aspire V5-122p

maisixxx
maisixxx Member Posts: 7 New User
I'm looking for bois file for my blank screen laptop.

I will like to boot it from flash drive to upgrade the Bois maybe the blank screen will come up.

The bois file I found on acer support file was exe and readme and they re not the one that can boot from flashdrive.

Please I need quick help

Thank You

Answers

  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    little trick.

     

    download the latest BIOS, unzip the .zip file, now unzip SOBI0212.exe file (i use 7z), unzip v212s.exe

     

    you need 2 files inside v212s.exe:

    An212w.fd  BIOS

    FWUpdLcl.exe  the bios flasher

     

    now you need an USB DOS bootable pen:

    http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-dos-from-usb/

     

    Follow the instructions on the website, check only Quick Format and Create bootable MS-DOS (NOT free-DOS), then copy the BIOS and flasher file on the USB root.

     

    Plug the USB on your laptop, boot and choose the USB pen as boot device, then at prompt type:

     

     FWUpdLcl.exe An212w.fd

     

    press enter and wait until is done, please take care that battery is full charged and AC charger is connected.

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • maisixxx
    maisixxx Member Posts: 7 New User
    I have only the "SOBI0212.exe file "

    How do I get the file containing SOBI0212.exe.

    Secondly, the screen doesn't display, so I suggest I will put everything inside d flash... I will leave the laptop off state and insert the USB Flash inside the USB Port and HOLD down both the FN & ESC Key and POWER and it will automatically load from Flash...

    Plz I need moe insight on this..

    Thanks
  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    You need to unzip (right click "unzip here") SOBI0212.exe with an application like 7z

    http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

     

     

    mmmm...wait a moment, you are trying to use BIOS recovery in this way.....it will be simple.

     

    give me 2 minutes.

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • maisixxx
    maisixxx Member Posts: 7 New User

    Yeah... 

     

    I was able to get the files after i extract it

     

    here are the details of the files i got

     

    PopMsg

    Update

    v212s.exe

     

    I now unzip v212s.exe

    was able to get the below files after the unzip of v212s.exe

    An212w.fd

    Ding

    FIsHook

    FIsHookDll.dll

    FWUpdLcl

    InsydeFlashx64

    iscflashx64.dll

    iscflashx64.sys

    platform

    xerces-c_7.dll

     

    Kindly let me know what to do next as i have my flash disk here ready.

     

    The screen doesnt display and i want it to boot up when i hold down FN and ESC key as i saw it in a tutorial on Youtube

     

  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    Nope.

    the recovery method you are referring is for old Acer models, it will not works on V5.

     

    By the way if you want to attempt it, just format an USB pen to FAT or FAT32 (DOS Bootable NOT needed) and copy the BIOS file An212w.fd to your USB pen then try your method.

     

     Try also to rename the  BIOS file if this doesn't work with stock name (once at time):

     

    BIOS.fd

    AA.fd

    BB.fd

     

     

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • maisixxx
    maisixxx Member Posts: 7 New User

    Okay.. give me 2 minutes.. let me try.

     

    Please incase it doesnt work,

     

    is there any other option for this my blank screen laptop??

     

    its power on the power light is on but it wont boot up to display on the screen.

     

    I will be looking forward to hear from you 

  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    Repair shop if it's out of warranty.

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • maisixxx
    maisixxx Member Posts: 7 New User

    I'm from Nigeria and i reside in Nigeria..

     

    They re not able to repair it and i thought i could use online help to make it come back to life.

     

     

  • maisixxx
    maisixxx Member Posts: 7 New User

    Its didnt boot from the Flash drive...

     

     

    How can i make it boot from the flash.. am sure it will work it he boot from the flashdisk

  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer
    No way to fix it this way.
    In my opinion it's an hardware problem.

    Sorry
    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • maisixxx
    maisixxx Member Posts: 7 New User

    THANK YOU

     

    Really Helpful

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