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by trebiani
Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:04 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: What do you know about BIOS NVRAM hacking?
Replies: 82
Views: 154955

If you had read this entire thread you'd know that the instructions on the Solaris forum you cite, and the examples it gives, were copied from this thread! Be wary of following the advice to blindly alter entries in NVRAM in a random search for the correct Token. Despite what that article says, it ...
by trebiani
Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:07 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: What do you know about BIOS NVRAM hacking?
Replies: 82
Views: 154955

Re: vt enable bit for Vaio SZ5XN/C

trebiani wrote:i'm not sure how to do this - can someone please help me?
here is a great howto: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa ... 05&#181505

now i have VT enabled on my AR21S !

that's what i changed: (0195) [0001]
by trebiani
Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:55 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: What do you know about BIOS NVRAM hacking?
Replies: 82
Views: 154955

Re: vt enable bit for Vaio SZ5XN/C

Vaio SZ5 XN/C wrote:I had to set the (0354) address to value [0001] to enable VT.
i try to enable vt on my sony vaio VGN-AR21S
i'm not sure how to do this - can someone please help me?
by trebiani
Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:54 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: What do you know about BIOS NVRAM hacking?
Replies: 82
Views: 154955

IntuitiveNipple wrote:From that point on, assuming the calls into the BIOS complete correctly (in the same way as symcmos calls in) then it is simply a case of tidying it up, documenting, and preparing the Debian/Ubuntu package.
do you need a beta tester?
right now i'm using ubuntu 7.04 on my sony AR21S
by trebiani
Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:55 am
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: What do you know about BIOS NVRAM hacking?
Replies: 82
Views: 154955

Re: Phoenix Bios - Sony Vaio - Enable VT

checks wrote:What's the latest regarding enabling VT support on Sony Vaio's?

I've got a AR31S
....and i've got a AR21S and would love to enable VT ;-)
by trebiani
Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:03 pm
Forum: In-depth High-tech BIOS section
Topic: What do you know about BIOS NVRAM hacking?
Replies: 82
Views: 154955

I'm writing a kernel module to change the setting in NVRAM. It is based on the PnP BIOS code with some NVRAM-layout specific additions. did you have any success? i bought an VGN AR21S and now i found out that VT is disabled and can not be activated! if you want i can test your kernel module (i'm us...