Sony Vaio Pro 13 Solid State Drive Replacement

Written By: Alex R
  • Comments: 4
Sony Vaio Pro 13 Solid State Drive Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

4

Time Required

No estimate

Introduction

Replacement of SSD

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    • Remove cover for the extended battery connector. Use your finger nail or a plastic opening tool to remove it.

    • Remove the two rubber feet at the back of the computer, these can be removed in the same way.

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    • Remove the four 5.6mm Philips #00 screws located at the top of the computer.

    • Remove the eight 3.6mm Philips #00 screws on the base of the computer.

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    • Using a plastic opening tool, pry the plastic casing away from the base of the computer, the remaining clips around the edges can be released using your hands.

    • Leave the side with the USB and audio port until last, then slide the case out and off, so the audio port doesn't get caught.

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    • Remove the 4mm #0 Philips screw holding down the SSD

    • Lift the SSD up and slide out of the slot

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Author

Alex R

Member since: 29/01/16

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4 comments

My internal hard drive does not get detected sometimes. I had this same problem a few months back. Upon getting it repaired by computer technician, I was told the issue was in the hard drive cover which connects the SSD to the PC. The issue got fixed at a cost of $100. I am not sure what that meant but the same issue has returned.

I don't believe I have to replace my solid state drive. Can anyone offer me any solutions?

Sagar Taurani -

Hello Sagar, I have the same issue, did you get it fixed eventually?

Thanks! Olivier

Olivier Guerreau -

I have the same issue. Once I replace the SSD - the new one is not recognized on boot. If I boot an external OS, I can access the SSD - so it seems to work but for some reason the BIOS does not see it on boot up.

Any ideas/solutions out there?

Mad Sony -

Yes, if this one slot stick on Sony 13Pro, it needs to be ahci-pcie, not nvme. NVME does not boot without editing bios code.

vesa.kuusava -