My brother was waiting for something on his computer to get finished, but his monitors (including the netbook monitor) turned off and refused to turn on until he reset the computer. He was running Windows 7 and his Acer Aspire One had 1 GB of memory. Sometimes, the screen shows only a white or black colour, but doesn't turn off. This happens after my brother leaves his netbook alone after a few minutes. It does not do that on any of his Linux installations.
1 Answer
Download this zip-file.
- Turn off the Acer Aspire One (AAO). If necessary leave the button pressed for a few seconds to force power
- Keep the AAO connected to the mains
In other computer:
- Prepare a USB memory formatted as "FAT" (if required format), put the latest BIOS for the AAO here, extract its contents and place the following files,
FLASHIT.EXE
andZG5_3310.FD
in memory USB (to fileZG5_3310.FD
; should rename itZG5IA32.FD
) - This means that you must have a FAT formatted USB stick with the files
ZG5IA32.FD
andFLASHIT.EXE
Now just put the memory in the AAO, and do the following:
- Hold FnEsc keys, and with the other hand press the Power button
- After few seconds release FnEsc keys and the Power button LED flashes
- After a few seconds press (again) the power button
- In moments automatically the BIOS will be flashed, the process will take about one minute, you will not see anything on the screen, and finally the AAO will automatically reboot the light of your screen back.
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2might be helpful to mention what's in the zip file, and to have links to the source of the files, in case there's issues with mediafire. How would flashing the bios fix the specific issue?– Journeyman Geek ♦Aug 27, 2012 at 8:56