01-16-2019, 10:08 PM
Hi having a issue with my Acer laptop
Laptop was working. Power it down and then restarted a week later with the following symptoms
Was thinking it may be a bios issue. Did some searching to fix and have creating a crisis boot usb with the the following steps
Questions
Thanks in advance for any assistance or insight!
Laptop was working. Power it down and then restarted a week later with the following symptoms
- Power light turns on
- Blank Screen
- Fan spins up then slows down
Was thinking it may be a bios issue. Did some searching to fix and have creating a crisis boot usb with the the following steps
- Downloaded Acer bios, and Crisis software (references a Lenovo Machine )
- Copied bios to BIOS.WPH
- Ran Crisis 1.0.0.4 to prep a 256MB USB stick
- Pulled battery, and unplugged A/C adapter
- Plugged in Crisis USB stick (tried all 4 USB ports with same results)
- Held down "FN + ESCAPE + power button"
- Plug in Power
- Still while holding "FN + ESCAPE" tapped power button
- Machine Powered on and power button light started blinked on/off. Usb stick blinked once
- Nothing after this other that the power light keeps blanking on/off
Questions
- Should I be able to recover the bios (I read somewhere that I could only recover the bios if there was something displayed on screen)
- How do I confirm that I'm in bios recovery mode? Is the power button flashing an indication that I'm in bios recover mode?
- I couldn't locate the Acer version of crisis. Could this be a issue?
- I was expecting, if the crisis usb boot stick was working, that there would be a bit of USB activity (Other than the single flash I get). Should the USB have activity for a bit at the start?
- Has anyone successfully recovered a Acer Aspire 5542G? Are any of my above steps incorrect? Got any pointers, or a download link for the acer crisis software (if the lenovo version is the issue
Thanks in advance for any assistance or insight!