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Recover from BIOS flashing failure on Acer Aspire 7720

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checho_85 Posts 1 Registration date Monday September 30, 2013 Status Member Last seen September 30, 2013 - Sep 30, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Nov 10, 2013 at 05:58 AM
I have also killed my Acer Aspire 7720 when attempting to upgrade my bios. I have downloaded the following files: ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_7720/vista/Bios/v1.45.zip, unzipped to an empty USB. Removed battery and AC. Held down Fn+Esc, put AC back and press power button. However, the laptop did not power up.

I have all three files from the archive on the USB drive.

Also tried renaming the .fd file to ICL50HW.fd, as explained here: Bios Recovery On Acer 7720 - Other Computer Related Discussions - The Elder Geek on Windows, still, the fan does not turn on.

Maybe it is important to say that when I failed flashing and I restarted the laptop, it was just showing a white screen and wouldn't turn off, so I forced it by removing the battery.

If useful my previous BIOS version was 1.29. Here is how it looked like before I killed it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sx8u2fmslzki553/20130929_200031.jpg
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Johan
Nov 10, 2013 at 05:50 AM
Hello,
I have an Acer Aspire 7720z with a corrupted BIOS and I'm not able to boot from the USB stick (that's what it look like). I waited 10 minutes without success.
I used a 2GB USB stick formatted as FAT.
These files I have copied to the USB stick:

BIOS.WPH(BIOS file for my laptop, just renamed to BIOS.WPH)
PHLASH16.EXE
and
MINIDOS.SYS

I used WINCRIS.EXE to create the disk.

Does someone has any ideas? Please let me know.
Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Nov 10, 2013 at 05:58 AM
Hi,

To increase you chances of getting help, I strongly suggest you create a new topic.

If you speak Dutch, change the language on the top corner

Good luck
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Sep 30, 2013 at 05:51 PM
It looks like there should be only ONE FILE on the USB flash drive.
ICL50HW.fd

I suggest you remove the other files and try again.

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