[REQUEST] Acer Aspire M1100 (M3100, M5100) BIOS Unlock

[1234s282]

Take a look at the official acer site and notethe following:--

Do they havbe the same motherboard?

Is the latest bios revision the same?

Is the bios download file name the same?

Id the latest bios release date the same?

If all these are true then there shouldnt be a problem :d

Regards
Admin

[allen64]

here is where I found my bios:

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/des...m5100.html

the download works for the acer m1100, m3100, and the m5100 so that means I can flash the modded bios right?

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by the way has anyone used it and confirmed that it works? im having doubts after reading the 8 page long discussion on the m5100 bios

[1234s282]

You take the risk if you flash , it doesnt matter its been previously confirmed , it could still fail to flash properly!

Good Luck!

Admin

[TheWiz]

Tthere is a major thread discussion for the 5100 going on in the unlocked forum section, I suggest you read it all very very carefully.

TheWiz

[allen64]

Tthere is a major thread discussion for the 5100 going on in the unlocked forum section, I suggest you read it all very very carefully.

TheWiz

I did, the only one that was confirmed to be working was the one made by ouaisouais, but the link was dead

[gjdunga]

Hello All,

I understand that there is several models of the Acer 1100/3100/5100 unlocked and floating around, but I also know that many people have reported that it bricked their system.

With this in mind, I have backed up my bios, to allow the powers to be, to look at it, and unlock it, if possible. I personally am not interested in overclocking the beast, but I *AM* interested in getting Virtual PC enabled, and this requires that the Virtual settings in bios are enabled. They Are enabled in my CPU and several programs say it only needs bios support turned on.

I have no need to mess with my SLIC, As I use a non OEM, non SLIC Windows 7 64x Authorized copy.

To Start, I have made a copy of the bios on my system, This was done with Award Bios Flash Utility 8.71 // Options : /pn/sy (See it attached)

  AM3100-R01-A3-ORIG.ZIP (Size: 344.49 KB / Downloads: 72)


This is the information about my System, I have provided Information overload, as to assist with any issues where things may not match up, I've used several information sources, including the CMOS, HWinfo32, BiosAgent, AMDFLASH and others.
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System Model: Acer AM3100-U3201A
Flash Type: WinBond W39V040FB/B (4mb)
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Date: 10/10/2007
Bios ID:RS690-SB600-6A669FK8C-00
Motherboard Chipset: ATI RS690(M) + SB600
CPU Bus Type: Hyper-Transport v1.02
Bios Revision : R01-A3
ARCSYS - 42302e31
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ ~2.3GHz Processor Stepping : BH-G1 Codename: Brisbane
MainBoard: F690GVM
SmBios: 2.4
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Motherboard Slots:1xPCI, 1xAGP, 3xPCI-X, 1xPCI Express x1, 1xPCI Express x16
Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Super-IO/LPC Chip: ITE IT8718F
ATI SB600/SP5100 (SB700) - IDE Controller
ATI RV730 - High Definition Audio Controller
ATI SB600/SP5100 (SB700) - USB 1.1 Controller
Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 1394A-2000 OHCI PHY/Link-Layer Controller
AMD Hammer - HyperTransport Technology
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Detailed Bios Info]

BIOS Start Segment: E000
BIOS Size: 512 KBytes
ISA Support: Present
MCA Support: Not Present
EISA Support: Not Present
PCI Support: Present
PC Card (PCMCIA) Support: Not Present
Plug-and-Play Support: Present
APM Support: Present
Flash BIOS: Present
BIOS Shadow: Present
VL-VESA Support: Not Present
ESCD Support: Not Present
Boot from CD: Present
Selectable Boot: Present
BIOS ROM Socketed: Present
Boot from PC Card: Not Present
EDD Support: Present
NEC PC-98 Support: Not Present
ACPI Support: Present
USB Legacy Support: Present
AGP Support: Present
I2O Boot Support: Not Present
LS-120 Boot Support: Present
ATAPI ZIP Drive Boot Support: Present
IEE1394 Boot Support: Not Present
Smart Battery Support: Not Present

I hope that this will help anyone to create a bios that enables VT, and what ever else can be had, without bricking..

I leave this in your good hands,

Regards.
Gabriel



  AM3100-R01-A3-ORIG.ZIP (Size: 344.49 KB / Downloads: 72)

Ps: I just realized that I posted this in the wrong forum.. I tried to delete so i could repost correctly, but security restrictions prevent this. I apologize!! Please Move to correct Thread!
Gabriel

[TheWiz]

If you read the most recent post, one of our members has discovered the corruption issues are usage with the older versions of MODBIN, our editing tool. We will be making new versions to fix that, and I'll look at yours as well.

TheWiz

[gjdunga]

Thank you Very much!

[gjdunga]

If Scuttlebutt is correct, I'm told there is a newer version of modbin out?

Wondering if it is working ??

Thanks in advance for the update!

Gabriel

[hades]

Hi Mate

Managed to unlock multiplier settings , voltages , virtualization , DRAM configuration (RAM Overclocking) , PCIE Configuration , IGX configuration , HT Link control settings , Frequency/Voltage Control submenu , load fail safe defaults.

Note that there was also a few extra options under pc health like tempterature and voltage readouts. However , we have discovered that activating these options tends to corrupt the bios ,especially in the case of Acer bioses. Therefore , we have not unlocked these options.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/747181/Acer%20As...34s282.zip

Remember that you flash this bios at your own risk!

Regards
Admin

hi
new here from france
as many need a unlocked version of my m1100 aspire bios
tried your files but got error:
the program files part number
does not match with your system

m1100
f690gvm
sm 2.4
bios 6.0 pg
R01-A1
du 6/25/07
rs690-sb600-6a669fk8c-00

sorry but no more files and link from acer....
but my card is exactly this one
http://it-pifa.com/Mainboard-AM2/FOXCONN-RS690-ACER.htm

thanks for help