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    Acer Aspire 5520-5912 BIOS issues

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jhdezjr, Jul 5, 2008.

  1. jhdezjr

    jhdezjr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Boy did I make a huge mistake by upgraded my BIOS from version 1.08 to 1.32 from the Acer Euro website. I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to send me a backup of their BIOS if they have this system. Please I beg all of you my PC has been having problems ever since I upgraded the BIOS. I've learned my lesson. Here are the specs. Please guys help me out. Thanks in advanced and god bless all of you.

    ACER ASPIRE 5520-5912
    MODEL NO. ICW50 (ON BOTTOM OF NOTEBOOK)
    BIOS - v1.08 OEM BIOS

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    jhdezjr, Jul 5, 2008
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  2. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    what is the problem??

    does it boot at all??
    show an ACER screen??

    what does it do??
     
    bigozone, Jul 5, 2008
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Go to the site and check out the BIOS versions....
    try flashing 1.07 or 1.11
    and did you make a backup of the previous BIOS when using winphlash..??
     
    Andy, Jul 5, 2008
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  4. jhdezjr

    jhdezjr Notebook Enthusiast

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    First off god bless you guys thanks for replying. Unlike other forums that people don't even help :p. Yes it does boot and I'm able to use Windows. But the performance freakin sucks its so slow at times. Yes it did make a backup but I think my Uniblue program removed the backup cause I couldn't find it anywhere. Btw why version 1.07 or 1.11? Just wondering. One thing is I wish I could just restore it to 1.08 the system factory BIOS it had. The BIOS doesn't have an onboard backup huh? Just wondering.
     
    jhdezjr, Jul 6, 2008
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  5. bin_asc

    bin_asc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Been using 1.32 for quite some time now ( over a year ?! ) and had no issues *knocks on wood*
     
    bin_asc, Jan 12, 2009
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