ASPIRE 5315 BIOS RECOVERY using a USB THUMBDRIVE

[bigozone]

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.

thanks very much for taking the time to detail your experience... as a result i have changed the first post and a few others to correct info about the CD and the steps taken to get the recovery started...

glad i was able to help even a little bit,,, and i'm glad you took the time to give back to the ACER community here @ NBR..... with ACERs you get a great PC for the price,, but i find it best to start troubleshooting problems here or at your favorite TECH SITE... if you have any other ACER SITEs to share with us, or other knowledge about the 5315 or acer in general,, we are always happy to check things out..... and my 5315 upgrade thread is constantly growing and being updated with more and new info as i gather it!!!

[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.

elbubi, did you rename the image to ICL50HW.fd
or did you just copy the file retaining the name assigned by acer when they created the ZIP file?

just curious,, i'm trying to streamline this process and remove any doubts as to the requirments to successfully recover the BIOS..

thanks for your help

[theprophet]

i have a aspire 5315 and ruined the bios,downloded the latest version tried to install but gave me a error "Internal server error" or something like that and my laptop got stuck!!took out the battery and nothing,even on ac even on battery only the network cable led is lighted but tried all the solution and the Fn+esc plus power doesent start my cd rom so that the cd could boot,im stuck can someone help?
sorry for my english
ps my fan is out all the time

[bigozone]

using another PC copy the file ICL50FW.fd to a BLANK CD or BLANK THUMB DRIVE..

insert the CD or thumb drive... then remove all power from laptop (ac and battery).... next HOLD FN+ESC WHILE INSERTING THE AC PLUG THEN PRESS THE POWER BUTTON until the fan spinsup then release the power button

until you get the BIOS RECOVERED,, no CD is going to boot the PC... you must use this ICL50HW.fd file on a BLANK CD or a freshly formatted THUMB DRIVE... and holding the FN+ESC while inserting power and then turning pc on calls up a special BIOS RECOVERY procedure...

you will know that the BIOS RECOVERY is working when you hear the FAN running at full speed.... (i've never heared my fan spin so fast before or since)

i'm not sure,, but i believe you can release the FN+ESC keys after the power LED is lit and the fan starts up... (but i thought i held those keys the entire time that the BIOS was being recovered,,, yet others have reported that they could not get the BIOS to recovery until releasing the FN+ESC keys)

just try and see if it works for you either way...

if you don't have any luck with this method,, you may have to send it back to acer so they can cover it under warranty.

[theprophet]

So using a cd-r a cd-rw with nero tried anything but my fan still doesent start, but the when i insert the LAN cable the led next to cable light and the funny thing is that when the battery is inserted the Lan led lights only when i press the power button, so that confuses me because then the motherboard is ok and just wondering why it doesent spin the fan or the cd

[theprophet]

So i heard of reseting the bios with the CMOS battery but i didnt find the battery maibe u can help me to find where is it so that i can take it out so that tha bios is reseted and to get my acer working

[0.0]

In the case of the Aspire, does it matter if the file is called something other than ICL50HW.FD ?

I'm having a similar problem with my Compaq see here

Sorted

[mickpen]

when i try to make a factory default disc i keep geting an error reply after disc 1 has burned and the disc won't work and when i try to restore to facyory default it ask's me for the empowering tachnology password which i do not have one please help.....

[greeneyesro2002]

i need to download to the latest version of bios for aspire 5315

[3Lions]

Hi!
I'm trying to to apply the described procedure to a dead :-( Acer Aspire 5514 with no success; it seems that the usb pen drive is not loaded when I hold Fn+Esc.
How can I make it work?
Thank you in advance

Mark