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    Aspire 5739g dos bios flash sos

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nem52, Feb 23, 2019.

  1. nem52

    nem52 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys... been trying two days now with no luck to flash some modified bios on my old mashine.... read numerous threads but on all of them, being really old, all files needed and pics shown are now unreachable.. please help me. i have my .bin bios file and want to flash it.. but having troubles making the dos usb, not putting the correct files in... its essential to do it on dos mode.
     
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    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    Are you having trouble with the USB stick booting to DOS, or are you having trouble getting the tools onto there after successfully booting DOS?

    You can make a FreeDOS bootable USB stick with unetbootin: https://unetbootin.github.io
     
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    i used rufus and made one but acer states that specific utilities need to be on it. and i cant find which they are. for sure is a version of phlash16. here is the manual https://www.manualslib.com/manual/232568/Acer-Aspire-5739g.html?page=45#manual
    also its mentioning a .bat file...
     
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    You can find multiple versions of the phlash utility here, not sure which one you need, you'll have to research that on your own: https://www.wimsbios.com/phoenixflasher.jsp

    A bat file would just automatically do the phlash command for you, so if you figure out the right arguments to that utility you shouldn't need the .bat file.
     
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