Notebooks & Netbooks

[magilla]

Hi,

I think I need to do the flash BIOS installation on my Aspire one. Using my SNID I got my exact model, and clicked the BIOS tab under Drivers. I downloaded the BIOS version, but there is no FLA**bleep**.EXE application in there. Given the warning I see there (wrong BIOS may harm your computer!) I hesitate to take any further steps. 

Where can I find the correct BIOS to copy onto a flash drive, along with FLA**bleep**, to get my notebook to boot again?

Thanks

Chris

[IronFly]

can you post the Bios download link?

[magilla]

Thanks for getting back on this so quickly!

Here's the link:

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

Chris

[IronFly]

ehm i need the direct link, right click on the download and copy url or write here your model.

thank you

[magilla]

Huh. I copied the link from the page with my drivers, or thought I did... Lemme look. Yep- that's all it says on the URL. It gives me a choice of a Windows 8 BIOS (not for upgrades, it says) and a version 1.09. I don't have Win 8.

My model is A0756 (is that a zero or an 'oh'?)

Thanks,

Chris

[IronFly]

it's an o not 0.

if you don't have Win8, the latest bios is 1.09 and there's an .exe inside to launch under windows.

please check your BIOS version prior to flash it.

[magilla]

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IronFly wrote:

it's an o not 0.

if you don't have Win8, the latest bios is 1.09 and there's an .exe inside to launch under windows.

please check your BIOS version prior to flash it.

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Right. I was not clear. My machine powers up, but the screen remains black. It has all the symptoms of that BIOS problem described in many places on the interwebs. I am looking for a way to put the BIOS onto a flash drive, start the machine and reload the BIOS using the Fn-ESC method. 

Thanks

Chris

[IronFly]

Sometimes unzipping the .exe will extract the BIOS.
Try to do it with 7z

[magilla]

When I open the .zip, I get an executable called Q1VZC109 and a readme that says "Please click "Q1VZC109.exe" to update bios."

This helps not at all, since I cannot execute it on a machine that won't boot

[IronFly]

Yes....unzip Q1VZC109.exe and you will find a xxxxxx.FD file, this is the BIOS file.