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    BIOS Upgrate.......Need help

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by naton, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    I've been trying to upgrade the bios on my friend's ACER TM 292e for a while to enable intel's wifi but. His laptop has bios v1.2. I need to upgrade to v1.6 or above.

    I tried the upgrade both under Windows an under DOS and no vail. Each time I receive an error message:
    "The project ID is not correct" or
    "The ROM file size is not correct"

    The BIOSs I tried from the upgrae are from Acer FTP.
     
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    Try disabling all flags (in the Advanced Options) if flashing through WinPhlash....
     
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  3. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    Andy
    you mean the advanced options of the bios? right?

    Edit:
    No option to turn the flags in the Advanced tab of the BIOS nor any other menu in the BIOS.
     
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    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm using winflash v2.1 and it doesn't look like the picture in the lik you posted.
    [​IMG]
    Can I try winphlash instead?
     
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    I came across three TM 290s :p

    What are the specs of the notebook ? (CPU/GPU)
     
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    That's right
    TM 290e like my friend's with a Celeron M
    TM 290 which is like the TM290e but has a Pentium M instead of the Celeron M
    TM 290d with a Pentium M and Ati dedicated/descrete graphics.

    The TM290e (my friend's) was sold with antenna but without wifi. It doesn't have support for intel nor Acer wifi modules. The support for intel wifi modules was added in BIOS v1.6

    The Acer wifi module I tested is IPN2220. The switch to turn the Wifi/bluetooth ON and OFF has no effect. I mean that when pushed I see "wifi ON" or "wifi OFF" in the screen (through Launch manager) but physicaly the wifi module stays OFF.
     
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    Ok, so the one you have is a TM290E, right ?
     
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    Yes, my friend laptop is the TM 290e.

    I'll fix the first post right away ;)
     
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    I only see 1.00, 1.10 and 1.20 for TM 290E....
     
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    I know.

    1- from a spec point of view the only difference between the TM290 & TM290e is the CPU.
    If the mobo is the same in both I should be able to upgrade the bios. Isn't it?

    2- What's the point of selling a laptop with antenna and mini pci if we can't add a wireless to it?

    3- I forget to say I contacted Acer and they refuse to help... :mad:
     
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    Mobos are different....
     
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    so my friend is out of luck

    Acer... :mad:
     
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    Which BIOS version (current) in CPU-Z ?
     
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    i've found TM290 bios files.....

    THEY ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM 290E files...
    check CPU-Z and see which bios version and what the name of the motherboard is

    once i know for sure which version of the 290 you have i can point you to the correct bios... but until then... we're stuck
     
    bigozone, Sep 10, 2008
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