Acer Aspire L5100

[com]

Hi,

i have a lot of trouble with my acer bios.
Acer disabled HT and virtualization by default an no option to enable it again.
I checked for newer Bios, wrote to the support and used a lot of tools (but most outdated).

I need them especially the virtualization.

Link to the last working bios (newer bios - R02-A1 or R02A3 wont work because ist a other mainboard):
ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/desktop/aspire_l...R01-B0.zip

Thanks Com

[1234s282]

Great News For You Mate!

I have unlocked all the hidden features in your bios , and im happy to say this includes all cpu overclocking , memory overclocking and virtualization!

Also , the link you supplied me with is the latest (R01A....... is earlier than R01B.......)

Remember , if you want to flash my modded bios , do so at your own risk , i wont be held respobnsible for anything that may go wrong!

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/747181/Ace...34s282.zip

Enjoy!

Please Report Back With Your Results And Photos Of The New Options If Possible

[com]

Im so happy ,

this is no problem ... i have two of the machines, if the bios is broken i swap the bios and flash the old one back.
One last thing is there a option for hyperthteading (HT) I'm not sure if the AMD CPU is supporting this?!

COM

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One last thing,

i readed the last days tonnes of Articles. How does you unlock? cbrom and editing the _EN_CODE.BIN?

com

[1234s282]

Whats your Cpu and operating system?

To use Hyperthreading , the bios must support it , aswell as the cpu support it and your operating system support it

[com]

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and 4000+
I use Ubuntu Linux: cat /proc/cpuinfo shows only two cpus.

Com

[1234s282]

There is a whole tab unlocked called Ht Link Control

Options in here are Ht Link Width , Ht Link Ferquency (Can be set on Auto , 200mhz , 400mhz , 800mhz or 1ghz) , Ht Link Drive Strength , Ht Receiver Ctrl , Ht PLL Control

Hope these options help you

Kind Regards
Admin

[com]

No these options are for Hypertransport ... no problem i try this - its more i could hope for


Thank you very much

com

[1234s282]

Oh OK , Sorry i couldnt completely sort out your problem

As a general afterthought though , does ubuntu support hyperthreading , you need a hyperthreading supported operating system for the hyperthreading to work anyway. I think hyperthreading enables itself if the OS supports it. Because its not enabled for you and your CPU does support it , id guess that ubuntu doesnt support hyperthreading.

[1234s282]

Heres some further reading to back up my guess , Ubuntu does support hyperthreading but has it disabled when you install it

read here for more information :-

http://www.livingubuntu.com/41
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=895077

now you can have Hyperthreading , and the nice modded bios aswell!!

Been a good day for you hasnt it?

[LamaElDrama]

Hi, can the bios be posted again (it is not in the dropbox anymore)?
Need to downclock my L5100 (with Atlon 64 X2 5200+ cpu) as it becomes way too hot when the CPU goes to full power and then turns itself of.

Thanks