So, while checking some stuff at acer site I saw there was an update for my bios and decided to give it a try. For my sadness, after all completed, and the computer restarted it was just stuck at the acer logo

. while googling for the problem I saw this was an issue with several models and being there for a long time, and also gave a try downloading a previous bios from the site, extracting and placing the FD file into a stick, renamed to poseidonx64.fd to match mine, and tried to turn it on with fn + esc combination, at that time I can see there is activity, as the screen becomes black and the USB flash blinks for a while, then after some seconds the fan stops, usb stops blinking. and then after 2 or 3 secs the notebook turns off. I am trying to figure out if I am missing something or if the crisis recovery for this model is different. can anyone help ?
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When you turn it back on and immediately tap F2, can you still access BIOS menu? Jack E/NJ
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Aprreciate your attention though
(1) What website? (2) Which download? (3) Where did you get the filename from? (4) How do you know the filename matched yours? (5) Did you use an .fd binary assigned to another model? Jack E/NJ
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1 - https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/5615?b=1&pn=NX.MS7EG.001
2 - Ended up trying all the 3 bios donwloads available
3 - Extracted the exe file, and got the fd file from there. First I tried the recovery with the file as it is and nothing happened, then doing some more research I found that the recovery looks for specific file name x64, though, Poseidon is my mother board and I gave it a try, renamed the fd to poseidonx64.fd and that's when I saw some activity.
4 - answered on 3
5 - No, just tried the 3 files available for my model
If it fails again, retry the above procedure in another USB port using only the latest .FD binary. Keep retrying if necessary till you've tried each USB port twice.
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