[REQUEST] Acer Aspire 5745(G) BIOS Unlock

[wizkhalifa]

Please guys.

[Abhishek]

Updated BIOS ver. is BIOS_Acer_1.19_A_A for Acer Aspire 5745
SNID 02901299725
MODEL: ZR7

Link to the latest available BIOS on OEM site

[felipejfc]

What do you want to unlock?

[Abhishek]

What do you want to unlock?

Advanced features of that BIOS

[felipejfc]

try:

https://hostr.co/148Mqo7cCzGr

report.

[Abhishek]

try:

https://hostr.co/148Mqo7cCzGr

report.

Thanks mate for this prompt response but i've given up the idea of changing advanced features to accommodate new RAM.
Thanks! again

[SpaceShot]

I have an Acer Aspire 5745PG and the morons at Asus have decided to do this.

In the 1.11 BIOS (oldest you can still download at their support site), you can turn off the switchable GPU. This is necessary today, because you want to keep up with the NVidia drivers but can only do so if you set this to Discrete (turn off the switching capability).

However, in later BIOS, they turned on Intel VT. So if you use, say, the latest v1.19, you get Intel VT turned on. BUT they turned off the ability to switch the GPU to Discrete graphics only. This would require a driver downgrade back to 2012, and I'm pretty sure that won't work in Win 8.1 anyways.

This is a decent little laptop. It's very old, but with 8GB RAM and an SSD I have had zero issues running Win 8.1, using it as a developer laptop, and even playing some light games like Payday 2 on some pretty good settings. No, it's not Crysis or something, but I don't need it for more than this.

In today's environment of lighter and smaller laptops that have no discrete graphics, this is actually a workhorse machine, believe it or not. The keyboard even types well enough.

If I grabbed the v1.19 BIOS, which has Intel VT turned on (no setting in menus, it's just on), can I somehow mod it to turn on the Discrete graphics setting and extend the life of this thing probably at least another year.

I know a GT330M isn't exactly a new NVidia chip, but the thing works "good enough".

[BDMaster]

I have an Acer Aspire 5745PG and the morons at Asus have decided to do this.

In the 1.11 BIOS (oldest you can still download at their support site), you can turn off the switchable GPU. This is necessary today, because you want to keep up with the NVidia drivers but can only do so if you set this to Discrete (turn off the switching capability).

However, in later BIOS, they turned on Intel VT. So if you use, say, the latest v1.19, you get Intel VT turned on. BUT they turned off the ability to switch the GPU to Discrete graphics only. This would require a driver downgrade back to 2012, and I'm pretty sure that won't work in Win 8.1 anyways.

This is a decent little laptop. It's very old, but with 8GB RAM and an SSD I have had zero issues running Win 8.1, using it as a developer laptop, and even playing some light games like Payday 2 on some pretty good settings. No, it's not Crysis or something, but I don't need it for more than this.

In today's environment of lighter and smaller laptops that have no discrete graphics, this is actually a workhorse machine, believe it or not. The keyboard even types well enough.

If I grabbed the v1.19 BIOS, which has Intel VT turned on (no setting in menus, it's just on), can I somehow mod it to turn on the Discrete graphics setting and extend the life of this thing probably at least another year.

I know a GT330M isn't exactly a new NVidia chip, but the thing works "good enough".

Hi friends,
here is your Bios file v.1.19 Slic Permanent + Menu Tabs unlocked :

http://rghost.net/54417970

Use InsydeFlash to write Eeprom and don't touch significant data as there is the possibility to brick laptop !
Regards

[SpaceShot]

Awesome. Let me see if I can figure out how to have a recovery bios ready but I'd love to try this.

[BDMaster]

Awesome. Let me see if I can figure out how to have a recovery bios ready but I'd love to try this.

Ok friend,
This is Recovery Procedure :

Use an USB Dos Formatted (Fat32) and put that file I upload here into then boot using Recovery Mode !

Look here :

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads...ible-names

(1.) REMOVE CD or DVD if possible (you may have to press the power button the quickly press the CD EJECT button)

(2.) REMOVE ALL USB DEVICES, NETWORK CABLES, (anything hooked to the laptop)

(3.) PRESS AND HOLD the POWER BUTTON DOWN FOR 5 secs to shutdown the laptop

(4.) REMOVE BATTERY

(5.) REMOVE AC CORD

(6.) PUT the USB THUMB DRIVE IN USB SLOT ON RIGHT SIDE OF LAPTOP (the one i used anyway)

(7.) PRESS AND HOLD the POWER BUTTON down for 10 secs... release

(8.) while holding FN + ESC plug in AC POWER CABLE, (KEEP HOLDING FN+ESC the whole time)

(9.) NOW PRESS POWER BUTTON & HOLD IT DOWN... THE FAN SHOULD SPIN UP (keep holding FN+ESC) ONCE FAN SPINS UP, RELEASE POWER BUTTON

(10.) eventually the fan will shut off.... (seemed like 30 seconds,, but could have been 5 minutes... i was freaking out)

when fan shuts off i unplugged my AC CORD... REMOVED THE USB DRIVE,,,, and then plugged the AC power back in,,,

then pressed power and my the miracle of technology and my preserverance... i got a green power light followed by an POST SCREEN!!!

Your Oriinal Bios v.1.19 Recovery file here :

http://rghost.net/54451418

Let me know
Regards