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Vaio Z11 Stuck at Bios screen

Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by b_ambee, Apr 17, 2010.

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Now my Vaio Z11 Stuck at Bios screen which only show Vaio and Insyde logo. It won't get POST and any keypress does not seem to do anything except lightup the backlit keyboard only key to work is ctrl+alt+delete which make it reboot.
When stuck in that screen the cpu fan run quite loud than normal and if i insert dvd it spin up for a little time and then spin down.

Any solution or special command, recovery mode for this problem?
How can i reset bios or clear CMOS? I also assembly it but still don't find which jumber to do this job.

Before i ran into this problem i set bios to AHCI and set vga switcing policy to static then switch to stamina button. Afterthat i use iboot CD and install snow leopard 10.6.2 dvd bundle from my iMac. In setup screen i format first ssd to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) GUID and the other three is MS-DOS(FAT) MBR. When installation finish and i hit restart i stuck at bios screen. Before this i'm successed to reboot and get POST when use snow leopard retail dvd, format only first ssd to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) GUID l and don't touch the other 3 ssd

Now i think the problem may from bios doesnot recognize my ss? May it because from physical 128 ssdx2 but 1 of them has half is GUID and another half is MBR?
But i don't know how to remove ssd from the mainboard can i force unplug the cable ?

Any comment would be appreciate
My model is Z117gg 64x4SSD

Thank u very much.

b_ambee, Apr 17, 2010

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b_ambee said: ↑

Now my Vaio Z11 Stuck at Bios screen which only show Vaio and Insyde logo. It won't get POST and any keypress does not seem to do anything except lightup the backlit keyboard only key to work is ctrl+alt+delete which make it reboot.
When stuck in that screen the cpu fan run quite loud than normal and if i insert dvd it spin up for a little time and then spin down.

Any solution or special command, recovery mode for this problem?
How can i reset bios or clear CMOS? I also assembly it but still don't find which jumber to do this job.

Before i ran into this problem i set bios to AHCI and set vga switcing policy to static then switch to stamina button. Afterthat i use iboot CD and install snow leopard 10.6.2 dvd bundle from my iMac. In setup screen i format first ssd to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) GUID and the other three is MS-DOS(FAT) MBR. When installation finish and i hit restart i stuck at bios screen. Before this i'm successed to reboot and get POST when use snow leopard retail dvd, format only first ssd to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) GUID l and don't touch the other 3 ssd

Now i think the problem may from bios doesnot recognize my ss? May it because from physical 128 ssdx2 but 1 of them has half is GUID and another half is MBR?
But i don't know how to remove ssd from the mainboard can i force unplug the cable ?

Any comment would be appreciate
My model is Z117gg 64x4SSD

Thank u very much.

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Padmé, Apr 17, 2010

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