I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FX215. I installed XP Pro about 8 months back. Runs fine, but I'd like to install a bios upgrade Sony made available on the support page for my machine. Downloaded the file, ran it, but it doesn't even get to the stage of creating the floppy that's used to do the bios update. It gets to a point where it says "The update is confirming the system model and software driver version. Please wait". Then, I get this unbelievably useless error message in a dialog box whose title bar says "Severe":
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I've downloaded Sony's file three times, in case I was dealing with a damaged file. I've checked with their tech support to be sure it's REALLY the right file. It is.
I've googled for info about that error message, but I came up with fifty billion hits, all of which seem to indicate that it's a very generic error message, not specific enough to be helpful.
Other info & steps taken:
1) I'm logged in as admin during the install.
2) The install is handled by InstallShield
3) In Properties of the install file - original file name is stub32i.exe
4) Tried bypassing startup apps (ZoneAlarm, NAV2004).
Would it be worth trying compatibility mode? Could it hurt? I'm wondering if Sony expected users to run the upgrade BEFORE they installed XP, or after....
-Doug
