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    acer aspire 5740g BIOS PROBLEM

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by evermark27, Nov 19, 2011.

  1. evermark27

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    hi. i have a acer aspire 5740G with the i3 330m procesor . a few days ago i wanted to update my bios. i downloader 2 drivers(difetent version) from the acer website for my type of laptop. i installed the first one and all want fine. and by accident i started to install the second driver(a earlier version) and i canceled the process. now my laptop wont stay on. i turn it on, the screen stays black and after a couple of seconds it turn off and than turn back on and so on. it like it want to turn on but something doesn't let it. can any one tell me what could be the problem and if it can be fixed?
     
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Have you tried the crisis disk already?
     
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    i dont really know how to make one. i've downloaded "Phoenix Recovery" and i follow the instructions, but at one point it sad "Rename your BIOS file to bios.wph" and i don;t know which bios file to rename. i downloaded a bios kit from the acer website and in the folder i found a file named bios.bat and renamed that one.
     
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    You've asked that question before and I have replied with a link to a recovery disk for 5740G- have you seen it.
    The post is here.
     
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    can u tell me where the hell do i find the "bios.wph" file?
     
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    i've done it. thanks a lot man. it worked great.
     
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    "Hi,
    I have upgrade my bios but it doesn't go too well and finding black screen of death.. can anyone share "recovery disk for 5740G"

    Thanks...

    PS: Also Please Share the steps to restore the Bios..

    hi Downloads,
    As per above said post. can you please share the acer aspire 5740g Bios recovery flash disk... thanks
     
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    I'm on holiday till Wednesday. Please bump this thread then- otherwise I'll forget about it.
     
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    Bumping to help!