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[Adrian Vielsack <advielsack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought about modifiing my BIOS, but i don't really want to do that.
Has anyone done that, and if yes, what's your bios version?

On 19.06.2010 11:59, Farshad Khoshkhui wrote:
> You can use "enabling advanced bios menu" trick to be able to use nvidia GPU.
> It's a bit risky but works.
> http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/473226-insyde-hacking-new-vaio-z-advanced-menu-bios.html
>
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Adrian Vielsack
> <advielsack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>    
> > I am using the Intel GPU and I can control the Backlight.
> > I am using Kernel 2.6.35-rc1.
> > rc2 won't even load.
> > rc3 just shows a bootscreen.
> >
> > Everything is working except my nVidia Card and standby.
> >
> > On 19.06.2010 11:31, Farshad Khoshkhui wrote:
> >      
> > > Which GPU are you using? Intel or Nvidia?
> > > I've tried many methods to make nvidia backlight working(acpi video
> > > module on 2.6.34 and 2.6.35rc[2,3], nvidia_bl module with added GT330M
> > > id) but none of them works for me. I'm stuck with using
> > > nvidia-settings color correction.
> > > Intel GPU still panics on every kernel I tried.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Michael Schramm
> > > <michael.schramm@xxxxxxxxx>    wrote:
> > >
> > >        
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > in kubuntu maverici can simply change it with the battery widget.
> > > > (running 2.6.35 kernel)
> > > > (this doesn't work for the monitor on VGA, haven't tried with hdmi)
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Leonid Novitsky<for_leo@xxxxxxxx>
> > > >   wrote:
> > > >
> > > >          
> > > > > Good Day/Night.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is anybody find the possibility of change the brightness of the screen
> > > > > on VAIO VPCZ11?
> > > > >
> > > > >
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