Acer Aspire F5 572G Bricked after unlocking BIOS and disabling integrated Graphics.

FalconSpade1999
FalconSpade1999 Member Posts: 2 New User
edited August 2022 in Aspire Laptops

Jeah i know. Im a [Content removed].

I pressed fn+tab to unlock hidden settings.

Didnt knew what would happen and oh...

Screen stays completley black but the pc runs.

Should i flash the newest 1.18 bios via .fd fn+esc recovery flash?

And when i have the .fd file what name should i give it? bios.fd?

I tryed emergency flashing the bios before but the blue led keep flashing for hours what should i do? Change the name of the fije or remove the cmos battery and wait 30 min for everything to cool down?


Please help......im very sad and angry at myself.

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Answers

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,873 Trailblazer

    First try to turn the screen on with the FN+F6 combo. If no joy, then try to HDMI to a TV set. Press FN+F5 to turn the TV on.

    If still nothing, then simply rename the ZRW_118.EXE to ZRW_118.FD and put it in the root directory of a FAT32 format USB stick with an activity light. Unfortunately this EXE doesn't seem to further extract any apparent BIOS firmware binaries, just a few dlls and generic Windows mode H20 executables. It's possible that some other extractors might yield the binaries.

    Insert the USB stick into a fully charged laptop plugged in. Then press and hold the FN+ESC keys. Then while still holding the keys, turn the machine on. Let go if or when you see LED activity. If successful, machine should automatically shut down after about 3-4 mins. If not, try re-naming the EXE to ZYW_118.FD.

    Jack E/NJ

  • FalconSpade1999
    FalconSpade1999 Member Posts: 2 New User

    I think i can access the bios...but without display output.

    Can somebody send me 2 or 3 pictures of the advanced tab integrated graphics(opens when pressing fn+tab)

    i forgot where the setting was. A cmos reset dont help.......so i can try disabling and press f10

    left the battery outside for 20 mins.

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,873 Trailblazer
    edited August 2022

    I assume the FN+ESC method failed?

    If you think you can access the BIOS menu blind, then simply enter it by tapping F2 on startup. Then press F9 to load BIOS defaults which should then use the integrated GPU. Then press F10 to save BIOS default settings. Then press Enter to save setting and exit. Good luck. You may have to shutdown and restart to initialize the BIOS again. I suggest not playing with bios mods tricks anymore if the iGPU starts. 🙂

    Jack E/NJ

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