where can I find a bios driver for aspire 9300 which is updatable from dos

Kent
Kent Member Posts: 3 New User

I have an old laptop (asipre 9300) whose windows is corrupted. When tryig to bring it back by recovery CDs, I encounter ACPI BIOS ERROR. By googling, someone suggested to upgrade laptops' bios. So I downloanded a V1.20 from www.acer.com and created a flash usb. When I tried to flash bios from dos, I found the driver's MAM_V120.exe is not executable from dos. Where can I find an aspire 9300 bios which is executable from dos?

 

Thanks,

 

-Kent

Answers

  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,017 Trailblazer

    Hello,

     

    You'll find it here.

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  • Kent
    Kent Member Posts: 3 New User

    Thanks and after downloading v1.19 and typing "phlash16 /x mam119.wph" on the C prompt of my laptop I was able to upgrade the bios of the laptop; however, it's screen turns black after the bios upgrade and keep that way even after several resets. Now, I need to figure out how to recover from this black screen/display. It will be a different issue though.

  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,017 Trailblazer

    Hello,

     

    1. Have you replaced the RTC/CMOS battery before the bios upgrade?
    2. About the bios, have you performed the upgrade from Windows Command prompt or a bootable DOS USB Flash Drive?
    3. Here is the file content:
      Spoiler
      @echo off

      set NVROM=MAM119.wph

      cls
      if (%OS%)==(Windows_NT) goto WindowsMode

      : DOSMode
      echo ***************** Myall_M BIOS Flash Utility *****************
      REM ***************************************************************
      REM *** Just modify the above part ********************************
      echo Notice:
      echo 1. This procedure may replace your BIOS!
      echo    If you don't want to do it, press Ctrl-C to cancel.
      echo 2. Make sure you plug in the AC adapter before flashing BIOS.
      echo    If not, DO NOT flash!
      echo 3. This utility will check if the battery capacity is over 30%%.
      echo    If not, it will stop to flash the BIOS.
      pause


      ACERACDC
      if errorlevel 255 goto MyallM
      goto end

      :MyallM
      phlash16 /x /s /mode=3 /BBL %NVROM%
      goto end

      :end

      cd ..
    France
  • Kent
    Kent Member Posts: 3 New User

    I used flash USB to upgrade my laptop's bios and used the following command "phlash16 /x mam119.wph." The bios was successfully upgraded. But after the upgrade and rebooting the laptop, my laptop becomes black/blank screen and I cannot to bring it back now.