Comments on: Modded Sony VAIO UX does everything – and then some. Is this the fastest, most versatile UMPC in the world?

By: darkerx

darkerx — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:47:14 +0000

I don’t think so… some people tried on the forum, but I don’t think they made it…

By: darkerx

darkerx — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:51:28 +0000

Ok… it tickled me… something f..ed up our driver.
Solution: control panel/mouse/hardware/Alps stick pointer for vaio/properties/driver/uninstall!

Then after a reboot, everything went back to normal (I can now choose to set or not the ‘press to select’ through the mouse parameters…) the system re-installed the working driver all by itself (windows xp/sp3).

I reinstalled the driver at first (by ‘updating’ the driver…)=>did nothing… then I only uninstalled=>worked

By: darkerx

darkerx — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:36:26 +0000

I remember having found a way to disable it (and/or change sensitivity) some time ago… but I don’t remember how it was done… the driver I use now, don’t allow it…

I suggest, for all those questions, to ask a user base much bigger than me…(www.micropctalk.com which is dedicated to UX, or some specific forums here…) )

By: Cyprien

Cyprien — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:49:40 +0000

can i use the camara key as a normal keyboard key ? ( would be nice for easy agaming

By: Cyprien

Cyprien — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:13:53 +0000

HAHAHA im sorry i got a nother question you probebly had your self.

The mouse thumb Stick is to Sensitive when i want to move it always slects or drags or what ever i always does that i want tto disable the mouse click on the thumb stick is this possible ?

By: darkerx

darkerx — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:47:54 +0000

Hum… insane amount… as a 280 has been also made, as a prototype, except wifi-n and it uses a e169 through external usb… I funded some tries to have 2gg ram also (failed…)…

Then, now that it has been made once, it costs the components+work:
100$ for the modem/cellphone
http://cgi.ebay.com/Unlocked-Vodafone-K3520-3G-USB-Modem-Worldwide-7-2-Mb_W0QQitemZ320452862646QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Modems?hash=item4a9c7aa2b6#ht_1314wt_958
4 U7700 for 290$… means 72$/U7700
http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-OF-4-Sony-VAIO-VGN-TZ-Motherboard-MBX-168-A1454467A_W0QQitemZ330372946546QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotherboards?hash=item4cebc31a72#ht_933wt_958
Runcore pro IV 128gbssd, 420$
http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/ProductDetail.jsp?LISTID=80000AD6-1246485054
4965 agn, wifi-n, 16$
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Genuine-Intel-4965-4965AGN-wireless-card-802-11-AGN_W0QQitemZ170406733362QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27ad086632#ht_2405wt_862

Then comes the crazy amount of work, to have it done, I let you ask Anh on http://www.micropctalk.com for a quote…

By: Cyprien

Cyprien — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:48:50 +0000

HA thank you your fast ill search the forums for the rest

By: darkerx

darkerx — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:24:35 +0000

For W7 driver issues, check the threads on the forum, as I don’t have tried W7 myself (my 490 is still at Anh’s place for further upgrading).

In every laptop, most parameters will be reset after a suspend, hibernate, and of course a boot… so, when you use hdparm or setfsb you have two solutions:
1- create a .bat that will stay on the desk and re-activate you parameters (it’s what I do)
2- use a windows service to re-apply the parameters if a suspend event has been made. ( I saw this somewhere on tweaktown if I remember well…)

for example: (overclock.bat)
@echo off
cd \
cd “C:\Documents and Settings\vaio\My Documents\Downloads\setfsb_2_1_87_0\”
setfsb.exe -b1 -s144

By: Cyprien

Cyprien — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:10:23 +0000

P.S Itryed setfsb with ics9lpr321bkl But it doesnt save it when i restart windows and take alook at it again it says its still on 1.33

By: Cyprien

Cyprien — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:35:08 +0000

WOW thanks for reply realy helpd me

but i have to dissapoint you i stil have 2 questions

im running windows 7 and i installed all the drivers from microPC forums but my camera button doesnt seem to work and the programm is no ware to be found but i could seee it in the startup. after i uninstalled it and reinstalled it but now i can find the program anyware not even in the startup. (msconfig).

so no cam for me for now.

2nd my zoom button does work but gives me this weird trippy screen wile zooming in doesnt realy work tough it isnt that of big deal couse i never use it but when i press it exedently well it just trips

ps thax in advance again you realy know alot i see ( i just bough my UX difficult to find in netherlands)

By: ian

ian — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:01:13 +0000

@darkerx

how much did you spend for modding ur UX490?

By: darkerx

darkerx — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:55:07 +0000

It’s easy, as written in this thread, the guy who did it can be found on http://www.micropctalk.com. His nickname is Anh (well, he is called Anh Nguyen).

Contact him… he is the only one guy, I have heard of, having been able to do such things within a UX… (he modified deeply two UX for me…cpu+many other things). The job was perfect everytime, you can ask people on micropctalk.

If you intend to buy a UX to have its cpu and hdd/ssd maxed out, I suggest you go for a used 280 (e-bay500$) as every UX share the same motherboard, and 280 have 1gb ram…

By: Mr. Mck

Mr. Mck — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:03:07 +0000

Can someone make one of these for me i would pay quite a sum for it im just not good enough with my hands to build it my self

By: darkerx

darkerx — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:15:36 +0000

1- I suggest you put a k3520/e169 inside (it’s an usb key, so it has to be exploded and deeply buried in the UX… as the UX1XN hasn’t a case with a simcard slot, there would be some Sony’s casing parts to buy (same as all US models). Either you are a very experienced expert in modding UXs, or I would suggest you contact Anh (www.micropctalk.com) to do the job. Hum… I even think it should be best for you to buy a k3520(e169 flavor) and keep it as a usb key, it will be MUCH cheaper for the same feature.
2- you can put any hdd or ssd that is 1.8″ zif pata. Or keep your 32gb ssd and use MS Pro Duo 16gb for storage.
3- Overclocking is safe, but changing the cooling is almost impossible, so you won’t get much higher than 1500mhz with your U1500. The only way is to use setfsb (with ics9lpr321bkl as clock generator).
4- You can buy extended battery from e-bay, there is little risk with trusted sellers (and check it with BatteryBar V3.1 which will tell you if it has signs of wear or not). Any laptop will have his battery drained faster when: radios are ON, applications with high cpu load, high screen brightness… It’s the only weakpoint of the UXs…pay atention to apps that waste cpu cycles…(I don’t use firefox anymore, as it often overloads at 100% my two cores when idling…)

You are welcome

By: Cyprien

Cyprien — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:05:45 +0000

ive got a few question

i got a Ux1N it got a cpu of 1.33

1 . but doesnt have a 3g modem can i put one in ?
2 . can i put in a new hard drive ? if so witch one it has a 32 gb flash drive says on the box.

3.is overclocking save ? if so what program is easy to handle ?
4. were can i get a better battery in europe or how can i better te battery life ?

ope you can awnser it THANKS IN ADVANCE