How to flash bios for aspire 5745 when you have a black screen

gooderdone
gooderdone Member Posts: 3 New User
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I attempted to update my bios for my Acer Aspire 5745 notebook and chose the wrong file.  The computer is giving me a black screen now. When I push the start button the lights come on the fan blows and thats all. I found a few sits on line giving me the procedure to flash an aspire one system. Here is the steps I took to do so to no avail.

 

1. When to the acer site and put the SNID number to my laptop to pull up my suggested downloads for my system.

 

2. I downloaded the file to my working computer.

 

3. I extracted the file and opened the file that said DOS.

 

4. I renamed the file zg5ia32.fd

 

5. checked my flash drive to make sure it is set to ( FAT ).

 

6. Transfered the file to the flash drive.

 

7. Pluged in the flash drive to my dead laptop while it was pluged into a powersorce.

 

8. Held down the FN and ESC buttons while pushing the power buttons.

 

9. Released the FN and ESC buttons when I noticed the power light blinking and the flash drive light up.

 

10. Waited for over 15 min.  but had no success.

 

If anyone could tell me what I may have done wrong I would be much appriciated.  I also opened up the backside to the laptop and removed the little battery that was plugged it with a small white connector assuming it was the cmos battery but still nothing happended.

Answers

  • -Justin
    -Justin Member Posts: 2,362 Skilled Specialist WiFi Icon

    gooderdone,

     

    The method you listed sounds like the process for a USB Crisis disc. If it's not working, there might be some a local technician that could help.

  • gooderdone
    gooderdone Member Posts: 3 New User

    Yes I agree, I attempted the crisis procedure to no avail. I ended up purchasing a motherboard with cpu attached on ebay for 75. I did not want to take the chance of damaging my motherboard in an attempt to replace the bios on the board. Everything appears to be working again and thank GOD did not loose any personal information. Thanks for the advice and have a great day.

  • jgorreon
    jgorreon Member Posts: 6 New User

    Hi,

    Can you help me with my Aspire V5-122p? I can find the DOS folder after I extracted the downloaded file. Also how to rename the .FD file.

    Thanks,

  • gooderdone
    gooderdone Member Posts: 3 New User

    I was never able to properly flash my bios. I had wondered if when I tried to update it I may have destroyed my bios in the process. Anyways I had purchased a motherboard for I think around 50.00 on ebay. It was used but was complete. All I had to do was take out the old motherboard and replace with the other one. It all came on after that with a new knowledge of not fix something that is not broken.

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