BIOS 3A06 - Acer Aspire 1640

Discussion in 'Software' started by Dave84, Oct 8, 2010.

  1. Dave84

    Dave84 Private E-2

  2. Caliban

    Caliban I don't need no steenkin' title!

    Greetings, Dave84.

    There seem to be many variations of your Acer model, so we need more info from you:

    Please download and install Everest, a free system information tool.

    Run Everest and click Report (top menu) > Report Wizard > Next - Choose System Summary Only > Next - Choose Plain Text > Finish and wait for report to generate.
    Click Save to File and leave the File Name as Report, then click the Save as Type dropdown and choose Report files (*txt) - click Save (n.b. Save to desktop, use Browse to locate desktop).

    Then attach your log to your next post as per these instructions: HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post.
     
  3. Dave84

    Dave84 Private E-2

    In attachment the report from Everest.
    thanks
     

    Attached Files:

  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    You are going to have to contact ACER support as that files does not exist now on their servers.

    TBH do you have an issue that a BIOS update will fix? as in the main they do not add much if you are not having an issue that a BIOS update fixes.
     
  5. Dave84

    Dave84 Private E-2

    I have to change my HHD with this Samsung HM160NC but my actual BIOS (3A05) don't recognise it. I read that some users fix this problem with 3A06 BIOS.
     
  6. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    I see on the update, I drilled ACERs FTP using an FTP app (Filezilla) and found nothing relating to that BIOS version listed sadly.

    I personally wouldnt be confident in suggesting a download of that BIOS update from any of the weird and wonderful download locations you can search for with 3A06 Bios Acer.

    personally email or chat with ACER support and get this off them direct.
     
  7. SuperAsh

    SuperAsh Private E-2

    How did you go getting a bios?
    Did it fix your problem?

    thanks

    Ash
     
  8. booty

    booty Private E-2

    This is the WPH file for BIOS 3A06:
    http://www.mediafire.com/?gzw5ig82hg0ssre

    You need to use it with the WinPhlash application. I won't upload it here as there are about a dozen files to it. I had the same problem with recognition of a Samsung HM160HC drive. I read elsewhere that someone had success with a smaller drive with Windows pre-loaded - I tried a 40GB hdd and it worked. I ran all the updates then put in the 160GB hdd and it worked fine.
     
  9. tgell

    tgell Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Question, are you saying you cannot download the BIOS from the ftp link mentioned in your first post?
     
    Last edited: Dec 8, 2010
  10. SuperAsh

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    The link ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_1640/bios/3a06.zip at the start of the thread is broken although the FTP one works.
    I have tried this 3A06 bios in my 1640 and it still does not like the Samsung HM160HC 120GB. :cry Sometimes it sees it, sometimes its not there on startup (it not a faulty drive I tried another Samsung). I have put another drive in Hitachi IC25n060ATMR04-0 60GB & it works fine, so I guess Acer / Samsung have compatbility issue??
    Even if it does not see the capacity it still should alway see the drive in bios.
     

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