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    New Bios for Z with VT

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by achau, Oct 7, 2009.

  1. achau

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    Awesome, Sony Asia (including oceana) is listing the new BIOS for:

    VGN-Z27TN, VGN-Z17GN, VGN-Z12GN, VGN-Z27GN, VGN-Z16GN, VGN-Z12MN, VGN-Z26TN, VGN-Z26SN, VGN-Z16SN, VGN-Z26GN, VGN-Z25TN, VGN-Z15TN, VGN-Z16TN, VGN-Z26MN, VGN-Z13GN
     
    Drvec, Oct 7, 2009
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  3. sniper_sung

    sniper_sung Notebook Evangelist

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    Not sure whether Z3 will support 8GB with this version.
     
    sniper_sung, Oct 7, 2009
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  4. sniper_sung

    sniper_sung Notebook Evangelist

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    Could someone confirm the SLIC version please? :)
     
    sniper_sung, Oct 7, 2009
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    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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    Cool. achau, thanks for the info. :) The download page lists the following:

    Looks like VT on the Vaio Z3 series notebooks are now officially supported! :)

    Come on, Sony USA. :mad: It's your turn to keep up to date with the support departments of other regions! :mad:
     
    SPEEDwithJJ, Oct 7, 2009
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  7. Rahul

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    Finally Sony is doing something right, thank you! :)
     
    Rahul, Oct 7, 2009
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  8. home1231

    home1231 Newbie

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    i think the bios is only for VT.
    not sure its include slic or not
     
    home1231, Oct 7, 2009
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  9. caudex

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    they are still SLIC2.0. From the looks of it only changed VT.
     
    caudex, Oct 7, 2009
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  10. heavenly_wild

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    Looks like finally we have been heard! People power :)
     
    heavenly_wild, Oct 7, 2009
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  11. falang

    falang Notebook Consultant

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    I can confirm that Everest 5.30 shows SLIC version to be 2.0.
    SONY opened the VT option in BIOS, but they also disabled the EFI/BOOT hack some of us enjoy so much... No worries however, if you have "upgraded" your BIOS to R4041M3 (Embedded Controller version 1290) and still need access to advanced variables provided by the EFI/BOOT hack, you can downgrade back to your old version (e.g. R3054M3, EC 1280). Just make sure you have the old BIOS exe.
     
    falang, Oct 7, 2009
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  12. SirRobin

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    thank you for that information! So now we only have to wait for official 7 drivers for our z :)
     
    SirRobin, Oct 8, 2009
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  13. dimsy

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    Hi All,

    Can someone help me to find the old bios (VT disabled one) for VAIO VGN-Z47GD?.



    Thanks heaps.
     
    dimsy, Oct 8, 2009
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    aponow Notebook Guru

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    What about Z550N/B? Can I use this patch on my machine?
     
    aponow, Oct 8, 2009
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    somebody uses bitlocker with TPM (without USB stick on boot) with Windows 7?
     
    rami69, Oct 11, 2009
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    For sniper_sung. What is your BIOS version? Did you check compatibility with 8GB RAM? If yes, which RAM brand?
     
    simorag, Oct 11, 2009
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