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    BIOS update fails, yes i ran it as admin :P

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by spaghetticheese, Mar 2, 2010.

  1. spaghetticheese

    spaghetticheese Notebook Smasher

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    I have tried the 1.35, the 1.32, 1.31, and 1.29 bios for the 5620 and all of them keep coming up as 'open flash.sys fail'. I'm not really sure where to go with this now.... any help ladies n gentlefolk?
     
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    if anyone could give me a little advice on making a bootable cd for it, it would be appreciated :)
     
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    I just noticed something in your sig
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
    That BIOS flash is for 32bit Windows Only.
    Bootable Flash Disk
    If all else fail please go shink your partition install a 32bit OS then Flash.
     
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    ye i tried it with winphlash64 aswell :S

    i read the readme file in that but still not too sure what i am doing.... i assume i just copy the files as it says but to a CD and don't bother with the step 1, and make the disc bootable?
     
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    Bootable thumbdrive just copy the minidos file to the usb thumbdrive using the hp drive key utility then put the flashing utility inside then proceed with flashing after booting into minidos
     
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    i don't actually have a usb drive i can use.

    will it work with a cd?
     
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    No CD needs to be a image and this isn't an image.
     
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    i just thought, i have an SD card... is that possible?
     
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    hmmm. no :(


    edit: ok well i'm giving it a go on an SD card via an external adaptor into usb...
     
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    done and done.

    thanks for the link to the tools weinter good sir.
     
    spaghetticheese, Mar 2, 2010
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