sony-vaio-z-series team mailing list archive

[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

I must confess that I sometimes also Google the question first even if
I know the answer is going to be in the mailing list archive... it's
just laziness I suppose...

Is the brightness feature suppose to work because Sony worked out a
better BIOS or because this has changed in Windows 7?

I suppose we don't know anyone in the Sony Vaio Software team, do we?

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:39 PM, David Svanberg <david.svanberg@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What is google?
>
> :)
>
> I thought I could google - but since I seem to need to learn some more maybe you Norbert could give me the keys to success?
>
> I think - Norbert - that you have a too large signature in your replies - it wastes my inbox space.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, 2009.12.2 15:12
> To: sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Sony-vaio-z-series] Update BIOS (only Linux installed)
>
> On Mi, 02 Dez 2009, David Svanberg wrote:
>> I've also heard that a later BIOS could be good to have if one want to install Windows 7.
>
> It probably allows you adjusting the screen brightness with the hard keys,
> but not much more (although that is a lot, too)
>
>> Now, the BIOS seems just to be released as an .EXE which isn't perfect for me since I've just got Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 64bits) installed at the moment.
>
> About one week the same quesiton was asked, please use google or the
> archive of the list.
>
>> I was thinking - could this BIOS update be executed within Crossover/Wine - but I have a vague sense that this might not be a good idea... I don't know why but it is something about these sandboxes that scares me. Or should I dare?
>
> Bad bad bad idea, don't even try it!!!
>
>> So - you hardcore hackers - how do I punch in the new BIOS upgrade?
>
> Learning to use google?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
>
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