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My BIOS says it Write-Protected,but its disabled.
Miklos24
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I bought a GPU,and I put it in,and it doesnt work,it works,but doesnt boot into windows.When I downloaded P01-A2 upgrade file,and when i wanted to run AFUWIN,it says BIOS:is write-protected.Current BIOS is P01-A1.I watched it ,and in security page,is disabled,I turned on,and its saying the same.I hope somebody willl help me.(sorry for my bad english.)
PC:Acer Veriton M4620G
CPU:i3-2130
Acer b75h2-am motherboard
FPS300-60EP(1) PSU
PC:Acer Veriton M4620G
CPU:i3-2130
Acer b75h2-am motherboard
FPS300-60EP(1) PSU
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I believe you're trying to install the wrong BIOS. I looked on Acer's website and there isn't a P01-A2. There's a P11-A2L and P21.A2 which aren't compatible with your mainboard. You already have the latest BIOS. You can't install a P11.xx or a P21.xx on your legacy mainboard because you have a legacy BIOS---not a modern day UEFI.
Your BIOS is a P01.xx BIOS which means it's a legacy BIOS and it won't support a modern UEFI graphics card such as the one you're trying to install.
There's two different mainboards for your model.
1. Legacy BIOS ----P01.xx mainboard
2. Modern UEFI ----P11.xx/P21.xx mainboard
Unfortunately your mainboard won't support any modern graphics card even with a BIOS update....because your mainboard is an Acer legacy BIOS mainboard that lacks support for modern graphics cards.
Most all Acer desktop mainboards manufactured from late 2013 to present will support a modern graphics card. Unfortunately it appears your mainboard was manufactured prior to 2013. There was a transition period from late 2011 to late 2013 when the entire computer industry switched from legacy BIOS to modern UEFI (around the time that Windows 8 was coming out).