ASPIRE 5315 BIOS RECOVERY using a USB THUMBDRIVE

[bigozone]

1.) are you holding the FN+ESC keys down the entire time
2.) you did FORMAT your thumb drive in FAT or FAT16?
3.) now transfer the bios file to the thumb driive. some have suggested renaming it bios.fd
4.) now you should have a thumb drive with only one file on it. INSERT IT BEFORE holding the keys.
then insert the AC plug, and if nothing happens then press and hold the pwoer button.
now if nothing happens (fan spinning) then release only the power button while holding the other 2.
5.) does it eventually cut off after a few minutes??
6.) if not, how long until the power cuts out, and the system shuts off?

[grimson]

I got the battery out of the lap hold down the fn+esc key plug in the ac and pushed the power button
But the system stays dead nothing happens at all.
And i did got the tumbdrive in with the file but the system doesn't even spin up the fan.

[bigozone]

it sounds to me like you have more than just a dead BIOS CHIP... my pc will light up and spin the fan even without a CPU present.....

i tend to lean towards a bad motherboard... since there is no seperate charging board.. it must be the motherboard or the AC POWER ADAPTER.


just for fun, put the battery back iinto the machine,,,,,

does the battery LED light up?? orange or green??
look at the AC ADAPTER, is it's little light green??

i'm going to ask this just incase, but i assume you've tried a different wall plug?

what happens when you try to power-up normally (w/ battery and AC present)?

[grimson]

Nothing happens with or without battery, no led turns on.
I even got the adapter from on other lap-top and that also didn't work.
I think your right and i now totaly wrecked my lap-top, now i can try to track down a motherboard and see how that will work.

Thanks for the quick reply's.

[bigozone]

that laptop should be under warranty!!!

let acer pay to fix it instead of paying yourself....
just besure to remove any upgraded parts and replace with original parts before sending it in for repairs

do you have your PRIVATE MESSAGING DISABLED??

i was going to send you a message asking how it died?? what was happening when it died? if you were doing a BIOS FLASH, did you have to terminate it due to a lock-up of the WINFLASH program?

i'm trying to increase my knowlede about this model since its the model i own, and i have so many people asking for help and advice... any info i can find is a good thing!

[grimson]

I think i'm not allowed to send pm's on this board read something about a problem with a member.

The problem is if i send it back to acer and they will find out that i made a mess of the bios no matter what is wront with the lap-top they will blame on that.
Because i switched the hard drive for a faster one and formated the old one it will not contain windows for the lap-top, also a big problem.
And on their site it says you do it on your own risk, so i have to pay 125 euro for the examination of my lap-top and after that the parts + the hours to fix the problem.
It will cost me more then a new one, now i have a friend that tryes to track down a motherboard for me so we can switch it our self and save the money.

And yes i used winflash but this was new for me and i found this board a little bit to late.
I had everything running at the time, virus control, msn you name it i had it running.

And if you want to stay up to date about what is going to happen about the problem and how we fix it, maybe some pictures i don't know.
That should not be a big problem, a staff member is able to find my email adres.
And he could give it to you i have no problem with that i just wont post it here for obvious reasons.

[bigozone]

i totally understand that...

i'll compose a better reply later tonight....

[elbubi]

does that IMPLY you might have done this??

thanks,, and thanks for the heads up on the new stuff... even when i check daily, you still get there first!!! (i must sleep too much)

Hi Bigo, and excuse my delay (explained it by pm )

Yes, I have tried that procedure with my factory Bios file (v1.19), and it went ok, so I guess it can be done with any ".fd" file, despite the acer crisis disk cames with much older version.

As always, kind regards.

[bigozone]

Hi Bigo, and excuse my delay (explained it by pm )

Yes, I have tried that procedure with my factory Bios file (v1.19), and it went ok, so I guess it can be done with any ".fd" file, despite the acer crisis disk cames with much older version.

As always, kind regards.

thanks for the info... that's very good to know... i love my motherboard...

all i can say is "SWEET"

[sinyanga]

for first, thanx bigO for ESC+Fn+power tip

and there is my experience with Acer 5315 - Verify Error in WinFlash and dead ntb

recovery with USB drive doesn't help (tried 128MB and 1GB keys) - fan was still on - i wait cca 10 minutes
so

1, i download newest dos bios, rename it to "ICL50HW.fd"
2, burn it to CD-RW - no boot disc, just only file - ISO, closed disc
3, insert disc to ntb dvd drive, battery out, ac power off
4, Fn+ESC hold, insert AC power, press Power button (no need hold - but still hold Fn+ESC) - fan is working
5, after about 2 minutes notebook shut down
6, remove AC, then plugin back - Power button - voilá - 5315 is back

so, it seem CD is still usable

enjoy and thanx
s.