Acer Aspire 5520 Bios

Has anyone flashed an updated BIOS from the Acer.euro site???
My bios is v1.08... I wonder why it is not in the list????

bios list reads..
v1.07
v1.11
v1.21
v1.30

 

Just flashed v1.3 on my 5520 5716 and I thought I bricked it!
After a funny little (long@ss) restart..
It works..
I flashed it in vista..
Download bios
unzip 2 folders
run "flash32"........ *not for everyone*
It cut the p.o.s.t. time in half...
No other performance or bios selections..
I could not find any info on the bios changes/fixes
*I think I took a large ri$k*

 

Got my 5520 a couple of days ago, is p.o.s.t. same as bootup time? I´d really like to flash my bios if it cuts the boot-up time in half but at the same time I´d rather have a slow booting laptop than a bricked one LOL!

 

Pre Operating System Test..
Yes it does speed up overall BOOT time..
the stumble(wait) before windows would load is gone..

 

Does anyone know if it has some improvements ? And does it work on a AS5520 G

 

Can someone post the link for this BIOS Update? Its very hard to find stuff on acers website. (Still looking for empowering software)

Thanks

 

Have you tried this:

ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_5520/

 

Well, I flashed it by accident. I opened the programm to see what is was all about and it started flashing. No turning aroung. I just hope everything will be ok, as acer didn`t inclue a changelog with it, and 1.21 and 1.3 were released the same day ! Well, if anyone has issues, do post here, so i`ll know to revert to the old bios that came with the laptop.

 

v1.32 is out..
no update information given..

 

Oh boy (

 

Seems there are some updates pasted :

1. Discrete platform insert 4G RAM, BIOS setup menu show 4095MB, OS properties show memory size "3071MB".
2. UMA platform extended memory only show 2814RAM when bundle 4G RAM and flash BIOS v1.30.

 

Anyone tried the new bios ?

 

I am running v1.30 now.. from v1.08
no problems..
I will upgrade to v1.32 when I get home from work tonight!!

 

V1.32 flashed
now shows 4.00GB ram in "MY COMPUTER"
Vista32 SP1

 

I flashed to 1.32, and Control Panel | System still says 3071mb (also running Vista Home Premium 32-bit)

 

Maybe It was the SP1 install that fixed it???
I did both back to back.. Forgot to check....

 

P power
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S self
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bigozone

 

SP1 does fix the issue, as I know that I had that issue on a regular PC.
Also been running v1.32 since it came out, dare I say, seems to run a bit better.

 

If you have 4GB ram installed, Vista SP1 shows total amount of ram installed instead of total available ram for OS.

Look into Task Manager and you will see the total available ram for OS (physical memory).

By the way, what are the fixes/updates for Acer Bios v1.32?

 

There's a new release: v1.34

from readme:

DEFECT/FEATURE IMPLEMENTED:
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1.34
Updating KBC to 2.46 for JP KB
1.33
1. Refer Kernel Code to r1.45
2. Support Wistron Winflash64 to protect BIOS ROM
3. Change IOTRAP of FIR workaround
4. Update KBC TO v2.45

 

Hi everyone one, I'm new here. I was wondering if anyone here has the default stock OEM BIOS of the Acer Aspire 5520-5912 Notebook PC. If so please let me know cause I really want to restore my BIOS back to the stock 1.08. Here are the model specs. If anyone has a backup of 1.08 can u guys please message me pretty plz I would really appreciate it.

Acer Aspire 5520-5912 Notebook PC
Manufacturer: Acer
Series: Aspire 5520
Model: ICW50
SYS BIOS: 1.08 <<<---- I want this one back again and leave it like that.
CURRRENT BIOS: 1.32

Thanks in advanced for your help.