ASPIRE 5315 BIOS RECOVERY using a USB THUMBDRIVE

[voeller]

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!!!

hi, thank you for the thread!
i guess i can find my answer in here , here's my laptop model: ACER
aspire 5720 - 1A2G12
i've done all the procedure and all commands seem ok but the problem is that the laptop is not turning off (and believe me it does not... i waited even 40 minutes...) i think its not reading the cd/usbstick at all (tried wiw both).
can u please tell me what i can do or at least any other file that i might try (i've already tried many .fd files from acer website), is there any other way i can revive my laptop? thank a lot im really gettin crazy after 3 days wiw no solution.
thank you
voeller

[voeller]

hi, thank you for the thread!
i guess i can find my answer in here , here's my laptop model: ACER
aspire 5720 - 1A2G12
i've done all the procedure and all commands seem ok but the problem is that the laptop is not turning off (and believe me it does not... i waited even 40 minutes...) i think its not reading the cd/usbstick at all (tried wiw both).
can u please tell me what i can do or at least any other file that i might try (i've already tried many .fd files from acer website), is there any other way i can revive my laptop? thank a lot im really gettin crazy after 3 days wiw no solution.
thank you
voeller

[voeller]

erm... sry for the double message :|

[hijack]

Hi i was Searching the Net because i wanted to delete the bios pass and found this forum.

I did like you discribed but now my notebook dont even get the lights on.

Can you help me?
i have the aspire 5315

[rolsanchez213]

Hey I tried the fn thing and my fan spins but thats it, it never does anything else does this mean my motherboard is messed up?

[bigozone]

i'd say the MB is OK

have you tried to burn the FD file to a CD and then boot w/ CD in??

[TeeJay 44]

i'd say the MB is OK

have you tried to burn the FD file to a CD and then boot w/ CD in??

OK. I know you have been sick and all, but really, try visit here more often.

Please.

We all miss your contrubutions here.

The Acer Forum is not the same without you and Hoggie

Cheers and strength mate

Theo

[bigozone]

i'll try to contribute more regularly TJ....

it's good to see you and hoggie here.

thanks for the support!

[rolsanchez213]

First of all thanks for the response but, I was wondering do I just burn the file onto the cd or do I have to make an iso. Also does it matter if I burn it on a dvd or cd-rw, does it really make a difference?

[hijack]

nobody answered my question but i think its because iam new?

anyway

maybe somone could help me.

here some more infos.
i have a usb stick (128mb formated to fat16) + a cd with only the firmware in.

when i press fn+esc + all the other things nothing happend. no fan spin no led`s

the only leds which are blinking are the leds when i put my network cable in.

do you think my motherboard ist fu***ed up?
Please help me since the notebook is not mine....