Acer M3201 with R01-B3 bios

[Kuytre]

I have an Acer M3201 with bios R01-B3.
The bios currently has greyed out options for adjusting clock speeds for the CPU.
I have searched for ages throughout the bios for any way of unlocking these options, as I wish to overclock my Phenom X3 8650.

I know about the existing R01-B3 unlock patch on this site, but it is for the "Acer AcerPower FH" and I didn't know whether or not it could be used for my M3201.

Also, I am wondering, is any way to unlock the last core of the CPU through the bios?

Thanks.

[1234s282]

Please post a download link to your bios

These grayed out settings might just be readouts - to display the current clock speed - they actually might not be editable!

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[Kuytre]

http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/BIOS/BIOS/BIOS_Acer_R01.B3_A_A.zip?acerid=633801221337706709&Step1=Desktop&Step2=Aspire&Step3=Aspire%20M3201&OS=V10&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=AAP_9

I really hope that it is editable in some way. Like I said, I saw the R01-B3 for the Acer FH that had "unlocked" options for overclocking, so I hope it's similar.

[Antinomy]

No signs of core unlocking (as expected). But no signs of FSB changing too, unfortunately. I'll have a closer look - maybe they've cut it deeper than expected. Though, timings, multipliers and dividers might be unlocked. Not an easy task but it's real.

[Kuytre]

Hmm. What confuses me about that, is that there's already one for R01-B3, but it's not for my exact pc model.

[Antinomy]

R01-B3 is only a BIOS version. I don't know how brands name the BIOSes, maybe two BIOSes with the same name for different boards won't have anything similar. Give me a link and I'll check it.

[Kuytre]

That's odd. It's not listed on Acer's site under the FH bios versions, there's only R01-C1.
But, the patched FH bios you guys have here is R01-B3.
http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Ac...ght=R01-B3

[Antinomy]

It's Award BIOS that you gave me. I need a similar AMI like yours.

[Kuytre]

What about a M5201's R01-B3?
http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/BIOS/BIOS/BIOS_Acer_R01.B3_A_A.zip?acerid=633801221337706709&Step1=Desktop&Step2=Aspire&Step3=Aspire%20M5201&OS=V10&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=AAP_9

[Antinomy]

Did you read the folder's name?
M7200_M5200_M3200_M5201_M3201_ExE420

It's exactly the same BIOS that you have.