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SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:31:33 GMT

Hi all.

I am looking for some parts for my old sony 3d laptop. I need a wi-fi card antenna /cable which goes from the card out to the top of the screen, and i also need the bluetooth part plus the cable. Any ideas where i could purchase these items?

Also, my 3d button on top of laptop doesn't light up anymore when switched on, a box appears saying, "cannot switch to 3D display". I have to launch the bluray player and activate the 3d from there, then the button lights up. This was never the case from day one. Button always lit up. I have no clue about software, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

Pascale_F — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 18:16:22 GMT

Hi berhenne52,

Welcome to the community.

I'll see if I can find this out for you. Maybe someone else in the community can help in the meantime.

Thanks,

Pascale

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 18:54:40 GMT

Thanks a lot Pascal, much appreciated. Cheers.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

The_Black_Rose — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:05:27 GMT

Hi Berhenne52 ,

I'm not sure if you'll be able to purchase and install these parts separetely.

To be in the safe side, try contacting a Sony service centre.

I filtered the available service centres: https://locator.sony/en_GB/servicecenters/?zoom=5&latitude=54.29088&longitude=-2.37305&categories=personal-computers

Cheers,

Rose

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:41:41 GMT

Hi,

Not a problem, Black Rose, i have just finished building a new Sony 3d laptop, from mostly new parts, and some old parts from my old machine, but now, i want to start rebuilding my old machine, so installing these parts, will be fine, it's trying to locate the parts, with cables is the problem! I have just found one of the cables for the wi-fi since, so just need the bluetooth part with cable. Not bad for someone who has never built a laptop before, but then again, i don't know how many times i have opened up my old machine, i.e. for changing thermal compound, etc... Lol. Thanks for your help. Cheers.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

The_Black_Rose — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:42:11 GMT

Hi Berhenne52,

Wow ! That sounds really impressive.

As far as I am aware, Sony doesn't sell internal components, but you may find them on the internet.

I think the engineers may also advise on where to find the parts.

Cheers,

Rose

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:55:59 GMT

Hi Black Rose,

It sounds hard, but it was easier than i expected, plus i cheated, i followed an old machine, lol, so that made my life so much easier. Fair play to Sony with this machine, i thought i would get stuck at some point during the build, with some soldered parts, but no parts i purchased for the machine, had to be soldered down, any soldered bits were already on the motherboard when you purchase it, so i was delighted with that. I had been looking for the build plans for this machine 12 months ago, with no luck, so had to bite the bullet, and start the build without it. It could have been a disaster, but all worked out nicely. Only thing left to do, is sort out the screen bezel, which i'm finding tricky, and don't want to break the hinges.

It's getting very difficult now after 8 years, to find parts for this machine, then again, i should have upgraded already, but couldn't part with this beautiful 3d machine. Lol.

Yes, you are right, Sony doesn't sell the parts, and i have tracked down a few parts online since, for my next 3d build, but still need one or two more parts, and then i'm good to go again.

Thanks a lot for your help. Cheers.

P.S. I need to clone, my old ssd, onto my new samsung ssd, so i can use the old ssd in my next build, and keep the new ssd for the machine i just built, but i have no clue about software. Any advice or videos you could link me to in baby steps, so i could transfer one ssd to another? Cheers.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

Marino.Manolo — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:11:40 GMT

I've find a way with Aomei Backupper for Clone between Disk:

https://www.ubackup.com/

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:11:04 GMT

Hi Marino,

Is this software Aomei, fully safe to use? Firstly, i have an old ssd from the 3d machine i just stripped, and i am using that in my new 3d build. I want to transfer that data from that disc, to my new samsung ssd, and use that instead. Is this Aomei easy to use? I don't have the proper cable/lead that connects to the ssd, but i have a caddy which i can use, only problem, is my laptop is not detecting the new ssd. Any suggestions on what i can do? I really am clueless when it comes to software. Thanks again for all your help. Cheers.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

Marino.Manolo — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:21:21 GMT

I had cloned an HDD to an SSD, the HDD was the original one from an old VAIO VPC-EE. The new one was connect to the VAIO with a Caddy and a USB cable.

The software is easy to use, just choice the origin that want to clone, and then the USB Disk.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:06:20 GMT

Hi Marino,

Do you have to format the new ssd, before transferring the old ssd to that? I have tried a couple of hard drive caddies/enclosures, and the laptop doesn't seem to be picking it up. I get the sound that the ssd has connected to laptop, but nothing is popping up on the screen. Will try again later. I hate software. Lol.

Thanks again for your help. Much appreciated. Cheers.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

Marino.Manolo — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:15:39 GMT

No, I didn't Format the new disk ... Put in the Caddy, connected and selected as a destination.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:58:45 GMT

That's great help thanks. Problem i have now, i can't connect up the caddy/enclosure to the laptop. It's making a noise but not showing up on screen. Does it matter if the enclosure is a 2.0? I'd say that's what it is. My ssd is a samsung 850 pro. What type of enclosure should i have for this ssd? Thanks as always Marino. Cheers.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

Marino.Manolo — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:02:03 GMT

Maybe the Cable is damaged? A noise seems like a problem.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:11:24 GMT

I didn't explain that right. Well it's not a clicking as such, it's just a noise the laptop makes when you plug something in, but usually it will show up on the screen. Cable is fine, i use that all the time for other enclosure just like this, and never has an issues. Could the new ssd be dead? Lol.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

Marino.Manolo — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:15:23 GMT

But from Disk Management the SSD is detected by the System even if not formatted? And the Program (Aomei Backupper) can select it for cloning? Otherwise, if seen from Disk Management, try to format it anyway.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

Joe_Dohn — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:16:50 GMT

I agree with Marino, if the laptop is detecting the SSD, but you aren't able to locate it, it's most likely to do with either the cable or the SSD needs formatting or might be defective. If you happen to have another laptop/PC lying around you can easily clear that up.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:01:40 GMT

Hi Joe,

Well the laptop is making that noise, when you plug something into the usb port, but i can't see anything on the screen. Will try doing what Marino said, and see what happens. Don't think the cable is bad, or the caddy, because i have other hard drives inside in them, and they work away fine, so hopefully it's not the new ssd, because i bought that about 12 months ago, and never checked it out, because i only built the new 3d laptop lately, so was only starting to use it now. Iike i said before, all this software stuff is all too confusing for me, but i like the hardware side of things though. Lol. Thank you also for your help. Cheers.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

berhenne52 — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:07:03 GMT

Hi Marino,

I'll try that and see what happens. Like i was saying, not good with this whole software stuff. Another question, the hard drive i'm going to clone from, the free space on that ssd, is larger than the new ssd i'm cloning to, so what do i have to do in this case? Cheers.

Re: SONY VAIO VPCF21Z1E/BI 3D MODEL

Marino.Manolo — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:45:37 GMT

No problem for cloning, I've cloned my old Sagate HDD from 500 GB to an Intel 240 GB SSD...