So i have the above mentioned laptop. A quick look with Everest told me it has SLIC (i presume 2.0 since it come w/ Vista Home Premium preinstalled). Another thing everest told me was that the bios was Phoenix version R1101J9 and that the mobo name is Sony VGN-NR21E_S. Now the bad parts. I know from vista bios mod req that u need besides all the info a download link for bios, problem is thou i've googled teh interwebz cant find bios download. Is there anyway to "upgrade" from SLIC 2.0 to SLIC 2.1 ? if so please tell me what i have to do Sorry if it was talked before about this ( i for one didnt find it) Sorry if i posted in the wrong section please do not delete my post Thx in advance any other info you may need ill gladly give it to you p.s. since i cant find bios download link can i dump it to file with a help of some smart program ? if yes please tell what program
There is a program called WINPHLASH. But I'm not sure it'll actually work. You have to use another BIOS file before you can backup your own. The problem is that the resulting backup file always has the same size as the original BIOS file. I've tried with serveral different BIOS files. I guess Yen does know more. I've got a Sony Vaio AR and the same problem. btw I'd love a BIOS with enabled hardware virtualization.
well thx for info but i rather wait to hear more options since i dont wanna brick the laptop so if the bios cant be dump (or so i understand from dummekuehe's reply), i cant find a download link(maybe im looking in the wrong place ill keep digging) ..what are my other options ? wait for a 7 loader? afaik a loader is not 100% since it can be blocked
To dump the bios is no problem at all. At Phoenix bios the problem is that you need platform data to flash it. The platform data is usually appended behind the bios.rom bios.rom+platform data = bios.wph. Bios.rom you may dump, but the bios.wph is what you need an is provided from your OEM's bios update...... Only way WoW7 bootloader. One of its great routines patches an existing SLIC....... WoW7 is not finished yet......WoW6 is latest version, try it and if it is replacing your original sony SLIC with HPQ SLIC2.0 it'll work with HPQ2.1 as well (=WOW7, to be realised.....)
thanks Yen. is it too much if i ask you for a download link of WoW6 ? if i google it ill get results to World of Warcraft Again thanks for the information Later: found it here on MDL
sorry for double post. anyway that piece of sh** laptop haz slic on it. but i dont know if its slic 2.0 or 2.1. how can i find out what version it is? i dont wanna use loaders i wanna have 2.1 slic on it can someone help me?