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    Acer Aspire 7741G Bios upgrade HELP

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by edin69, May 26, 2012.

  1. edin69

    edin69 Newbie

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    I have laptop mentioned above and i cannot upgrade bios so i need help. I downloaded new bios from Acer website and it comes in Winflash.exe file,when i run it program opens and it says "bios flash fail". So i could use some help,some links where to download proper bios for my laptop and a small guide if its not a problem.

    Thank you.
     
    edin69, May 26, 2012
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    The most recent BIOS for your notebook is 1.26.
    Unpack the archive, go to Winflash folder and launch 17CP126.exe file.

    NOTE: This is assuming you're flashing within Windows. There's a different procedure for DOS.
     
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    edin69 Newbie

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    That is file i was talking about,i cannot flash it. It says "Flash BIOS fail". My BIOS version is 1.20 and i wanted to flash it to 1.26 but i always get same error,and yes i did it in Windows. BTW i have Windows 7 Ultimate 64x.
     
    edin69, May 27, 2012
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    So no one can tell me any known reason why i cant flash my bios? Is there a way that there is jumper on motherboard that locks down bios or something like that?
     
    edin69, May 29, 2012
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    No- there's no such jumper or anything like that.
    Try flashing in DOS mode (real DOS not within-Windows command prompt.
     
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    I did try it via usb and still same error. I dont realy know anything else to try...
     
    edin69, May 31, 2012
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    Do you mean using the USB in real DOS mode? There is a different procedure for DOS mode. The only other way is the recovery way which is used when a BIOS flash fails and bricks the laptop.
     
    popeye1128, May 31, 2012
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