[Unlocked] Acer Aspire Z5801: Advanced and OEM Debug menus and VGA anti-whitelist

[gempul]

thanks, I was thinking of upgrading to ivy bridge but now I'm going to cancel it

[Z5801_Can]

Updated the OP with a new version of the modded BIOS: unlocked the whole advanced menu, and set a new boot logo.

Hi, I have been trying to update my Z5801 so I can update to at least Win 10.  support for so many applications will stop for Win 8.1 in under a year.
I even tried to update bios from Acer website, but I can't seem to update past the 2011 version.  Is there a better way? or will your bios work?

[Toshiba-3]

Hi, I have been trying to update my Z5801 so I can update to at least Win 10.  support for so many applications will stop for Win 8.1 in under a year.
I even tried to update bios from Acer website, but I can't seem to update past the 2011 version.  Is there a better way? or will your bios work?

Hello !

You don't specifically need to update to this BIOS to install Windows 10 on a Z5801. The last BIOS version from Acer should do it. It's a given it might not be hasslefree, IIRC I had to change the disk layout from MBR to GPT (no data loss) in order to update to Windows 10, that was a long time ago now though.
This hacked BIOS is only really needed if you ever want to update your graphics card or tweak some more parameters.