Hello all,
during BIOS-update (mistakenly also selected together with normal Windows Updates) my Acer Predator 15 (G9-593-76MG) got stuck in 'please wait a while while we do a system-update' (or a similar message). As it took too long, I did battery-reset. Since then PC starts up, screen stays black all of the time, no sound, fans and HD seem to be turning, …). After about 2 minutes it restarts and does the same thing again.
I want to di BIOS recovery with USB-stick, 'FN' + 'ESC' + PWR-button procedure. Problem: I tried lots of times already …:
- 64Mb USB-stick formatted FAT.
- 8Gb USB-stick formated FAT32.
- I found several *.bin-files on different forums (MURDC.bin, MU5DC.bin, 20230909_Acer predator R9-593.bin, 42221 mu5dc W25Q128BV@WSON8_20210430_213823.BIN,…).
- Tried renaming them, changing extension to *.fd.
- On the 64Mb-USB there's a LED and from time to time it flashes, so I'm guessing the laptop is trying to read info from it and might be trying to do the BIOS-recovery.
… but wasn't able to do the BIOS Recovery.
It's my programming-laptop, so I should get it working again. I already removed HD to make back-up of my projects.
I also downloaded 'BIOS_Acer_1.14_A_A' from Acer website, but I can't run it on another PC, so the *.exe doesn't make a folder in appdata/temp to find the correct *.bin file(s).
Questions:
- With *.bin file do I need for installing BIOS 1.14?
- Do I need to put it with an exact name and extension (*.bin or *.fd) on the formatted USB-drive?
- Must there only be one file on the USB-drive, or does the recovery look itself for the file(s) needed on the complete USB-drive?
- Which is the minimum and maximum size of supported USB-drives?
- Can it be done with an CF-card 64Gb?
- Must they be formatted FAT32, or will FAT also do for the 64Mb-USB-Drive?
- What exactly will all the LEDs on the PC do if the BIOS Recovery actually is started, busy, finished?
- Procedure:
- Unplug Power-supply.
- Press 'FN' and 'ESC' together.
- Plug in Power-supply whilst maintaining pressed those 2 buttons.
- whilst maintaining pressed those 2 buttons press the 'power On'-button.
- And what should I see then? What should happen?
- Is there any other way except the USB-drive/'FN'-'ESC' to flash the BIOS on the BIOS-chip? If yes:
- Procedure to follow.
- Special Hradware necessary?
If I can't get the BIOS flashed again, I probably need to start looking for a new Motherboard (is initialization (setting MAC-addresses, serial-numbers and other hardware-specific data) of motherboard Acer similar to motherboard HP (with a special program)?)
Thanks a lot in advance for a quick reply.