Upgrading BIOS in older ACER VM6630G desktop
Neil787
Member Posts: 22 Troubleshooter
Hello,
I am trying to upgrade the BIOS in the above box.
The current BIOS is dated 2013.
The current BIOS is dated 2013.
I get the latest BIOS from ACER.CA and its dated 2015.
When I try and run wflash.bat I get the below error message...
I am running command prompt in admin mode
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.720]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Directory of C:\bios-new\WIN
03/19/2020 12:25 PM <DIR> .
03/19/2020 12:25 PM <DIR> ..
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 295,536 afuwin.exe
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 14,616 amifldrv32.sys
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 15,640 amifldrv64.sys
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 7,696 fparts.txt
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 1,326,552 fptw.exe
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 1,307,096 fptw64.exe
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 65,536 idrvdll.DLL
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 61,952 idrvdll32e.DLL
03/19/2020 12:25 PM <DIR> MESwJump
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 118,784 pmxdll.DLL
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 114,176 pmxdll32e.DLL
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 37 WFLASH.BAT
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 309 WFLASHS.BAT
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 313 WFLASHSX.BAT
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 41 WFLASHX.BAT
14 File(s) 3,328,284 bytes
3 Dir(s) 361,847,377,920 bytes free
C:\bios-new\WIN>wflash
C:\bios-new\WIN>afuwin ..\ROM\P11-B2.4M /p /b /n /r
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| AMI Firmware Update Utility v3.04.03 |
| Copyright (C)2012 American Megatrends Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Reading flash ............... done
Secure Flash enabled, recalculate ROM size with signature...
- FFS checksums ......... ok
4 - Error: ROM file ROMID is not compatible with existing BIOS ROMID.
C:\bios-new\WIN>
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
==================================================
Directory of C:\bios-new\WIN
03/19/2020 12:25 PM <DIR> .
03/19/2020 12:25 PM <DIR> ..
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 295,536 afuwin.exe
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 14,616 amifldrv32.sys
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 15,640 amifldrv64.sys
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 7,696 fparts.txt
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 1,326,552 fptw.exe
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 1,307,096 fptw64.exe
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 65,536 idrvdll.DLL
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 61,952 idrvdll32e.DLL
03/19/2020 12:25 PM <DIR> MESwJump
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 118,784 pmxdll.DLL
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 114,176 pmxdll32e.DLL
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 37 WFLASH.BAT
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 309 WFLASHS.BAT
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 313 WFLASHSX.BAT
03/19/2020 12:25 PM 41 WFLASHX.BAT
14 File(s) 3,328,284 bytes
3 Dir(s) 361,847,377,920 bytes free
C:\bios-new\WIN>wflash
C:\bios-new\WIN>afuwin ..\ROM\P11-B2.4M /p /b /n /r
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| AMI Firmware Update Utility v3.04.03 |
| Copyright (C)2012 American Megatrends Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Reading flash ............... done
Secure Flash enabled, recalculate ROM size with signature...
- FFS checksums ......... ok
4 - Error: ROM file ROMID is not compatible with existing BIOS ROMID.
C:\bios-new\WIN>
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Is the above error message due to a incompatible rom file?
Any suggestions appreciated.
THank you
Neil
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Best Answer
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Exactly so. Many models ship with different motherboards at the end of their life than the ones used in the early models. The BIOS has to match the MB... IIRC the P11 and P21 BIOSes are for the different MBs.
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Exactly so. Many models ship with different motherboards at the end of their life than the ones used in the early models. The BIOS has to match the MB... IIRC the P11 and P21 BIOSes are for the different MBs.
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Thank you Bill. Much appreciated.Is there such a thing as OEM Bios that I could apply? If yes, do you know where I could obtain it?Thank youNeil5
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Try the latest P21 version since the P11 had issues. IIRC when I looked a few minutes ago there were several versions of each. Do you know what's installed in it now?
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Thanks again.It has P21-A1 06/18/20130
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Looks like the P21-B4 version is the latest.
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I applied the P21-A4 and got a bit petrified there for a few moments...it would not boot into windows. But I was able to get in the bios settings and I turned an option off .....I am now in Windows and seeing all my devices. WHeeeewShould I apply P21-B4?Neil0
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Hi Bill,I applied P21-B4 all seems OK I am back in Windows.BIOS Date is 08/25/2014 nowThank you for you help0
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Great! The first boot attempt after a BIOS update can be a little heart wrenching, if they set the default for something that shouldn't be...
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