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Old 12-01-2007, 01:47 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: How to Enable Intel VT and AHCI on a VAIO SZ

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Originally Posted by apollo4400 View Post
The question is, how big can be the risk of doing this.
In one word: HIGH! In a fit of suicidal levity I tried to change the 0000s to 0001s in blocks of approx. 30 at a time, always thinking the worst case outcome would be a bios reset by taking out the battery. Unfortunately, in my 4th or 5th run, the laptop kept stuck at startup boot screen. Even hitting F2 or F10 or any other key did not work any more. Unfortunately, taking out the bios-battery was not as easy as I thought. In my FZ21S it's located beneath the bottom right corner of the touchpad. Assuming it's the same with your machine, you would have to disassembly the whole laptop. It's definitely not worth that.
By the way, I did not continue my tests afterwards ...
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