Vaio vpcx13c5e - RAM slots & upgrade options

[Fredthefish]

Hi,

I'm looking to upgrade an old Vaio pcx13c5e netbook and put Chrome OS on it in order to get a bit more life out of it as a Chromebook type device.

Does anyone know what the options are for upgrading the RAM please i.e. how many slots are there, and how they're currently populated?

Also it's already got an SSD so can't see any performance gains there, unless the one installed is particularly slow by modern standards?

Thanks!

[Marino.Manolo]

Pre-installed/Max RAM is 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM (on board)

Review Sony Vaio VPC-X13D7E/B

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Sony-Vaio-VPC-X13D7E-B-Subnotebook.35983.0.html

"Sony didn't build a harddrive into the Vaio X13 but rather a SSD memory with a gross capacity of 128 GB. The manufacturer chose a Samsung ATA drive, which goes by the name MMCRE28GFDXP-MVB. The first machine of Vaio X series was equipped with a MMCRE28GFMXP-MVB.

SSD memory is known for its fast read access. The HDTune shows only a reader throughput of 66.9 MByte/s, which isn't quicker than the typical 2.5 inch notebook harddrives. So where does the extremely high HDD Score of 11.147 points in the PCMark Vantage come from?

While rotating HDDs vary significantly in terms of their reading speed depending on the inner or outer positioning of the rear/write elements (ex. Min 30, Max 72, Avg. 61 MB/s), the SDD is almost always between 63.7 and 68.4 MB/s. Therefore, the SDD has a better access rate than typical notebook HDDs. The screens show the comparison of the X13 Crystal Disk Mark with a normal 5400 RPM HDD and the Samsung SSD in the Vaio X13. Most noteable are the faster read throughputs with small files (512K, 4k)."

Manolo