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    VPCSA Won't boot up after disabling Intel GPU from Bios, help needed.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by wahad, Jan 22, 2016.

  1. wahad

    wahad Notebook Consultant

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    So subject tells it all.

    I was frustrated that Win10 won't switch to my dedicated GPU and I went to bios and disabled Intel GPU from BIOS and since then it wont boot up.

    I tried taking battery out, holding power button 30-60sec, turning on nothing.

    Tried connecting external monitor, nothing

    Tried taking out CMOS battery, waiting and starting without it, nothing.

    Tried clicking on many buttons for bios after starting and black screen, nothing.

    I get it that I need to reset bios to default values, but taking out CMOS battery doesn't do a trick and I can't figure out where is jumper located, or what pin should I connect to make discharge of current and bios and revert bios to default values.

    Any help would be appreciated.
     
    wahad, Jan 22, 2016
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  2. electronicsguy

    electronicsguy Notebook Evangelist

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    haha.. the cmos battery trick worked like 10-15 years ago when BIOSes were of the CMOS type. it doesn't work with modern Flash based BIOSes. how will you reset your BIOS now - no idea. write to Sony support.
     
    electronicsguy, Jan 25, 2016
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  3. wahad

    wahad Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, posted same message got answer that I should revert to Windows 7 since there are no drivers for Win10 :D

    There's no way, so i can sell it for parts. Unfortunately I have never had problems with BIOS on laptop before so it was my first time trying to reset my bios, I found in hard way that CMOS battery aren't doing a trick like on Desktop PCs...
     
    wahad, Jan 27, 2016
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