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PORTAPUP - Sony VAIO VGN-P11Z/Q

Depression level: 3/10

Specs

Component Make and Model Specifications and Capabilities
System, CPU Intel Atom Z520 x86, 133MHz External, 1.33GHz Clock, 533MHz FSB, 512K L2 Cache, 56K L1 Cache, supp. HT, VTx, SpeedStep
System, Memory, Bank 0 Unknown 2GiB, SODIMM form factor, DDR2, unknown speed
System, Motherboard Sony VGN-P11Z_Q / PGC-1P1M Proprietary expansion port (VGA, Ethernet Magjack), 2x USB-A, 1x DC In, 1x TRS 3.5mm Jack, 1x SD slot, 1x MemoryStick Pro Duo slot, 1x Mini-SIM slot, 1x 7-pin battery port
System, Motherboard, Firmware BIOS - Insyde “H2O” “UEFI Ready”, R1250U3
Power, Input Sony VGP-something AC 120-240V, DC 10.5V
Power, Battery Sony VGP-BPS15/B 17Wh
PCI, Host Bridge Intel US15W/US15X SCH 33MHz clock, PCI Express 1.0a or 1.1, 2* x1 lanes, max. 1 mem channel, max. 2GiB mem., 8 USB2 ports
Network, Wired Marvell 88E8057 PCIe port 1 1000Base-T HD/FD, 100Base-T HD/FD, 10Base-T HD/FD, Twisted pair, Autonegotiation, EEPROM
Network, Wireless Atheros AR928X PCIe port 2 2.4GHz PHY, 802.11a/b/g
Network, Wireless Option 0af0:7601 Globetrotter M040x/GTM 382 USB2.0, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA/HSUPA, GPS
Video, Controller Intel US15W/US15X SCH GMA500 PowerVR SGX, DirectX 10.1, Decodes "HD" MPEG2/VC-1/AVC, 4 shaders
Video, Output, Screen Unknown, LCD LVDS, 8“, 1600×768
Video, Output, Port VGA Supports 2x S-Video ports, according to xrandr
Video, Input, Camera “Sony MotionEye” Ricoh 05ca:18b2 160×120, 176×144, 320×240, 640×480
Audio, Controller Intel US15W/US15X SCH HD Audio Controller
Audio, Output Stereo speakers (L and R)
Audio, Output Headphone socket
Audio, Input 1x MEMS Microphone
Bus, ISA Intel US15W/US15X SCH LPC Bridge
Bus, IDE Intel US15W/US15X SCH IDE Controller ISA Compatibility Mode
Disk, IDE Toshiba MK6028GA 60GB Slow, noisy, suspected failing; currently removed
Disk, Removable SD card and MemoryStick Pro Duo/“MagicGate” controller
Expansion Sony VAIO thing clips onto the charger Provides VGA and Ethernet port; barely any active circuitry inside

OEM Configuration

  • Shipped with Windows Vista installed, drivers were available for Vista and 7
    • OpenMG
    • SMSC Card Reader/Writer software
    • Sony HDD Protection Driver
    • Sony Instant Mode
    • Sony PMB VAIO Edition
    • Sony Shared Library
    • Sony VAIO Content Metadata Manager
    • Sony VAIO Control Centre
    • Sony VAIO Event Service
    • Sony VAIO Location Search
    • Sony VAIO Media plus Extension
    • Sony VAIO Musicbox
    • Sony VAIO Power Management
    • Sony VAIO Recovery Centre
    • Sony VAIO Smart Network
    • Sony VAIO Update

OEM Recovery

  • Block-level HDD image taken upon receipt
  • Stock recovery software used to burn recovery DVDs
    • Copy of generated ISO for DVD 1
    • An ISO wasn't generated for DVD 2 but the files that were burned have been copied
  • File contents of recovery partition

Maintenance

  • Factory HDD has been removed and replaced with an mSATA SSD in an mSATA to IDE-ZIF adapter board
  • Three SIM card installed in Mini-SIM slot

Current status

In light use; SSD has Alpine Linux with XFCE installed

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