2013 Archives

[AceofBase]

Yesterday Acer released BIOS 1.12 and UEFI BIOS 2.12! I successfully updated from 1.11 to 1.12!
After that I tried to flash the UEFI BIOS 2.12. But this won´t work ... error: Please update to the same type of BIOS(V1.xx)!

Any ideas???

My machine: Acer V3 771G, i5 3210M, GT650M, Windows 8

[freeza]

Good day

The bios will work within machines that came preloaded with Windows 8 from factory

Regards,

Freeza

[gibehem]

Hello,

Is it possible, after new install of Win8, to update it in v2.12 ??

If yes ... how ?

Thx !

My notebook : Aspire V3-771G-73614G50Maii / 16 Go CORSAIR DDR3-1600 / Crucial M4 / SEAGATE Momentus XT ST750

[neilisme]

I'm interested in this as well. I dont understand why it wouldnt work as all of the 771G's are basically the same. Can someone from tech support comment on this?

[vinay6kr]

same problem with my pc. without BIOS update we can't intall w8.

[neilisme]

You can install windows 8, but it cant take advantage of the advanced features that UEFI have. such as faster bootups. wish the tech staff would reply to this thread....

[gibehem]

Perhaps we can "force" update with changing options in "param.ini" of the archive ? (it can be open with winrar ...)

Tech staff can confirm ?

[neilisme]

I just dont understand why they wouldn let this install over a non UEFI bios. They say its only for windows 8? Windows 7 x64 can install in UEFI mode so that explanation doesnt fly with me. I cant believe this post has been here this long and the tech support staff havent at least commented on it...REALLY?

[Acer-Tommy]

This community is not designed to provide worldwide technical support.  If you require technical support, please contact your local service or customer care center.

To address the BIOS related question:

Systems that shipped with Windows 7 are to use the v1.xx BIOS.

Systems that shipped with Windows 8 are to use the v2.xx UEFI.

They are not designed to cross one version to the other, neither up nor down.

[rarespologea]

@Acer-Tommy But what if my laptop was shipped with Linux? My V3-771G came with Linux Linpus and in the drivers section I have both Windows 7 and Windows 8 as options?