imedia s2883 legacy boot-unable to update BIOS

1ang
1ang Member Posts: 2 New User
edited November 2023 in 2018 Archives

Hello,

I have an IMEDIA S2883 and need to change from UEFI to legacy. I disabled the secure boot option but apparently the current BIOS (P11-B1) does not have the option to always launch CSM.

I tried updating with the latest BIOS available for my Computer from Acer web site (P21-B2) but when updating I get the error message that "ROM file ROMID is not compatible with existing BIOS ROMID".

Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance

 

 

Answers

  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    if it's like Acer's BIOS, you can only update BIOS with the same first 3 characters, so:

     

    P11 can be updated only with P11 BIOS

    P21 can be updated only with P21 BIOS

     

    if you are still under warranty, i would contact PB and ask LaunchCSM and BIOS version confirmation.

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • 1ang
    1ang Member Posts: 2 New User

    Thank you. Do you have any Idea how to download P11-B2 from Acer web site?

  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    Nope, sorry.

     

    it's better to contact PB about that.

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • SCHINDLERUV
    SCHINDLERUV Member Posts: 1 New User
    edited April 2018
    Had same issue, but get enlighted. Is there any Acer with same configuration? J1900 cpu etc... yes, there is:
    Packard S2883 is same machine as Acer aspire XC-603 ;)
    So, use support page of Acer Aspire XC-603
    There you can download all bios version from P11-B0 to P11-B4  

    sorry for gravedigging old post, but it is still relevant :)