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i own an Acer Aspire 3, A315-21 used laptop purchase as spares and trying to fix it.
I replaced the lcd with a new one, but not sure if it is touch one.
I added 250gb sata internal hdd and has no caddy, sitting lose inside the compartment.
i have problems with installation of windows and selecting right BIOS-uefi options as well.
I have over 20 years to use garbage windows OS, but i have to fix this acer...
I only managed to make bootable usb with windows ver 1809 build 17763.107.
It boots and installs under uefi and legacy.
I
dont know what UEFI settings i have to have ON though and need your
help with which options to turn on, ie secure and what from boot menu.
There is something disabled in bios, the tpm (tcm). should be turned on or off not sure.
I
tried to find TPM version via device manager for win11 and i dont see
it at all. So, do i have TPM and what version is it or not.
My
problem is that i cannot update to H20 or H21 from a downloadable
version from ie heidoc.net or crappy microsoft website, which displays latest ver
only
for downloading.
I tried to update BIOS from Legacy-windows, reading a post here about issues with H20 or H21. I run ZAS125.exe, loads,
then i get error -Mount the EFI system partition failed appears- and
quits. Not sure if i have to set UEFI or UEFI secure or whatever else for that to work. I also get fuzzy screen, scrambled animated pixels and then i have to shut down the laptop with some usb and win versions sometimes.
How can i tell if i need more BIOS updates from the support page, as not sure if i need them or not.
I
found only windows version 1809 that allows me to boot from usb and
open setup to continue install. Not sure if i have wrong format etc
options via YUMI or RUFUS.
Can you give me instructions to
make a proper bootable usb installer or windows bootable win2go usb, as i
tried other software like win2hdd/usb and had no luck.
When
i enter setup, i get no mouse pointer (i dont have mouse) nor
trackpad-touchpad pointer moving on screen and i use old **** TAB key to
navigate to continue
install, which when i loggin, i use tab
again to show wifi network, update some USB drivers shown in device
manager, maybe missing etc.then i see the mouse pointer
moving and after a while i can find the touchpad via search menu and set it up and works.
CMOS
battery is missing from the motherboard, and i use electricity at all
times, without any time date problems in windows x64. Home edition. Have
not updated to pro yet, not sure if would help or make things worst. Do
you suggest a non-recheargeable battery instead of ML1220 which i
cannot find at all, without soldered contacts, unless i go ebay... and
which one to buy.
RAM is 4GB on board only. what
RAM speed to buy and how can i tell the speed and ECC or non-ECC from
the stickers on the ram board chip. What is the advised speed to be
compatible with the 4GB RAM speed.
How can i
make one bootable usb installer that can work on this acer model, and
correct BIOS choice ie legacy or uefi and also load the touchpad
drivers.
I just move large files over 4GB on this pc laptop.
Not sure if i have to format the hdd ntfs or gpt etc. and allow windows
install.
What versions work with this acer model.
I only noticed that touchpad drivers and mouse pointer show ok when installing windows 8.1
I tried to load Strelec winPE but did not work with touchpad as well.
I dont use any mouse devices anymore...
Any
help on the above would be appreciated as i am stuck with the install
and switched off the updates to avoid error, after restarts,
-your hardware settings have changed, reboot now- which behaves like a loop showing always on screen after loggin.
