imposible to blind flash bios

hi! i've tried by all means to flash the bios of my aao zg5.... but it seems to be imposible...

i've tried with several pendrives, 128mb, 1gb, 2 gb and 4gb....

formated in fat, fat32, ntfs....

bios 3301, 3110, 3109, 3108.....3105....

but always, get the same result....nothing!

i power on the computer with fn+esc pressed but i see no blinking light.....

anybody knows what can be wrong?????????

thanks in advance!

 

ok, when you put it into Fn+Esc, make sure you press the power button once. Also, be sure to rename the bios file to ZG5IA32.fd

 

thanks! but i've done everyting.... and still no results...

renamed the file.....

at first the 2gb stick had no light on when pluged in and the pc was turned on.... eventually i managed to get it on.....

but still, no blinking light!

:cry:

 

What system you use?? If Windows can you just use Windows application for BIOS flash?? It's called Winflash...

 

i would love to! the only problem is that the computer is dead.... bricked...

the story started like this:

1: original netbook with windows xp
2: installed Windows 7 RC 1
3: formated installed MOBLIN (Intel linux for netbooks)
4: formated instaled KDE 4.2.3
5: tried to install Windows 7 RC 1.... again.....
6: dead computer!!!!!!!

thanks

 

Just because it takes little time, try removing the battery and holding the power button down for, at least, 30 seconds. Restart with ac plugged in.
Just a last ditch thing that has worked for some situations.

 

nothing.... tried pressing power button without battery or AC and still nothing......

any more ideas?

 

I guess going to the service center would be the best choice now. =D May cost you though unless it is still under warranty. If it is not the software (bios, OS), it must be the hardware.

 

pfff, my closest Acer Center is 1600 km away.....

 

Did you follow the instructions posted as a reply to you, in the other thread ?
viewtopic.php?p=94563#p94563

 

I have a possible reason for "no flashing power light".

To get the flashing power light you need ESC and FN depress when pressing the power button. So if either the ESC or FN keys are dead, you get nothing.

I had a keyboard with a dead FN key so it is possible.

 

Thanks DutchDK! yes.... i've tried but it was the same..... no blinking light at all...

tried in the 3 usb ports..... with a lot of pendrives! and nothing....

 

i dont think there is a problem with the keyboard.... i have used this computer 50 times max.... each time no more than 30mins....

 

You can send me the motherboard and if I can not upgrade the Bios, I have like 5 motherboards that I can sell you.

I bought all these dead motherboard to reverse engineer some PCI lines, but they all recovered when I flashed the Bios...

 

i live in Argentina.... i think is cheaper to buy a new netbook...! but thanks for the offer!

 

Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i did a last try.... i made myself sure the battery was dead.... i left it on with the power button on and the fan spinning until the battery died.

then, blind flashing worked!!!!!

so, in conclusion.... for my AAO, blind flashing works with an empty battery.

 

Very interesting...

I have a motherboard here which has no response to the Macles Bios Recovery, so I will try this...

 

congratz on figuring out the issue
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