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[ajmctaggart <ajmctaggart@xxxxxxxxx>]

Only if it takes 2x as long to cook the food, and JeffMart food spoils
immediately upon being inserted into any other oven...

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Jeff Csicsek <jcsicsek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is, apparently, a known BIOS issue which can be alleviated by updating
> the BIOS.  However, from what I can tell, Sony requires that you pay money
> to the Microsoft corporation in order to update the BIOS (strange business
> practice, I know) and nobody around here seems to have found a workaround to
> this barrier.
>
> For now, I would simply live with the minor annoyance.
>
> On that note, I have an oven for sale (manufactured by the nice folks at
> Jeff's Oven Corporation) that only cooks food purchased from JeffMart
> Grocery Stores.  Anyone interested?
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Lucas Zinato Carraro <lucaszc@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> ------
>> MODEL:  VGN-Z540
>> BIOS:  R2168M3        -> last update from Sony Support  Website
>> Kernel:  2.6.29, 2.6.30, 2.6.31  ( etc ..  test with this kernels )
>> ----
>>
>> Shutdown ok
>> suspend ram ok
>> hibernate ok
>>
>> Reboot:  Turn off all proccess, umount hd, turn off HD but not reboot the
>> system .
>> Last kernel message:
>>
>> Restart the system ....
>>
>> Suggestions ?
>>
>> Regards
>> Lucas Zinato Carraro
>>
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