how to update bio in acer m5100 desktop?

[UpskirtHeaven]

help update bio on acer m5100-u5201a black tower desktop please.

i found this but its a different picture.. it is silver but my actual computer is black with neon blue lid near power button.

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/de ... m5100.html

on botton drop down it says "bios and miliecious tools"

it has 4 options. i download one of them and try to burn it as iso with magic iso but it dont take it as it seems not to be iso. not sur eif those are the right one for updating bios for my computer.


please help me how to update my bios in acer m5100-u5201a black tower desktop?

stock spec: x2 4400+ / 320gb / 1gb ram / vista 32bit

[UpskirtHeaven]

any help please

[tekgek]

Okay, so you would like to update your bios. Good that you would like to do this. Everyone should know how to do it I can help you. The bios update file you download is not an iso. It is a zip file containing an update utility and a BIOS image file, which is a raw binary file, also called a BIN file, recognized by some image burners as an image file, so I can see the confusion.

However, I have made an ISO for you out of these files. I will give you step by step instructions to update you bios.

1. Download the file at the following link:
http://opencyberinfo.com/biosupdate.iso
2. Burn it using which ever burning application you have. I will assume you have one since you tried to burn a disc earlier. You MUST not just burn the iso as a file to the disc. you must select image burn mode, or whatever it is called on your burning software.
3. Set your CD drive as bootable in your BIOS
4. put your disc that you burned from the image you downloaded in in your drive and boot from it. It will boot in as MS-DOS. Once you are at the A: Drive prompt (A:\>), type:

Code: Select all

R:

5. You should now be able to access the AWDFLASH utility. Type:

Code: Select all

awdflash

and press enter
6. in the field labeled File name to Program, type:

Code: Select all

721A1P13.BIN

7. Press enter.
8. It will ask you if you want to save the bios. with a y/n prompt type n and the machine should do the rest.

Good luck. Please post any questions you have for me.


Tekgek

[UpskirtHeaven]

thanks for the generous help tek. ill try it soon.

[UpskirtHeaven]

do i have to type the "code select all" too?


edit: plz help emergency! after it ask to save... i pres sy and it ask to save as? i put any name right? so i type new and enter. then it says write error protected something like that so it ask y or n again and somehow i press esc and then something else dont remmeber now it says it kleep blinking disk write protect something and it have command for me to type.

helppp im stuck here. im on other machine typing this! help! asap!



another edit: so i type awdflash command again and it took me back to the screen and i do over. and now when it ask if i want to save.... this time i didnt type any name to it i jus leav eit blank and press enter.... so now it says "checksum" and it sk if i press Y to program or N to exit... so i press N and it wont exit... it jus take me to the command again. helppppp






nevermind i got it. the bio is finally updated! thanks alot!!

[tekgek]

sorry. This is an error on my part. I originally told you that you should type y, and then I edited the post to day than you should type n. Try typing n, and see if that works.

edit: no, you do not have to type code select all. "code" is just a notification, and "select all" just highlights the text. you just need to type what is in the box.

Tekgek

[tekgek]

didn't see the update. you are very welcome!

Tekgek

P.S. Just so people can see that you have responded, I suggest that you create a reply to your post. That way I can see that there is a new post in the thread. Just a little tip!

Again, glad I could be of help!