribbon cable. Upgrade not possible".

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Sony-Vaio-VPC-EC1M1E-Notebook.29668.0.html

There is another solution discussed on the Vaio E owners lounge, you can remove your blu ray / dvd burner, put the Hdd/SSD into a SATA caddy for the Opticial bay, it is confirmed to work, here is a link to the part -

http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_39&products_id=280

I'm thinking, if there is only one socket, then without replacing that socket with a double one on the MB, and getting the double SATA connector it is not possible. If this were done, it would cost £100s, and take ages to source both the double SATA, and the double connector. So I think I will eventually just get this caddy for optical drive slot.

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dacaine70 — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:14:15 GMT

The upgrade is possible.

The cable I have been looking to buy replaces the current one which has one drive connector with one which has two connectors.

It's available from the states but not this side of the water as far as i can see.