SONY VGN CS36H DA0GD2MB8E0 MBX-196

BIOS .rar 857 KB Shared

Firmware archive for the Sony VAIO VGN-CS36H, which uses the MBX-196 motherboard made by Quanta with board number DA0GD2MB8E0. The name carries no revision, so look at the PCB silkscreen for the rev letter before use. At 857 KB the RAR probably holds a raw BIOS image for writing to the SPI flash with a programmer. Dump and keep the existing chip first, and ensure the image length matches the flash device, as an oversized or undersized file cannot be written correctly.

The button opens the matching file on RM Schematics, or a source page if it is not catalogued there yet. The original attachment is from @biosarchive. Enginerys does not host this file.

How to open a .rar file

Compressed archive — the usual wrapper for a schematic + boardview pair or a BIOS + EC set.

7-ZipWinRARThe Unarchiver (macOS)

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Back up your own chip before writing any dump, and match the full board number and revision. Flashing guide →

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