Hi,
Nick here, hoping you could help me out with with my laptop, but first I just want to take the time to say thanks. Thank you.
I have a Sony laptop (model VPC-F1390), Bios: AMI(American Mega trends???) version R0190Y9, and I wanted to upgrade the cpu and unlock the bios so I might be able to tweak it and get a few more years out of her. I bought her new and she has lasted me a long time, and with 3 kids I don't have the money to just buy another laptop so I decided to upgrade it. I installed a SSD, upgraded the ram to 8GB and purchased an I7-940XM. When I did this I didn't think I did it blindly even though I did. I researched compatibility and I figured if the chipset was compatibly I was good, but I am not. I have been doing some more research and found I need the bios modded to incorporate the microcode for the new cpu. FYI, when I installed the new CPU all I got was a blank screen, "what an upgrade" one of my boys said as they laughed at me. Please find attached is the report from CPUZ, the latest bios upgrade from sony, and the intel microcode.
Again, thank you and hope to hear from you.
link for updated bios which has already been installed: https://www.sony.com/electronics/support...s/W0006848
link to the microcode for the new cpu: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/28087/e...80807a.tgz
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Nick here, hoping you could help me out with with my laptop, but first I just want to take the time to say thanks. Thank you.
I have a Sony laptop (model VPC-F1390), Bios: AMI(American Mega trends???) version R0190Y9, and I wanted to upgrade the cpu and unlock the bios so I might be able to tweak it and get a few more years out of her. I bought her new and she has lasted me a long time, and with 3 kids I don't have the money to just buy another laptop so I decided to upgrade it. I installed a SSD, upgraded the ram to 8GB and purchased an I7-940XM. When I did this I didn't think I did it blindly even though I did. I researched compatibility and I figured if the chipset was compatibly I was good, but I am not. I have been doing some more research and found I need the bios modded to incorporate the microcode for the new cpu. FYI, when I installed the new CPU all I got was a blank screen, "what an upgrade" one of my boys said as they laughed at me. Please find attached is the report from CPUZ, the latest bios upgrade from sony, and the intel microcode.
Again, thank you and hope to hear from you.
link for updated bios which has already been installed: https://www.sony.com/electronics/support...s/W0006848
link to the microcode for the new cpu: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/28087/e...80807a.tgz
FAMILY-PC.txt (Size: 100.7 KB / Downloads: 2)