Re: I've got Mandrake 9.1 on Sony Vaio PCG-FXA36(UC)

On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 07:11, Jean Delvare wrote:

> AFAIK, all Sony laptops have a double name. My laptop is a
> PCG-GR214EP(FR), and the back (and internal EEPROM) says PCG-884M. I
> don't know exactly what this is supposed to mean. Thanks to some people
> who helped me as I was working on decodind Vaio's internal EEPROMs, I
> know the following matches:
> 
> PCG-GRX316G(FR) <-> PCG-8A6M
> PCG-GRX570(UC)  <-> PCG-8A2L
> PCG-GR114EK(DE) <-> PCG-873M
> PCG-GR114SK(GB) <-> PCG-871M
> 
> Here is the comment I formulated when I was working on it: "The model
> name, without the PCG- prefix. I can't say why there is a model name
> that differs from the machine name. Curiously, all models begin with the
> digit 8, and end with either the letter L or the letter M." Well, I will
> update this since your one has 9 as the first digit. I don't know what
> it is supposed to mean, nor if there is any logic behind that. 

My US purchased PCG-GRX700 is labelled PCG-8H1R on the bottom. Just to
throw another twig in the works.