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[Raphael Gradenwitz <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Samstag, den 14.11.2009, 22:07 +0100 schrieb Norbert Preining:
> On Sa, 14 Nov 2009, Raphael Gradenwitz wrote:
> > In that BIOS VT is free but boot with efi-boot-stick is locked.
> 
> Ahhhh.. good to know ... but at least it allowed me to install my W7,
> so I am fine with it ;-)
> 
> > For all the rest it is the same as R2168M3 but that one can be totaly
> > unlocked with of course a lot of more settings which can be made.
> 
> Really? Why did installation of W7 then succeed, while it didn't before?

Excuse me, I have only told you what i know from Sony:

http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/info/info.aspx?l=de_DE&url=VAIO/Updates/EP0000208175.exe&m=VGN-Z21MN_B&ip=EP0000208175.htm

and I have used it a while, I did not see any difference else then the
free VT and the closed efi-hole. Else I did not notice any different
behaviour.

> YOu have written something in your blog about a different firmware 
> being necessary for W7, but that is probably for a different model.

That wisdom was not from me, it was told here in the mailing list. I
myself have no experiences with Windows 7 on Vaio-Z.

> 
> And strange enough, it didn't even complain about needing GPT instead
> of MBR, so I am really suprised that you say it is absolutely the same!

Simply try R2168M3 again and look if you can switch it the way you need
it whith unlocked advanced settings.

direct downloadlink on the sony ftp-server:

ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/VAIO/Updates/EP0000180599.EXE

Should be possible!

Regards,

Raphael