Notebooks & Netbooks

[Timbo]

Can an Acer Tech answer this? Also any release notes on these BIOS changes would be most appreciated!

[JackE]

What was the original windows version on your machine. If it was Win7, you should stay with the 1.x  legacy bios and not try to mess with 2.x UEFI.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface

Jack E/NJ

[Timbo]

Is win8 64 bit...

[popeye1128]

I would really like to know also. I just installed it. What enhancements? I hate generic descriptions Acer provides.

[JackE]

Since installing the UEFI, did you notice any of the improvements mentioned in the link above? Did you notice any boot-time reductions?

Jack E/NJ

[Timbo]

Hi,

Machine was always a UEFI boot. It is th BIOS I have upgraded, not the method of booting.

However, booting does seem a bit quicker with the new BIOS.

Machine seems to run a bit cooler and quieter too.

[JackE]

This may be of interest to you.

http://community.acer.com/t5/Notebooks-Netbooks/Aspire-V3-771G-Can-t-update-UEFI-BIOS-2-12/td-p/3071...

Jack E/NJ

[popeye1128]

Always had the UEFI BIOS, was 2.21 prior to this. Still wish I knew what the "enhancements" are supposed to be.

[JackE]

I got out my slide rule and divided 2.28 by 2.21. So I'll guess it's about a 3.17%  performance enhancement. 8^)

Jack E/NJ

[Timbo]

Ha ha. Cheers for the link about the Bios situation Jack. It covers alot of what I was trying to do but never had the balls to try! Mainly because it went against all my know concepts of HD's pre UEFI.