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    sony vaio vgn-140e bios problem

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

  1. ibnyinc

    ibnyinc Newbie

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    i bought a battery from ebay and the battery came with a disc driver that had to be installed before the battery can work. i installed the driver but what it does is flash the bios with an update for the battery. long story short the battery does not work and will return it but i am having problems now with my video controller does not regognize my video card and reinstalling the original driver does not work and also my network adapter is gone does not see it at all. i treid to flash the bios with the backup that the battery update made but still no success still having problems with the video and network eithernet adapter. i think the update flash screwed up my original bios and i cant find the original bios anywhere. sony website does not have it. does anyone have or know where i can download the original bios for my laptop or have any ideas how to fix this problem any help will be great thank you.
     
    ibnyinc, Apr 17, 2010
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  2. reb1

    reb1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Is vgn-140e The full model # and what country is it from.
     
    reb1, Apr 18, 2010
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    vgn-fz140e sorry about that usa
     
    ibnyinc, Apr 18, 2010
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    reb1, Apr 19, 2010
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    ibnyinc Newbie

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    i visited that few times it only has the drivers for a reinstall. thanks for trying
     
    ibnyinc, Apr 19, 2010
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    some of these use a power controller ic to regulate power and that might have been flashed. Best thing to do is contact sony and see if you have get the original bios for the laptop and flash that. Even if it is not listed on their site if you call they usually will have it. Trust me I have run into funny stuff with sony before and they have been able to bail me out with a file or driver that is not on their site.
     
    nelsontheunholy, Apr 20, 2010
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    i did that they say they dont have it but to send the laptop to a sont authorized service center and they will flash it for me for big price ofcourse
     
    ibnyinc, Apr 20, 2010
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    How good are you with replacing components. You may be able to purchase a bios chip already flashed for your comp.

    http://www.biosman.com/
     
    reb1, Apr 20, 2010
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