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    Acer Aspire 5315 failed BIOS update

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mulletinc, Nov 9, 2009.

  1. mulletinc

    mulletinc Newbie

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    Hi there,
    I attempted to update the BIOS in my Acer Aspire 5315 laptop to no avail, the winbios program froze straight away, while erasing the BIOS I think. So since then I havn't been able to start the laptop, no fans, but does blink a red LED beside the little light icon when left for longer than 10 seconds or so when you press the power button. I've tried the fn+esc method to boot it to flash the bios but nothing at all, tried it with USB and CD-ROM. I've tried removing all the hardware and starting it, I've also tried resetting the CMOS, still no luck.

    Does anyone have any ideas? I'm thinking that the red LED might be a little indicator of hope, or is it maybe the capacitor filling up :)

    Thanks

    Luke
     
    mulletinc, Nov 9, 2009
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  2. mulletinc

    mulletinc Newbie

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    Yeah I've tried all those suggestions, I read through the whole thread but no such luck. There were a few members who had sort of the same situation as me, but failed to get back to the thread stating whether they fixed it or not.
     
    mulletinc, Nov 9, 2009
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    joblow Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there anything showing on your screen?
     
    joblow, Nov 10, 2009
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    mulletinc Newbie

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    No there's nothing at all. No screen, no fan, no DVD drive sounds, just a little light that comes on for 1/2 a second.
     
    mulletinc, Nov 11, 2009
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