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    ACer Travelmate 4150

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by efrilly, Oct 10, 2007.

  1. efrilly

    efrilly Newbie

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    Dear All,
    I have laptop Acer Travelmate 4150, once I reset the BIOS that I got from internet, then after that I reboot the laptop, and suddenly disaster came..
    my acer wont boot. then I try to fix in acer service center, they said that i should replace the motherboard.. what?? it cost too much..
    any solutions guys? or have someone has the experiences?
    please help me
     
    efrilly, Oct 10, 2007
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  2. Hairy_Lee

    Hairy_Lee Notebook Consultant

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    Hi there, there may be hope for you. The newest bios for this unit has a crisis disk mode. You can get the latest bios HERE

    Read the readme file and it will give you the instructions you need to use the crisis mode. It does rely on you having a USB floppy drive however.
     
    Hairy_Lee, Oct 10, 2007
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    efrilly Newbie

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    Thanks for your post..
    but I cant boot.. when I turn the power on there nothing on my screen..
    :(
     
    efrilly, Oct 11, 2007
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  4. Hairy_Lee

    Hairy_Lee Notebook Consultant

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    The crisis mode is designed to initiate a protected area of the bios that is never altered when flashing the bios; when initiated it will run the floppy disk and reflash the bios, you may not be able to see anything happening but it will be flashing the bios as an automatic procedure.
    If you cant perform this task you will need a new mainboard anyway.
     
    Hairy_Lee, Oct 11, 2007
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