[REQUEST] Sony Vaio VPC-Z21 BIOS Advanced Menu Unlock

[emev]

Hello,

I have a Sony Vaio VPC-Z21V9E laptop on which I would like to access the Advanced menu in the BIOS.

BIOS version: R0173H5
Donwload link: http://dose.0wnz.at/ftp.vaio-link.com/PU...269800.EXE

Back in the golden days of the Notebook Review forums, pyr0 had created a BIOS hack for this laptop. It was based on the previous version of the BIOS (R0172H5 if I'm not mistaken). However, all the download links to it were dead in the past years, and unfortunately, as of today, the whole forum has been taken offline too.

If anyone could help with providing me an unlocked BIOS, I would be very thankful!

[Maxinator500]

Hello.

I would like to access the Advanced menu in the BIOS.

Find an unlocked BIOS here.

[emev]

Awesome! Thank you very much, Maxinator500!

After the erasing and flashing of the ROM, it asked me if I'm sure I want to flash the EC. I clicked OK and then got an error message. But the BIOS unlocked worked well and now I can see the Advanced menu options. The serial number is also retained.

Thank you very much again!