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    Can i use another pc to reflash my bios?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by lobfredd, Jul 27, 2010.

  1. lobfredd

    lobfredd Notebook Guru

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    Hey, I bricked my Acer Aspire 5739G by flashing it from Windows...
    I have tried mostly everything to recover it with no luck.

    I have 2 other laptops here which also has a Pheonix BIOS. (One of them is a HP Pavilion laptop and the other one is a Compaq Laptop)
    Will it be possible if i:
    Boot up one of the working laptops (Into DOS)
    Take out the Bios chip
    Insert the 5739G Bios chip
    Flash it with 5739G Bios?
     
    lobfredd, Jul 27, 2010
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    In theory, possible.
    But the chips are most likely soldered to the motherboard, so swaping them would be hard.

    Most notebooks have some sort of bios recovery, might be some key-combo to hold when you turn it on. I have no idea about acer notebooks, maybe someone here has tried it before.
     
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  3. lobfredd

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    I know the key combo for it.
    its FN+Esc
    But i just cant get it to flash! :(
    thanks for answer :)
     
    lobfredd, Jul 27, 2010
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    I think i got it to flash!! but now it wont even turn on!
    I took the hdd out and tried again from memorystick.
    This time the Memorystick lighted up for about 30sec i think!
    then then power led stopped flashing.
    I waited 10 min i tried to turn it of by pressing the power button but nothing happend. (it didnt turn off)
    I waited 10 more mins and took out the power plug.

    Now nothing happens if i press the power button!!!
    what is the problem now? I have tried resetting bios by removing the little battery thing..
     
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  5. moral hazard

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    That notebook is pretty new, do you have warranty on it?
     
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    Yes i have! :D and i handed it in to where i bought it today.

    I talked with Acer and they told the that the FN+Esc combination at startup is not for recovery of a bad bios flash but a recovery of a working bios, like if u have forgotten bios password etc..
    Which i think is weird because every other site (including notebook review) i have been to have said that i can recover a bad bios flash with the FN+Esc combitaion.. :confused:
     
    lobfredd, Jul 28, 2010
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    kancer Notebook Consultant

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    just asking, how did it fail in the first place? power interruption?
     
    kancer, Jul 28, 2010
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    If you brick it well enough, nothing would work I would imagine. You might just need to send it in.
     
    Greg, Jul 28, 2010
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    It just froze when it was flashing!
    when it froze it said someting about: Flashing block 4.
    after 4 hours i just took out the power cable..
     
    lobfredd, Jul 29, 2010
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