Few hours before flying out of Nepal the Acer Aspire One netbook died. The BIOS got screwed, netbook won't even complete Power On Self Test(POST). Competent computer hardware technicians I hear are as rare as the famed Himalayan Yeti. Wiping my tears and picking up the thousand pieces of shared ego from the floor, I set about reflashing the BIOS. Thankfully, the relief was quick.
How to reflash a Acer Aspire One BIOS
Please be careful, you might end up bricking your netbook. :)
- Download the latest BIOS and extract the v.3114.zipcontent to USB pendrive
- Rename the ZG5_3114.fd to 'ZG5IA32.FD'.
- Power on the netbook the with pendrive connected while holding down Fn + Esc keys. Make sure the power cable is attached.
- After a few seconds the power light blinks, press power button once and wait till the netbook reboots.
worked a treat - thanks
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ReplyDeletenot rebooted only the power light blinks
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ReplyDeleteftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/netbook/aspire_one_150/bios/
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ReplyDelete4.After a few seconds the power led on the usb flash drive will start blinking (this is reading the flash drive contents for the bios file), wait till the netbook reboots (be patient and don't interrupt process). This can take upto 7minutes depending on your usb key
ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/netbook/aspire_one_150/bios/
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