Unlock the BIOS for Acer Aspire 7715z

[edbarx]

I would like to ask what programs I will need to unhide the Advanced and Power menus in the BIOS setup utility. I need them to override a problem in power management.

Is there a howto that I can read to understand what I will be doing?

I prefer to work on (Debian) Linux although I will use Windows without problems.

Download Link for BIOS:
http://support.acer.com/product/default....delId=1781
Please, use the latest BIOS update.

This is the Service Manual. A screenshot of the bios setup utility is found on Page 23. The 'Advanced' and 'Power' menus are shown but on my computer, they are hidden.
tim.id.au/laptops/acer/aspire%207715z%207315.pdf

BIOS screenshot:
http://www.dumpyourphoto.com/photo/view/.../0sW451meT

Thanks.

[edbarx]

I managed to unhide the "Advanced" menu but the "Power" menu is still hidden. I used the link: http://www.jakobheinemann.de/j-bios.html

Any hints or links as to what I should do or read are appreciated.

Thanks.

[sabrevolt]

Awesome!!

I had a look to the link you posted. I am in the same case as you but I can't get a bios under .rom or .fd format so i'm looking to the bios extraction part with fmem.

[sabrevolt]

I managed to have the bios but I was unable to run the script.
Could you please explain me how did you proceed?
Thanks in advance

[edbarx]

I managed to have the bios but I was unable to run the script.
Could you please explain me how did you proceed?
Thanks in advance

I ran the script on Linux (Debian Wheezy). I had to use the command:
python j-bios.py -v original-bios.fd modified-bios.fd

The good news for you is that you don't need to install Linux because you can run a LiveCD; download the iso and burn it to a CD. After that boot the CD. If you use Ubuntu, the libraries and software will be more recent and it is made more novice friendly.

Hopefully that helps.

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Place the original Bios file and the j-bios.py scripts in the same directory for the command to work. Otherwise, you have to use relative paths for the script, the input bios file and the output file.

[dabb]

Hi guys

I have the same Aspire 7715Z and I use Windows 7 x64.
Got an t8300 cpu with InsydeH20 bios and woulfdlike to have Advanced settings avaliable.
Anyone got this right from Windows?