Bios Sony Pcg-fr415M

Hello,

I have a problem with a Sony PCG-FR415M laptop.

The computer is supposed to support 1024 MB of RAM, but due to clamping of the BIOS from Sony, only 512MB can be used.

After researching the French forums, I was advised to come here.

A BIOS mod it you can remove the memory clamping Sony?
The bios of the computer is a Phoenix BIOS ACPI 1.0
The bios version is R0109K7

I have not found updating the BIOS on the website of Sony.

Thank you for your help

PS : Sorry for my bad English, I used Google Translator

 

Hello,

I'm not the only one with the problem of memory throttled to 512MB?

Thanks

 

Thank you for your link, I had seen this website.
I did some tests on my side with my config.com-and CPU-Z, the 1024mb RAM are detected, but the bios uses only 512MB.

I contacted Sony and they told me he could do nothing.

I deduce that this is indeed a voluntary clamping them to prevent the upgrade of their laptops.

Anyway, I deduced that there was nothing to do.

 

Thank you for the info.
But I'll leave the computer with 512MB of RAM.
I think a bad bios could destroy the motherboard and given the age of the computer it is not interesting to take the risk.