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[Bruno Santos <bacmsantos@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Just some tips: You cannot run win7 and linux with the same BIOS.
BIOS 4040M3 is (currently) the latest working for linux, 4043M3 is the
oldest version working for win7.
This mostly applies to the nvidia graphics. there are minor issues
with brightness keys with intel gma etc.
with 4043 or 50xx your nvidia card won't work in linux, with 4040 it's
the same for nvidia in win7.
Raphael uses vista, but you can also just switch bioses if you're not
afraid of flashing, and don't plan on switching between the OSs
frequently.

br,
              Patrick
Don't thank me thank Patrick

2010/1/13 Raphael Gradenwitz <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Hello Liang
>
> Am Mittwoch, den 13.01.2010, 11:05 +0000 schrieb Liang:
> > I got a Vaio VGN-Z57G  during Xmas days and installed the Ubuntu 9.10 on
> > it. Everything works fine with the Intel graphic card but impossible to
> > make the Nvidia card works properly.
> >
> > I used all tricks posted on  https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series,
> > including the Janitor script.
> >
> > What I got are :
> >
> > 1) Vertical colore lines on screen  if I set the run level to 5;
> >
> > Or
> >
> > 2) black screen on laptop but external display works , if I use startx
> > in runlevel 3, by staring in single user level and then swith to
> > runlevel 3.
> >
> > Someone has un idea ?
> >
>
> Must: Downgrade your BIOS,
> Can: Downgrade your Windows to Vista or XP.
>
> Search for 'BIOS' and "Windows 7" in this Mailing List
>
> Regards,
>
> Raphael
>
>
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