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[nirvana4]

Hello,

Is the version of bios 2.17 compatible for Aspire v3 - 571 g under windows 7 64-bit?

Thank you

Kind regards

Bonjour,

Est-ce que la version du bios 2.17 est compatible pour Aspire v3-571g sous windows 7 64 bits ?

Merci

Cordialement

[Acer-Tommy]

If your system is on a v1.x BIOS, it will not be able to upgrade to a v2.x.

BIOS versions are not cross-flashable from v1.x to v2.x

I will check with our engineers and make sure that the text is revised for that particular BIOS.

[jozefrockz]

@AcerTommy

Any further explanation why 1.XX BIOS cannot take advantage of the 2.XX? Like hardware limitations or its just not compatible and will NEVER be upgradable? I have just read that 2.XX has great support for Windows 8.1 where fast boot up and other optimizations is applied. 

[Acer-Tommy · Accepted solution]

v1.x is BIOS

v2.x is UEFI

They are not the same and are not cross-flashable.

For additional information on UEFI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface

For additional informatino on BIOS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS

[corona89]

You can upgrade to 2.XX version if you change some flags in the upgrade file. ( you can find it with google search )

But I don't recommend it because you can't use Windows7 with this BIOS version.

If you install it, your windows xp or windows 7 are totally disabled.

Because UEFI doesn't support windows7(I'm not sure) and Linux. ( You can use MAC )

It is so weird and crazy. You can only use Windows8 OS with it.