Solid State Drives-(Updated. 11/20)

1492 wrote:
I don't think the SSD drive is soldered into your motherboard. But you need to be careful with thin form factor Ultrabooks which tend to use smaller SSD. In fact, its always best to remove the defective SSD drive first, and use that as a reference for a replacement.




For instance, Crucial indicates that this is a replacement 2.5" SSD drive that fits your notebook?




In contrast, my DELL Ultrabook uses an SSD drive similar to the above.

Both of these drives are not proprietary per se. Just compact form factor SSD drives.

I didn't see inside myself but local tech described drive like lower one in your illustration.
There must be an empty void in the body because his first thought when he opened it up was the drive was missing cause he was looking for something like your top pic.
He contacted Sony for info, figured it out and they suggested could be warranty so I sent off to Sony. During my call to them for address/procedure was stated probably no warranty but I sent it anyway....

NOW it gets good; or scary!!! :S

I e-mailed this morn for status report and they say the tech says its missing the HHD.. :h :h
So I sent message explaining its SSD, not HHD, (maybe they use that terminology for all drives?) and their support had told my local tech its integrated with the mainboard.
Wow, it will be amazing if this works out.
Appreciate the info that has been given here. Really helps me understand this better.
Years ago I has successfully replaced a HHD in a Dell XP but since there was a glimmer of warranty and I was so unfamiliar with this I sent to Sony factory repair. That may prove to be a mistake.
Will update once I hear.
I think I may understand now why Sony sold off their computer division.. :B