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    Acer Apire 1410

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by slamtry, Mar 16, 2011.

  1. slamtry

    slamtry Newbie

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    I tried to update my Bios from within Widows and although it did not lose power at any point as it was plugged in and fully charged, it seems to have been the wrong BIOS. At least it has screwed everything up and it bluescreens whenever I turn it on.

    Does anyone know how I can either undo the BIOS update or maybe apply a new and correct BIOS update? I can get into it for a couple of minutes in safe mode so I may be able to try another flash.

    If someone could point me to an exact link to the 100% known-to-be correct latest BIOS update, I would be grateful. I found mine on ACER's world site as I could not find one on the US website. My machine is a US ACER Apsire 141- with the SU2300 processor.

    Dan
     
    slamtry, Mar 16, 2011
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  2. prikolchik

    prikolchik Notebook Evangelist

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    If it was wrong BIOS then 1) it would probably not flash 2) your system wouldn't POST and will probably fail to turn on (the actual hardware, not Windows). So if you can atleat get to booring Windows then that is a good sign!

    I think your problem is that when the BIOS flashed it reset the BIOS settings back to default. If I were you, I would go into the BIOS settings by pressing F2 right after turning on the computer, and then find and change the Haddrive mode to either ACHI or IDE. See if this helps your Windows boot. I would also try disabling D2D Recovery in the BIOS, but i doubt that would make a difference.

    You can also try booting in safe mode and changing Registry to allow AHCI to IDE haddrive mode switch, or vice versa. You can find guides online. It is pretty straight forward.

    Anyway, I think you'd fix it by changing Haddrive mode in the BIOS
     
    prikolchik, Mar 17, 2011
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