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    Video Ram locked in Bios!?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Nemoaristos, Mar 17, 2011.

  1. Nemoaristos

    Nemoaristos Newbie

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    :eek: Hey! I've got an Acer Aspire 6530 which I love to bits (its got an inbuilt subwoofer with great sound in the inbuilt speakers! AMD Turion X2 Dual Core 2.0Ghz 4 Gig DDR2 Ram )

    However in a mission to upgrade the BIOS to see if I could overclock the CPU - the original Bios 3217 was replaced with a new bios that locked the Video Ram at 256 meg! :mad:

    With the original Bios 3217 I had it running on 512 meg before which allowed changes up to 1024 meg maximum and the gaming was awesome. :rolleyes:

    I desperately want my old Bios back (3217) which I can't find at any Acer website or around the net - or a modified Bios that unlocks my Video Ram and especially the original mission of overclocking my CPU and Ram if possible...

    Any ideas or tips? :confused:
     
    Nemoaristos, Mar 17, 2011
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    raserdk Notebook Geek

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    raserdk, Mar 18, 2011
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Doesn't the flash program produce a backup rom file?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 18, 2011
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