topic Re: BIOS setting was changed - Error 603 in PCs & Accessories

BIOS setting was changed - Error 603

adamcz001 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:41:06 GMT

The Sony Vaio laptop SVS1512X9EB I ordered a recovery disk. When trying to restore (recovery & maintanance) error message:

"BIOS setting was changed

This recovery media can not be Used for this BIOS setting. Exit VAIO Care (Rescue mode) and change the BIOS setting back to the default.

Error 603 "

How do I switch the BIOS? I suppose now booting from UEFI.

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adamcz001 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:08:32 GMT

Magic.... working, thank you very much.

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rich912 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:19:42 GMT

You're welcome Adam :-)

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iamcaps — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:10:44 GMT

hi adam , can we talk a bit ? can you give me a skype id or ym or something ? best regards

BIOS setting was changed - Error 603

rich912 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:22:53 GMT

Hi adamcz001,

To enter the BIOS settings press the Assist key when the computer is fully shut down, then press F2 when the Vaio Care | Rescue Mode screen is displayed.

Rich

Re: BIOS setting was changed - Error 603

iamcaps — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:55:16 GMT

hey rich , i have the same problem using usb memory stick , i had to change from hdd to ssd and i made a recovery usb stick , the problem is that i get that error 603 with bios settings was change bla bla , the problem is that if i change the option in bios from legacy to uefi the usb stick is not working anymore and if i change from uefi to legacy i get error 603 , what should i do please ?

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rich912 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:34:35 GMT

Hi iamcaps,

I have no experience of recovering a Windows 8 system but are you by any chance using a USB 3 supported flash drive? I understand that only USB 2 is supported for the recovery process on an external drive.

Rich

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iamcaps — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:49:36 GMT

the usb drive is usb2.0 , if i boot from uefi mode i get a bluescreen and tells me something like your pc needs to be repaired bla bla , but its booting from legacy mode but i get that crap with 603 error , any other ideea ? thanks

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iamcaps — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:15:20 GMT

model is SVS1512X9EB

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iamcaps — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:15:56 GMT

and yes , im using assist button trying to recovery

BIOS setting was changed - Error 603

rich912 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:17:30 GMT

Grasping at straws here but you refer to booting from the USB media - can you confirm that you are pressing the Assist button when fully shut down and then pressing F10 or possibly F11.

Can you please let us know your product model number?

Rich

Edit: Can you please let us know why you are attempting to recover (unless this is just the change of drive) - just incase there is an underlying hardware problem that is preventing a recovery.

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rich912 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:22:06 GMT

I'm afraid that I can't think of anything else to offer. There is always the possibility that there is a corruption on the recovery media but I will escalate to Support to see whether they have any suggestions.

Rich

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rich912 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:32:54 GMT

One further thought - if the old HDD is still functioning you could try refitting this and then create a new set of recovery media using DVD.

Rich

Re: BIOS setting was changed - Error 603

n84alvi — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 05:27:58 GMT

Hi imcaps, I am having the same problem and in my case my usb boorts from both legacy & uefi modes. but still i get below error:

"This Recovery Media cannot be used for this BIOS setting. Exit VAIO Care Rescue and change the BIOS setting back to the default Error: 603"

Its a long time since you've posted this here and I hope you got the solution by now could you please share did you find a solution? could you please guide me as well?

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akelesy — Fri, 23 May 2014 13:53:05 GMT

Just thought, what would bumb me to the community again... and it was the same problem!

Hi, rich, nope, this solution won't work 😞

Gotta try to call to the Sony Support and listen to their point of view on how to resolve that

Re: BIOS setting was changed - Error 603

akelesy — Sun, 25 May 2014 19:43:15 GMT

Actually loading and saving default settings didn't work for me. The trick was to set up UEFI in the BOOT MODE in BIOS.

Hope that would help the others:)

Re: BIOS setting was changed - Error 603

tichu1 — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 11:36:44 GMT

I'm trying with my recovery discs to a new hdd . Found this error while on legacy mode. But not booting the dvd drive when I switch to UEFI mode. any solution ?