Acer Bios

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by seankirchner, Feb 5, 2014.

  1. seankirchner

    seankirchner Private E-2

    I desperately need help and acer and phoenix (bios utility) are tucking their tails. Originally I tried updating from Vista to Windows 7 and when i did i started getting a screen flicker (whether i should've or not) so i contacted windows and the "engineer" told me to flash the bios using acer's bios utility. Mid-flash it froze and now it wont even power up, wont beep, wont do anything other than the power button turns on. HELP!!! its an acer aspire 6930.
     
  2. foogoo

    foogoo Major "foogoo" Geek

    Unfortunately, that is what you call a brick. There is a method to recover from a bad flash, try..
    After some reading I found something quite fantastic, if your laptop has a PHOENIX BIOS, you can do the following to revive it from being a brick.

    1. Download the BIOS from the manufacturer’s site, preferably the version that worked originally.
    2. Burn ONLY the .FD file to the CD.
    3. Remove the Battery and Power Cable from the laptop.
    4. Open the CD Drive with a Pin (Push a pin into the hole on the drive to force an eject)
    5. Put the CD with the original .FD BIOS file into the drive.
    6. Hold the FN and ESCAPE keys down.
    7. Plug the MAINS LEAD ONLY into the laptop.
    8. Press the power button whilst still holding the keys.

    a. This will FORCE the computer to load the .FN file from the CD and write it to the BIOS of the machine.
    9. The laptop will power up, you can release the keys; leave the laptop for 20-30 minutes if needed.
    10. The computer will turn itself off once complete.
    11. Re-insert the battery, power on the laptop.
    12. It works

    Hopefully that gets it.. worked once for me.
    if not http://www.biosman.com/biosrecovery.html
     
  3. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Thanks for the step by step. I thought the only option would be to send it away and have the chip desoldered and a chip with the proper BIOS soldered in its place.
     

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