Acer Aspire One ZG5 won't boot up Solved/Closed

Question

Hello,
i bought this Acer ASpire One ZG5 in October 2008. Everything worked fine on it until last nite when I tried to start it up and I am only getting a blank screen...no sounds. what can I do to fix this? there are files on the system that I need to retrieve.

Rainbow_Demon · Accepted Answer

Just go to the acer website http://global-download.acer.com/... and d/load the bios update 3309, open the folder and copy two files to a formatted fat usb stick. Rename  the file FLASHIT to FLASHIT.EXE and the second file 3309.fd(bios file) to ZG5IA32.FD rename them precisely like that, please check your spelling is correct. Insert the usb stick into the usb left hand side make sure the charger is plugged in . Hold down keys fn+esc and power up the laptop, when the power led begins to blink release the two buttons and press the power button just once, observe the usb stick flashing indicating it's flashing the bios, please note this can take a few attempts, I once struggled for a few hours until I finally tamed the beast :) be patient okay, I would like to point out if you wish to update within winxp use the same bios update 3309 , extract the zipped files to a formatted usb stick and rename the two files again but DO NOT REMOVE  or interfere with the other files in the folder , with the laptop up and running open the folder and click on the Insysdeflash file only within the winflash file, this will flash your bios within windows and update it to the latest version, I read that flashing it when using the fn+esc keys merely restores the bios , I have tested  this and mine updated to 3309 only when I flashed my bios  within windows using the complete d/loaded bios update as mentioned . It will be worth reading the read me file to see what has changed in this bios version, I can tell you that for those out there that have password issues  i.e. hdd set, the  need to enter password with upper case is not a requirement more and there are a lot more fixes too, enjoy and I hope this bit of info was useful:)

Anonymous User · Answer

Hi,

Try the safe mode : Booting Windows XP in Safe Mode then try to restore your computer. Choose a date when the problem didn't exist.

C u !

Laxmin · Answer

Same problem here with me.
My Acer Aspire ZG5 stopped booting up since today morning.

THere is NO  POST screen, nor bios, not the Acer logo
WHen I power it up, the power button gets lighted up.
Otherwise, the screen stays blank, black and dark.

THe HDD led shows no activity.

In short, the netbook does not respond nor give any message.

Can anyone please give us some solutions to work with please?

AndesHelp · Answer

I had hoped this would fix my customers problem.  However, it does not apply to the Acer Aspire One Series Model ZG5.  As a matter of fact, Acer has NO information available for the ZG5, AOA150.  Not even a Users Guide.

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

Thanks

jay428 · Answer

I tried to do this but still not working, does it mean a hardware failure already?

terry jones · Answer

hi just had the same problem , ive tried the suggested fix, but still no luck :( ...any ideas ?anyone ..im lost without my acer !

terry jones · Answer

im I the only person that this is not working for ahhhhhhh !

cabuguas1 · Answer

i had the same problem, I used the f-12 ke to reselect the boot drive, save settings and rebooted. worked for me

jay 428 · Answer

Nowonmai ,
"7. Press the power button ONCE. During this time, it will now initiate the BIOS update, DO NOT INTERRUPT IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. "

During this process, is there something on the screen?



mikeF,

How long did it take to flash the Bios on your system?

yoki · Answer

hi! I have the same problem too! I already downloaded the said bios but iam afraid I will choose the wrong bios for me. they have this warning:

Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause harm to the system. Acer recommends that you should only upgrade your firmware/drivers if you have been instructed to do so by an Acer Customer Care representative. By using these firmware/drivers you agree to accept the possibility of product failure.

so, for my ZG5 netbook.. what  do you think is the right one?

Dejan · Answer

This is the second time I got the Black Screen of Death. The instructions here didn't work for me, but this did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6GRhsvP-og

The difference is essentially to rename the file 3309.fd to zg5ia32.fd and to NOT press the power button again after holding FN+ESC and pressing the power button once.

kordiss · Answer

THANK YOU VERY MUCH .. I SOLVED MY PROBLEM THANKS AGAIN......

whatarelief! · Answer

I woke up to find my Aspire One not booting. Thanks for all the tips here, I managed to revive it with the USB flash to BIOS. Used the 3309 version and renamed to zg5ia32.fd and works perfectly. USB flash and reboot took under a minute.

Thanks once again.

DD · Answer

Guys, many thanks for the tips, it saves me a lot. My Acer One got BSOD just now and I followed your link. It works!!!. I got all my PhD thesis data in my laptop and I have no warranty since I bought it overseas. Thanks, God loves you ...

dd · Answer

Hello, I have same problem with Laxmin, have tried to use thumb flash, but it also didn't work.
Yeah, only the power button light up but the screen black and dark. Some machine sound from the pc.

joshr676 · Answer

Hi I have the exact same problem power light on and nothing else. can hear the CPU fan and HDD but the screen is blank no light from it. does this mean a new screen cannot get the bios to flash and make pc boot. it   worked fine last night now though...!
Any chancw of some help?

Cheers!

joshr676 · Answer

I had this same problem I tried to flash the bios this same way (FN + ESC) power on etc... didn't work until I removed the AC power, Battery and then also the CMOS battery (the button cell battery on the motherboard.) left for few hours then rebuilt the acer aspire one to flash the bios. it worked but as acer informed me after this VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY!!! so if its in warranty this will be best to send it to acer to sort out they usually replace your screen just incase it is faulty and they flash the bios. if you void your warranty (and they will find out if you flashed the bios or not) they charge you £51.99 just for them to book it in and tell you what is wrong with it and then you have to pay more if you want them to fix it!!!

donny · Answer

acctually I also had the same problem with my ZG5 30 minutes ago, than I follow kenneth advice to click at or paste this link to your url to download this file
http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/data/7117/documents/AS1_BIOS_3309.zip
there is the following instruction there
Create a recovery USB drive to update the Bios on the unit. The specific steps to perform this recovery with the USB drive are:

Download & Extract AS1_BIOS_3309.zip
Rename the Bios name from 3309.fd to zg5ia32.fd.
* after renaming this 3309.fd file I thought I should also edit batch command inside 3309.BAT
* so I did, it's not difficult just open 3309.BAT using notepad and edit *
* flashit 3309.fd /mc /all /dc   ===> to ===>    flashit zg5ia32.fd /mc /all /dc
* than I save this file under the same name (3309.BAT)
Copy zg5ia32.fd and Flashit.exe and (3309.BAT also) to USB flash drive.

Start the restoration process:
A. Plug the AC Adapter into the unit.
B. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port.
C. Press and Hold down the Fn and the Esc keys together.
D. Keep these keys held down and press power.
E. When the unit's power light comes on release the Fn and Esc keys.
F. After the keys have been released the power light will start to blink.
G. Let the unit run and after approximately 1-7 minutes (by the fact in My case I Only need 10 second), the unit should reboot.
H. Video should now be restored.

tadaa.. my zg5 post like it used to be

thank you very much for the programmer, kenneth for this useful link and all of you,

gelek · Answer

Thanks lot , solve problem

nicjen · Answer

Hi I have tried all that you mention but no joy. It seems my usb drive is not flashing at all. Could this be because I have formatted it on a mac machine?

Thank you in advance for your advice and help

SMG737 · Answer

I did the following Bios update, seemed to work fine for a couple days, until again I drained the battery! would not charge it, or turn on with battery out and power supply plugged in. 
I did find a solution that is frustrating to understand why its like this~!
Have to have the lid / screen closed on the laptop. plug in power supply, then unplug where the power cord connects into the power supply ( the 3 pin that plugs into the HIPRO block) and wiggle its around and plug and unplug untill you hear some sparking sounds! The battery light on the laptop should eventrually flash for a split second , and you hear a power surge sound from the laptop! Make sure to fully plug the power supply, open up lid and it will power up fine.
I have tryed an aftermarket power supply unit as well, and still didnt solve the problem. 
I know this procedure is un-sound, but its the only way I can get to power up my unit with the power supply. Doesnt seem to be a BIOS problem,  but an internal issue to sensing (seeing) the power supply, until it gets some sort of voltage surge. 
It runs and powers up fine with just the battery all times, just when I want to plug in the power supply I have to run this procedure everytime. i've been doing it for over a month and im getting very tired or messing around with the power cord for like 5 min until I see the battery light flash and then I can turn on my computer. 
Any ideas or do I need to call for warranty work, which I dont want to do since it will slow down my progress with my project. 
Thanks for any advice other than flashing the Bios with 3309 which I already did!

Uh-oh · Answer

My son's aspire one series, model ZG5, has a black screen also. I do not know what to do. I need help to fix it. The green, power button light is on but there is NOTHING on the screen. I've tried pressing every (and I mean EVERY) button on the laptop, but no luck. Can ANYONE please help me step by step? I'd really appreciate it.

alykzan · Answer

I do have the same problem with BSOD on my Acer One zg5.

I performed the steps in these forum but still it didn't resolve my issue.

I'm using a Sandisk Cruzer 8GB thumb drive. I tried formatting it to FAT but it won't allow me. Instead I've only formatted it to FAT32.

My question is that, was it the reason why it did not resolve my problem with BSOD since I'm using a USB that is formatted as FAT32 and not FAT (as specifically instructed in here)?

Please advise. Thanks

eoinio2003 · Answer

Hi I had the same problem changed downloaded the bios chenged the file numbers all as described. But I have it sorted now... what was causing the problem for me was that I too was using a 8gb mem stick and wouldnt allow me to format it as fat.. windows will only allow you to format mem stick under 2 gb I had a smaller one just under 2gb put it in to format and yes it let me format as fat. done as described form the others and it rebooted first time. so has worked perfect since. hope this is some use as it tripped me up for a week or so...

bill · Answer

I had the same problem, one day, out of nowhere, "black screen".  I followed the Youtube video instructions, except there was no 3309 Bios file listed for my A0A150.  There was a 3310, which I guessed might be a newer version.  I took a chance and downloaded it, and followed the same instructions givien for the 3309.  Within one minute, the computer rebooted, and is working again!  Whoever you are that made the Youtube video, we all owe you a world of thanks.

NeO · Answer

I had same issue few minutes ago followed the youtube procedure but also a battery drain as follow

Turn off computer and unplug power cord. 


Disconnect all external devices. 


Remove the battery. 


Press power button and hold for 20 to 25 seconds and then release the power button. 


Plug power cord back (please don't reinsert battery ) into computer and press power button.

also the instruction to download the files are here:

http://netbooks-us.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/66/session/L3NpZC85ZHlyQlhHag%3D%3D/sno/0

oawalker · Answer

first I tried it with my usb at least 10 times it didnt work I followed the steps exactly so I gave up. 
then I tried changing my usb from the 2 gb to my old 256mb usb and it worked and it was up and running in under 2 mins :)
very happy

sweetz · Answer

hi 

i have the sam problem my acer notebook not booting up. I have a lot of photos, I dont want to lose will I lose the all if I reboot and follow your instructions? its due to go back to acr for repair as its under 2 months old but they said I will lose everything once thy repair it.

thx Sweetz

sweetz · Answer

I don't think my keyboard is working as my flash drive didn't even flash. Please help, and have I voided my warranty my trying to do the bois? Thx

LostInToronto · Answer

Thank you so much for posting instructions & youtube videos.  Mine didn't work the first time but success on the third try.

Saved me a bundle since mine's 15 days out of warranty.

Didac · Answer

And ... do you have any suggestions in case the USB is not read?

Chandrasekar · Answer

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/netbook/0000/Acer/AspireOneAOA110/AspireOneAOA110faq22.shtml

Frequently Asked Questions
    

AspireOneAOA110, AspireOneAOA150

Q: No Display / System will not POST Aspire One AOA.

A: 

Download
AS1_BIOS_3309.zip


Create a recovery USB drive to update the Bios on the unit. The specific steps to perform this recovery with the USB drive are: 

Download & Extract AS1_BIOS_3309.zip
Rename the Bios name from 3309.fd to zg5ia32.fd.
Copy zg5ia32.fd and Flashit.exe to USB flash drive.
Start the restoration process:

A. Plug the AC Adapter into the unit.
B. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port.
C. Press and Hold down the Fn and the Esc keys together.
D. Keep these keys held down and press power.
E. When the unit's power light comes on release the Fn and Esc keys.
F. After the keys have been released the power light will start to blink.
G. Let the unit run and after approximately 1-7 minutes, the unit should reboot.
H. Video should now be restored.
If these steps fail to resolve the no post, no video issue please contact Acer Technical Support.

Chandrasekar · Answer

Try the same 2 to 3 times or with diffent usb drive if still its not working call acer voice support or go to fixmyacer.com and place order for depot service.

The Onig · Answer

Does it work with the Acer Aspire 7520G series, cuz im having the same black screen of death. But I can`t flash the bios like u guys. Please does anyone have the same problems with the 7520G?

Zac · Answer

Thanks. works 100%

jm51376 · Answer

PROBLEM SOLVED! Ok, I went ahead and upgraded my ram without a hitch. I come to turn my AAO on to the black screen of death. I tried to reflash the bios per the instructions, but like many before me the usb stick was unresponsive. The way I solved it a few hours later, REMOVE THE BIOS BATTERY, and then put it back in. This time it booted up without even updating the bios. Simple.

louise · Answer

Check this out: THIS ONE REALLY WORKS!!!!


ISSUE : Aspire One powers on but the screen remains blank

When my Aspire One powers on, the screen remains blank. How can I fix this?

Updating the BIOS will require a USB flash drive to store the BIOS information on during the update. To perform the update to the BIOS:

   1. Go here and download and extract the latest BIOS for the netbook.
   2. Rename the BIOS file from 3310.fd to zg5ia32.fd.
   3. Copy zg5ia32.fd and Flashit.exe to USB flash drive
   4. Ensure that the AC adapter is plugged in.
   5. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port.
   6. Press and Hold down the Fn and the Esc keys together and press the power button.
   7. When the unit's power light comes on wait a few seconds and release the Fn and Esc keys.
   8. After the keys have been released the power light will start to blink.
   9. During the BIOS update process the display will be blank.
  10. Let the unit run and after approximately 1 to 7 minutes, the unit should reboot and the BIOS will be updated.

If the unit fails to reboot, or the BIOS was not updated sucessfully, try the steps again.

Note: These instructions are only for the Acer Aspire One AOA-110 and the AOA-150 netbook series and should not be performed on any other model Acer Aspire One.

louise · Answer

Aspire One powers on but the screen remains blank
When my Aspire One powers on, the screen remains blank. How can I fix this?
Updating the BIOS will require a USB flash drive to store the BIOS information on during the update. To perform the update to the BIOS:
   1. Go here and download and extract the latest BIOS for the netbook.
   2. Rename the BIOS file from 3310.fd to zg5ia32.fd.
   3. Copy zg5ia32.fd and Flashit.exe to USB flash drive
   4. Ensure that the AC adapter is plugged in.
   5. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port.
   6. Press and Hold down the Fn and the Esc keys together and press the power button.
   7. When the unit's power light comes on wait a few seconds and release the Fn and Esc keys.
   8. After the keys have been released the power light will start to blink.
   9. During the BIOS update process the display will be blank.
  10. Let the unit run and after approximately 1 to 7 minutes, the unit should reboot and the BIOS will be updated.
If the unit fails to reboot, or the BIOS was not updated sucessfully, try the steps again.
Note: These instructions are only for the Acer Aspire One AOA-110 and the AOA-150 netbook series and should not be performed on any other model Acer Aspire One.

uncertain · Answer

I haven't been able to fix my black screen of death yet. I tried the firmware and suggestions mentioned and all that happens is the power button LED flashes on and off. The USB stick LED doesn't go on (indicating no activity). It's an 8GB flash drive formatted as FAT32. I even made the usb drive bootable with freedos. Is there any other suggestions? I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong and/or not doing.

mmngu · Answer

Thanks a lot guys! This information could save my Acer Laptop BSOD!! Appreciate clear directions

Day · Answer

Thanks to cdm, Dejan, and nowonmai, through your instructions my aspire one is working again.

I'm a university student and all my assignments are on this aspire, you guys just saved my future.

Thank you very much, Emil.

ouioui · Answer

Hello community !
I have a ZG5 from one friend from Japan (so japanese Acer !, maybe it is important)
yesterday he had the famous blank screen, won´t boot)
I looked on internet a find your  procedure. but still it does not work  it is a A0A 150

we did
1- go to acer and download the BIOS 3310 version (the 3309 is not available anymore)
2. I format one USB 1Go stick with windows in FAT
3 we decompress the files 3310.fd and flashit.exe on the usb (only these 2 files on root of the usb)
4- we follow the procedure : press Fn+Esc + start button
5- the led power starts to blink and my USB led is blinking also (good sign)
6- after 5-7 minutes, the led power stops blinking and stays fixed green    BUT the usb continues to blink, again, and again,  for more than 30 minutes  until we decided to stop
we did not interrup the flash while the led power was blinking

we tried to change the name of the 3310.fd file to ZG5IA32.FD 
Same results, the procedure seams to works, but after the power led stops to blink, the usb continues to blink and no reboot

we tried to press ONCE the power button after start with Fn + ESC  = same result

so my question is :
1- does someone succeed on ZG5 A0A 150 and frimware 3310?
2- do I have to fin on the net the 3309 firm?  or 3310 is ok also for ZG5 AOA 150 ?

2- Why do we have to change mane, or even copy the flashit.exe program, because this flashit.exe is a DOS program.  editing the 3310.BAT, it shows "flashit 3310.fd /all /dc"   => then , for me, flashit is a program that run under DOS. is it a DOS program calling the flash 3310.fd   so Why do we have to change the name ?  or why do we have to copy the flash.exe which only work under DOS, and here the dos does not start.

Thanks for your help
ouioui

Achinz · Answer

It's worked for me on my AOA150 XP system using the latest 3310 BIOS files.

The important points to me are:

. The USB stick must be formatted with FAT-16 i.e. use only sticks < 2 GB
. The two file names on the USB do not have to be upper case as falsely claimed elsewhere.
. Go through the process in your head, practise the steps on the netbook beforehand without the power on.
. The steps in the Acer support are closer to what I followed i.e. I did not do step 7. Press the power button ONCE.

This is the second time the BSOD has happened to my AOA150 in the 13 months I have it. The first time about a month after purchase, it was the technician at the retail store who did the flashing.

rony1434 · Answer

Hello everyone.
Can anyone here please suggest me some decent configuration as I m planning to buy a new acer notebook?
I use adobe photoshop, MS office and also do a little bit of gaming.
So please suggest according to this.
Thanks in advance.

silversunburst · Answer

Hello,
     If I follow the jump drive and reboot instructions, will my hard drive be preserved? I think I read somewhere that this will be a full reset and erase all of my files. Is this true?

Nowonmai · Answer

No, this isn't true. The flashing of the bios will just fix the No Post glitch, it will change nothing on your hard drive. All you files and folders will be just as they are.

labellaliss · Answer

wowwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you...

DrunkFux · Answer

Hi guys... this may be a dumb question but this seems to be the place to ask... iv had the same ZG5 getting fried problem... and iv not yet done this flashing business cuz im kinda pc iliterate and dont wanna take any chances...
now heres the problem... I get the steps and all except one thing... you ppl said to format the memory stick in FAT and not FAT32... im a windows7 user and so was my netbook along with the other pcs in the house... the problem is win7 doent have an option to format in FAT... it has FAT32,NTFS and exFAT... which one should I format it as...?? 

Also by doing this does one lose all the info in the pc...?? and last but not least... some ppl sayin to rename FLASHIT to FLASIT or somthng... which one is the way to go...???

thanks a milion...

juniperm · Answer

It works! I used the newest driver (3114) available from Acer and used the instructions given in the other posts. The USB drive has to be formatted on a Windows (not a Mac) computer, which I learned after trial and error. Luckily, my old 1998 laptop saved the day. Thank you!

DrunkFuX · Answer

IT WORKED!!!
was too impatient so tried the procedure without any headsup...
the FAT and FAT32 prob I was facing is cuz I was using a 16gb flash drive to put those files on... u cant format it on normal FAT since its so big in size... luckily had a M2 512 card lying around... stuck that in a card reader and ussed it thru that... 
And yeah everything was just as I had left it... same webpages and everythnig I was last doing!!

Anyone know why this problem happens...?? like a laymans description...?? this is the first time someting like this has happened to me or iv heard of anything like this... that the pc is all a sudden for no reason just not starting up and its not some major hardware fault...

lsilva · Answer

I am having this same problem with my Acer M1640 Aspire cpu, but because it's not a notebook, I don't have the FN key to use.  Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do?

Migs · Answer

God bless you all who contributed on this thread! It really worked! But I had to make some modifications, I pressed the Fn+Esc key longer (maybe to enable the file in the USB to flash completely) and then the power button turned off its light and that's when I pressed it. and it rebooted immediately. Thank you very much again to all who contributed. I was about to give up and give in to the ACER service center here in our country (they wanted to charge me US$200 for it), but it's a good thing I didn't give up, as most of you guys said

Piotr · Answer

It worked on the third go! What a relief!!! Had to rename 3310.fd to zg5ia32.fd and copied to root directory the FLASHIT.exe and 3310.bat rather than leaving them in the Dos_Flash folder. Previous tries I hadn't copied those two files to the root directory so possibly I didn't need to rename the 3310.fd file. Thanks to all for their advice!!!

Clarisse Espiritu · Answer

How do I rebooth

plodz · Answer

Hey thanks got mine sorted in just under 2 mins . thanks for the info

CD Rudd · Answer

I had this problem and kept trying to flash the BIOS a number of times and it wouldn't work. I tried everything in this forum and others.

I finally discovered that the Acer wouldn't flash from the brand of USB stick I was using. Both sticks was 4 gigs and both formated to FAT.  

If the flash doesn't work for you, try a different brand of USB stick. (I was using a formated Geek Squad stick and switched to a no-name brand stick)

Lisa · Answer

Yes, it worked like a magic. All I have to do is to change 3310.fd to zg5ia.fd. Thank you all so much for sharing this tip.

freddy · Answer

hi tryed all this for most of today .finally also copied the 3309 batch file to the usb stick this then worked .why I dont know .
cheers to you all.
happy new year.

freddy · Answer

just noticed that the bios was still v 3301 as indicated by cpuz .i downloaded v 3310 from american site unzipped it and used the insyed exe in windows (in the zip file ) to flash to v 3310.hurrar.
cheers.

darkhypersonic · Answer

I'm having this same problem with the Acer Aspire 6920G. Any suggestions on how to fix it, can the same method that was used on the ZG5 be used on the 6920G? If so... how and which Bios?

Asimplepersonality · Answer

Thanks a lots guys

1minute after following this page http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/netbook/0000/Acer/AspireOneAOA110/AspireOneAOA110faq22.shtml my netbook reworked as before

MANY THAAAANNNKKKSSSS!!!!!!

Kel · Answer

Followed the steps, but I'm still getting "no bootable device" when it tries to boots up. Guess this means my hard drive is jacked???

Retarded Karma · Answer

Thanks soo much, it took me a bit but I am in the good books with the missus for getting her acer going. yay

Tae · Answer

Hello every body, this is a great forum.  I just purchased the ZG5 on Ebay (10 mos old) and assume the netbook works fine but was wondering:

1) Do you guys think I should do this upgrade to avoid having problems in the future?

or

2) Should I just wait and see if I get this problem?

My initial reaction is to do this change.  Sounds like it is a flaw with Acer and needs to be fixed.  Will all Acer's have this problem?

Thanks so much!

Email me or respond here.

tae.chang@gmail.com

AcerSucksHard · Answer

Thanks everyone, another Acer One is saved  :))

stephen · Answer

My netbook is not at all detecting the Harddisk in Utility Setup. How can I replace the HDD. Actually it is under warranty, but I bought this International model computer in Japan so I have to send it to US. I am not interested in doing it.

namesurname · Answer

Oh my gosh, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  You saved my life (Well, my computer but still.)   Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!

maximusg · Answer

The directions above worked for my computer. I had to follow both sets of instructions for the zg5 model, and I also have 7 for anyone who might be concerned about flashing it with the "xp". Thanks for the info guys, saved me like $300.

maximusg · Answer

Thanks guys, it worked and I have windows 7. Saved me like $300. Also anyone who is doing it, check the model name on your netbook to make sure if it is ZG5 or not. IF it is you need to follow both sets of instructions that are listed.

Nabil · Answer

It works nice , I was about to either going to agent or throw it away.Thanks to every body.

Della · Answer

I also had this problem. Not sure what caused it, but I followed the Acer instructions this morning, and the fix has worked great so far!  Thanks so much for the info and referral links. This helped alot. I really count on my lil blue.  Della

salman · Answer

i have compaq mini 110 same problem 
i want solve it 


can any one help me 

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GapeYourMum · Answer

Wrked a teat

Done Done · Answer

Thanks I tried like 3 USB sticks of varioius assorments all of them fail to start..

in the end I used a usb 1.0 harddrive (40gig).. it was full of data so it took about 10minutes..
but it got the job done.

DAD929 · Answer

I had the same problem.  I downloaded the BIOS zip file to a flash drive.  Then I extracted the files to the flash drive and renamed the 2 files as described and it worked just fine for me.  Thank you for your help.

sasarchiver · Answer

thx man worked a treat. been broke for 7months ;) owe u a pint.
BTW I formatted 4gb stick fat32 worked fine.

marco · Answer

Thank you, it worked with 3010 bios version on ACER Aspire one 150. Very helpful guide indeed!

saintmonkey · Answer

Hi

Thanks for the details re the Acer one worked a treat :)

Also I have 2 other acers in the family but not acer ones with the same fault.

If I get the new bios updates will it work the same ? also what about re naming the files how does that work with different models ?

really appreciate the help :)

Steve

Ramamanas · Answer

If BIOS flash doesn`t help, probably the problem is not the BIOS. Try one of thies steps (info from aspire one service manual). I tried reseating memory module and it helped. I had to take my acer apart. Do it on your own risk.

1. Make sure that the internal display is selected. On this notebook model, switching between the internal display and the external display is done by pressing Fn+F5. Reference Product pages for specific model procedures.
2. Make sure the computer has power by checking at least one of the following occurs:
* Fans start up
* Status LEDs light up
3. Drain any stored power by removing the power cable and battery and holding down the power button for 10 seconds. Reconnect the power and reboot the computer.
4. Connect an external monitor to the computer and switch between the internal display and the external display is by pressing Fn+F5 (on this model).
5. Disconnect power and all external devices including port replicators or docking stations. Remove any memory cards and CD/DVD discs. Restart the computer.
If the computer boots correctly, add the devices one by one until the failure point is discovered.
6. Reseat the memory modules (RAM).
7. Remove the drives.

I hope this will help someone.

Eric · Answer

thanks u guys
all these really works

DRA · Answer

i Had to name it 'flasit' instead of 'flashit'

asif · Answer

hey u just ur system restart n immediately press F8 function then u'll choose safely mode if it works then u'll see actually wat happened inside ur system otherwise after words i'll tell u wat u can do best of luck...

Alex · Answer

Go to Acer.com them choose your region. My was English, then go to family > Driver > Aspire > aoa110
On the bottom you have to choose Bios
Choose BIOS for your laptop download, unpack and read read me .txt file. Simply run

Weezy · Answer

My acer aoa150 wont let me go to the user screen's...it just keeps start over and over...what can I do to fix this problem

toonsis · Answer

My sister's Acer won't boot up.  It starts to, and then a blue box that says "no connection" flashes and the machine turns off. I've never seen this before, and don't know how to fix it,which I had better do before she gets back to town.  

Can someone help?

toonsis · Answer

P. S. The Acer is a desk top.

Stegra · Answer

Hello, same problem..booting up then the then system would shut down.

I put in a flash disk....problem solved....  go figure..

leshpojo · Answer

Damn it really works! Saved me a couple hundred thanks a bunch!

Miblo · Answer

Beautiful. It took a few goes to get it right, but what did it for me was using v.3310 ( http://global-download.acer.com/... ), renaming "3310.fd" to "zg5ia32.fd", editing "3310.bat" to reflect the new filename, and copying the three files in "Dos_Flash/" (excluding readme.txt" to the pendrive. Then the major difference for me was that I used the USB slot on the left, whereas previously I was using the one on the right next to the card slot.

charl · Answer

hallo I have the same problem all were well untill the last time I switched it off. please help with awnser

Acer Aspire One ZG5 won't boot up

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