Need a Packard Bell 'Dot a' unlocked BIOS

[nhadrian]

Hi,

I have a Packard Bell dot a netbook. I tried to upgrade memory from 2Gb to 4Gb.
BIOS recognized the 4Gb but I couldn't use it, in windows I saw only 1,75 Gb usable memory (same as with 2Gb RAM before).

First I tried to update BIOS since I thought that causes the problem and this is why I don't see any settings in it. So I tried to install 1.18 version with the windows installer but after reboot I have a black screen, it looks like I'll have to do a BIOS recovery, described in the service manual (attached).

But once I start working around this, an unlocked BIOS would be great.
Official 1.18 BIOS attached.

Many thanks in advance!!!
Regards
Adrian

[nhadrian]

Sorry, it looks like I can't attach any single file for some browser and/or firewall reasons.
Here is the link for the original 1.18 BIOS.

[LosSantosPro]

The BIOS is not the problem here I don't think, it sounds like you are running Windows Vista Basic/7 Starter? Am I correct?

If so you will need to upgrade to a higher version to make use of the full 4GB

[nhadrian]

I'm running windows 8.1 professional.
And also it would be great to allocate more memory to the video card once I'd have 4Gb...

[BDMaster]

Ok friend,

Acer Aspire AO721 bios, this is a Phoenix (new tyle) Bios and Sml6397 is our Expert and Moderator
ask to him sending a PM and He will produce a Bios Mod unlocked surely !
Regards

[nhadrian]

Hi BDMaster,

thanks for the suggestion, I asked Sml6397 but no answer. Maybe he is on holiday…
I'll try to be patient...

regards
Adrian