I have a very similar problem... and similar problems with SONY maintenance!

On Jan 6 2012, my VAIO VPCSA2Z9E crashed. See attached photo of the memory dump screen and the BIOS screen indicating that

only 2 of the 4 SSDs are seen.

I sent it to SONY Europe maintenance (I live in Belgium) and got it back around Jan 20.

Their form said "RAID fixed".

I reinstalled the many softwares I need for my photographer's job (over 3 days).
But when I started uploading my data (I had a recent backup), I noticed later that I only had 118 GB of disk (instead of 236 GB originally).

So I sent it back to SONY, and got it back around Feb 5.

Their form said "Tapes SSD cable".

This time everything worked fine.

I reinstalled everything (softwares, data, configurations... it took me over a week days).

But on Feb 18 it crashed again, with a similar memmory dump and exactely the same BIOS error.

So I am sending it AGAIN, for the 3rd time, to SONY.

It must be noted that it is not possible to phone anybody at SONY Europe... which I find apalling.

This is the 3rd VAIO laptop I buy, and had no problemn with the two first two ones.
But I am very dissapointed by these recurring problems and wonder if this VAIO model does't have a flaw...

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Wow hello guys,

I just received my new vaio VPC-SA3C5E and i have a similar problem.

Needless to say, i am returning it to sony based on your story.

I think i will buy a similar model without SSD, do you think it's a good choice ? (buying vaio)

GL guys

Following my post on Feb 18, 2012, I brought my VAIO back to my computer shop on Sat 18 Feb, asking them to send it back to SONY.

I also sent a mail to SONY Customer Satisfaction Europe explaining my recurring problem and asking for an exchange.

Then I left for a week holiday - without a laptop, so it was a GREAT holiday!

When I returned on Monday 27 Feb, my computer shop told me that they had solved the problem by re-plugging the SSD tape. And indeed, my VAIO works again - although I have to fully reinstall it (3 to 5 days work).

SONY left a voicemail on my mobile a week ago, then no news.

So I sent them a second email yesterday. And they phoned me back today, saying that they had sold several hundred similar models with SSDs and had only a small number of problems with them, so they have so far no reason to believe that there is a design flaw - although they recognize that their SSD technology is new and may still be more fragile.

They suggest that I reinstall my laptop, while promising that if I had another similar problem, they would consider an exchange. Which I accepted.

And I am now reinstalling my laptop while keeping my fingers crossed!

I wish y'all success with your own problem.

Of course, I'll keep you posted if my problem happens again...

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For example. This 512GB is fit for VPCZ21 Series,like VPCZ21 VPCZ217 VPCZ215 --- and so on , and it fit for SA SB series too,like VPCSA28GG VPCSB1AFJ --- and so on,if your laptop ssd is MZRPA256HMDR or MZRPA128HMCD-000S0 ,you can buy it to replace

But But But ,if you laptop is VPCZ11 Series,you Cannot buy it,because the interface and size is different,you can buy 2 pcs 256GB SSD to make 512GB RAID0 ,Fastest or buy 2pcs 128GB to   make up 256GB SSD,like The  SSD  model  is  MMDPE56GQDXP-MVB    MMCRE28GQDXP-MVB

if you have other question welcome to contact me

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