Aspire 9302 BIOS Flash - right method?

I have an Aspire 9302 WSMi. I ran the Windows BIOS flash (to upgrade to 1.20). After a short while, my laptop powered off and then would not start again.

The screen is black. Power comes on, and the CD drive starts up, but nothing.

I have read various instructions for the Insyde BIOS and the Phoenix BIOS, but it is all rather confusing. I have a Phoenix BIOS.

The files listed in the Acer download are:
- mam_v120.rom
- mam_v120.wph
- PHLASH16.exe
- MyalM.bat
- ACERADDC.exe

The batch file seems to check battery and AC power and then run PHLASH16.exe.

My question is how to do all of this. I have tried putting all of the files on a CD, and starting the machine while pressing Fn-ESC, but to no avail. Some people have said that you need a .FD file, but I have not found one.

What files do I need on what device, and do I just then Fn-ESC and hope?

 

Hi mike, i have the same laptop, the same trouble upgrading BIOS. I´ve tried with usb bios recovery but nothing, neither the cd option. Did you solved the problem? best regards

 

BIOS flashing is an extremely risky procedure and should only be practised as a last resort. See this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=328328

Cheers