Acer extensa ex215-52 black, how to load USB drive to BIOS

tankiso01
tankiso01 Member Posts: 7

Tinkerer
edited October 2023 in TravelMate and Extensa

Does anyone know how I can load bios on an acer ex215-52 model via flash stick?

My laptop yesterday refused to power on, I then did a power drain. After doing that it was able to turn on but now with just a black screen, with not acer splash screen and it restarts after a minute or 2 of turning on.

I read some forum whereby they stated it might need a bios reload if it presents such symptoms.

[Edited the thread to add model name to the title]

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  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,246 Trailblazer
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    Typically when the BIOS is that corrupted the CMOS chips will need to be reflashed, a USB BIOS install won't work. If you want to try it anyway:

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    With the crisis disk inserted into your USB port and the system fully powered off, press and hold the Fn and Esc keys then turn it on. Continue holding the two keys until after you hear the fan spin up to full speed. You can then release the keys. If it hasn't completed the BIOS update in 5 minutes the process has failed. You can try removing the system battery, wait a half hour or so and reconnect it then retry the process. If it fails again you will have to send the laptop in to a service center so they can reflash the chip.

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  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,246 Trailblazer
    Answer ✓

    Typically when the BIOS is that corrupted the CMOS chips will need to be reflashed, a USB BIOS install won't work. If you want to try it anyway:

    image.png
    image.png
    image.png

    With the crisis disk inserted into your USB port and the system fully powered off, press and hold the Fn and Esc keys then turn it on. Continue holding the two keys until after you hear the fan spin up to full speed. You can then release the keys. If it hasn't completed the BIOS update in 5 minutes the process has failed. You can try removing the system battery, wait a half hour or so and reconnect it then retry the process. If it fails again you will have to send the laptop in to a service center so they can reflash the chip.

    Click on "Like" if you find my answer useful or click on "Yes" if it answers your question.
  • tankiso01
    tankiso01 Member Posts: 7

    Tinkerer
    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1236151#Comment_1236151

    Thanks for the response. I might as well budget for a new motherboard if the bios is that gone to a point whereby the chip needs to be re-flashed.

  • tankiso01
    tankiso01 Member Posts: 7

    Tinkerer
    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1236151#Comment_1236151

    Ive just tried your this method and it worked. thank you very much.

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,246 Trailblazer

    Great to hear! Sometimes it will work and sometimes it's just too screwed up. You came out on the lucky side of that equation. :)

    Click on "Like" if you find my answer useful or click on "Yes" if it answers your question.

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