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    BIOS v2.3821 for Acer 7730G

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Riven, Mar 27, 2010.

  1. Riven

    Riven Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    Two new BIOSes for Acer 7730G:

    I did successful flash from v3809 to v3810, but I cannot flash to v2.3821, some error appeared while flashing.

    Does anyone have same problem?
     
    Riven, Mar 27, 2010
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  2. jpan

    jpan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, I have the same problem with my 7730G
     
    jpan, Mar 27, 2010
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  3. Riven

    Riven Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for your confirmation, jpan.

    What can we do with this problem?
     
    Riven, Mar 27, 2010
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    jpan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Maybe the acer technical support can elucidate this problem.
     
    jpan, Mar 28, 2010
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    Hi. I have the same problem too. I send e-mail to acer support but no answer...
     
    andyet, Mar 29, 2010
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    I have said this many times I hate to say this again:
    Have you tried flashing in DOS MODE?
     
    weinter, Mar 29, 2010
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    Yes i try and same problem.
     
    andyet, Mar 29, 2010
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    Riven Notebook Enthusiast

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    @andyet,
    thanks for your confirmation and sending e-mail to Acer support. When you will get an answer, please let us know.
     
    Riven, Mar 29, 2010
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    andyet Newbie

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    Acer support is not helpful, They say: " Try flashing in DOS Mode". :|
     
    andyet, Mar 30, 2010
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  10. Riven

    Riven Notebook Enthusiast

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    Maybe tell them that DOS mode flashing is not working too, and you know at least 3 people with same problem. OK? We will see what they answer you then.
     
    Riven, Mar 30, 2010
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  11. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    I am not sure if you your DOS Flashing Mode is the same as what I had in mind.
    You have to create a DOS Boot Disk put the DOS Version Files on it then boot into the Bootdisk then flash NOT COMMAND PROMPT.
     
    weinter, Mar 30, 2010
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    jpan Notebook Enthusiast

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    I flashed the BIOS only in DOS mode, via bootable USB flash disk. The problem is that the flash utility says that the ROM file is invalid for this board. Maybe, the acer put a wrong ROM file for the aspire 7730G.
     
    jpan, Mar 30, 2010
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    Ok i try again ;).
     
    andyet, Mar 30, 2010
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    Riven Notebook Enthusiast

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    So, let's hope for a fix soon.
     
    Riven, Mar 30, 2010
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    Any news on this BIOS fix? I have a very bad overheating issue with my 7730G right after i installed windows 7 and i'm guessing that it is connected with the intel core 2 duo T5800 and old BIOS (surfed a little bit and saw owners of other laptops complaining too). BIOS update solved the problems for other manufacturers laptops, let's hope it will solve min...
     
    zrmanja, Apr 1, 2010
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    Hi zrmanja,

    Still no news about fixed BIOS 2.3821. :(

    What's your current BIOS version and values of temperatures?

    Acer released these BIOSes for 7730G:
    3509, 3622, 3636, 3809, 3810 (newest).

    You can try to update them one by one.
     
    Riven, Apr 1, 2010
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    My current version is 3810. The temperature of the CPU is 66 (as reported by NHC) when the processor is idle. But, when i start a game it quickly rasies over 85 and then after some time the computer shuts down. A friend of mine told me that the problem could be in a overheating GPU (NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS) which is then also overheating the CPU... i will try to experiment with GPU drivers, maybe that will help.
     
    zrmanja, Apr 1, 2010
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    I tried all bios verisions and nothing worked, tried newest nvidia drivers didn't work, and then i used vacuum cleaner and now it works perfectly ;)
     
    zrmanja, Apr 1, 2010
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    The BIOS v2.3821 it was removed from the ACERs support site!!!
     
    jpan, Apr 14, 2010
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    v3810 and 3809 was removed too. Why ? :|
     
    andyet, Apr 17, 2010
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    ..........up...
     
    acer7730g, Sep 6, 2010
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    up...........
     
    acer7730g, Dec 14, 2010
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