MBX-195 – Sony VGN-NS

The MBX-195 (Sony) motherboard is found in the Sony VGN-NS. The catalog lists 3 files for it: 2 BIOS files and 1 schematic.

File names mention revision 1.0. The earliest file dates from February 2021 (BIOS Archive and Cyberlan Electronics).

BIOS dumps 2

FileSizeRevAddedSource
835 KB
1.0
Get on Telegram BIOS Archive
831 KB
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Get on Telegram BIOS Archive

Schematics 1

FileSizeRevAddedSource
833 KB
1.0
Get on Telegram Cyberlan Electronics

Board facts

Board numberMBX-195
NumberingSony board number
Revisions1.0
First seen2021-02-17
Source channelsBIOS Archive, Cyberlan Electronics
About the numberSony VAIO main boards are named MBX-xxx; the same board also has an ODM (Quanta, Foxconn, Wistron, Compal) number.

Laptops that use MBX-195

What these files are for

A BIOS dump is a full image of the board's SPI flash chip. It is written back with an SPI programmer when the original firmware is corrupted, after a chip replacement, or to recover from a failed update. Read and save the original chip first: serial number, DMI data and the Intel ME / AMD PSP state differ between boards.

A schematic is the circuit diagram of the main board: power rails, power-up sequence, component values and net names. It is the reference for measuring voltages and tracing a fault.

Tools to open these files

FormatWhat it isOpen with
.pdfPDF schematicany PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well
.rarRAR archive7-Zip or WinRAR
.binBIOS image inside the archive (usually .bin)a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer

Questions

Is there a boardview for MBX-195?

No boardview has been indexed for MBX-195 yet; the schematic is available on this page.

Which laptops use the MBX-195 board?

Files in the catalog link MBX-195 to the Sony VGN-NS.

Where do the download links go?

Each button opens the original public Telegram post the file was shared in. ChambersDesignInc.com only indexes and cross-references those posts.