Insyde hacking - New Vaio Z - Advanced menu in BIOS

[b_ambee]

Just wondering what will happen if i changed memory speed to 1333 ?

Will someone dare to try?

[psyq321]

Please don't do it - it will most likely not work, and it could permanently render your notebook unbootable.

[ozbimmer]

Thanks psyq321 for your excellent work. BTW, can I flash the mod and reflash the original BIOS afterwards?

[gammaknife]

following every post here with lot of interest. awesome work After you guys r done, can someone post the simplest way of doing this (ie enabling other modes) with the steps to a novice like me. Thanks mucho

[ozbimmer]

OMG!!! I can now see the advanced options. Thanks psyq321!!

FYI mine is an Aussie model VPCZ117GG.

[ps2cho]

I wonder if this is possible for the CW27FX? !?

[Movendi]

Does the bios have SLIC 2.1 ?

[psyq321]

Thanks psyq321 for your excellent work. BTW, can I flash the mod and reflash the original BIOS afterwards?

Yes, of course - just keep the original backup dump. You can simply flash it with Insyde tool again.

As for SLIC - all VPC-Z notebooks come with Windows 7 licensed.

@ozbimmer, it is simple to check, afer you dump the bios and try the advanced_menu.py - if it does not complain, it means the BIOS is the same. If it does complain - you will have to find VSS offset.

[ozbimmer]

Thanks, psyq321.

I have a problem thou - In IDE mode Windows only recognises two out of the 4 ssd available. Also, I was unable to get HDDerase to detect the ssd. I also notice for each drive the security mode is at "No Accessed" state. Are you able to tell me what it is about?

Thanks.

[psyq321]

I have to investigate about 2 visible discs... maybe Sony has even more "custom jobs" there with the quad ssd

As for the HDDErase... this might be a bad sign. If I remember correctly, even in old Z it was not possible to run it. Maybe the IDE emulation Insyde is doing is not complete, or it just does not play well with HDDErase.

PS - looks like USA Z has the same BIOS. Finally, Sony has started shipping identical systems worldwide