I was updating my Acer Extensa 5630z with the latest update vs 1.36 and webshots desktop interupted the update. Acer's winflash only works in Windows and restarted the computer automatically (wouldnt even let me cancel). I cannot boot to windows anymore. cant even boot to my miniPE rescue disk. luckily i can at least boot to ubuntu but im not that good with linux. Could someone make a zip file that i could extract to my usb memory and try to flash it back? http://gd.panam.acer.com/home/ i want to try and put 1.30 back on it. i tried using wine but that didnt work.
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Hi Charlie,
unfortunately I have to disappoint you. flashrom does not support laptops yet due to the unique flash architecture of most laptops. There is a slim chance it can work, but the risk of bricking your machine to a point where it needs to be sent to a repair center is simply too high.
You could try to boot FreeDOS and if that works, ask Acer if there is an update utility for DOS. Uniflasher might be an option as well, but last time I checked it was missing support for newer flash chips.
On 02.12.2009 15:42, Charlie Watson wrote:
I was updating my Acer Extensa 5630z with the latest update vs 1.36 and webshots desktop interupted the update. Acer's winflash only works in Windows and restarted the computer automatically (wouldnt even let me cancel).
So Acer Winflash said the update failed, and it forced a reboot anyway? In that case, you probably have hit a bug in their software and I think asking their support for a free repair would be appropriate. After all, it is not your fault that Winflash forced the reboot.
I cannot boot to windows anymore. cant even boot to my miniPE rescue disk. luckily i can at least boot to ubuntu but im not that good with linux.
While flashrom works fine in Linux on most desktop/server computers, I don't think trying it on a laptop is a good idea.
i want to try and put 1.30 back on it. i tried using wine but that didnt work.
Yes, that is expected. Wine doesn't handle the hardware access required by flash update tools.
Regards, Carl-Daniel
freedos seemed a little complicated for me. i tried ph1614 under dosemu but i got a 386mem error. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?oc...
On 02.12.2009 18:50, Charlie Watson wrote:
freedos seemed a little complicated for me. i tried ph1614 under dosemu but i got a 386mem error.
Doesemu does not work with any flasher. No emulation environment under Linux (Wine, Dosemu, Dosbox, ...) can run flashers.
Regards, Carl-Daniel
kinda figured that out the hard way. I was able to get an iso of freedos and flashed the bios but it didnt fix anything. gues this laptop is linux only now. thanx for the response. I asked for help in several other places and you are the only one that responded. _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/videos-tours.aspx?h=7sec&slid...
On Wed, 02 Dec 2009, Charlie Watson wrote:
kinda figured that out the hard way. I was able to get an iso of freedos and flashed the bios but it didnt fix anything. gues this laptop is linux only now. thanx for the response. I asked for help in several other places and you are the only one that responded.
Any tricks like cmos clearing etc don't help? do you have logs (especially dmesg) from time before bios upgrade and after to compare whats changed?
Best regards Maciej
On 02.12.2009 20:29, Charlie Watson wrote:
kinda figured that out the hard way. I was able to get an iso of freedos and flashed the bios but it didnt fix anything. gues this laptop is linux only now.
I have to admit that I'm very interested in non-destructive tests with flashrom on your laptop. If anything, it might give us additional insights on what exactly went wrong during flashing with the vendor tool. I can provide assistance for these tests after I finish final chemistry exams at the end of next week and will be getting back to you if that's OK for you.
thanx for the response. I asked for help in several other places and you are the only one that responded.
You're welcome. We care deeply about users and hope to eventually conquer the world with flashrom. ;-)
Regards, Carl-Daniel
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
On 02.12.2009 20:29, Charlie Watson wrote:
kinda figured that out the hard way. I was able to get an iso of freedos and flashed the bios but it didnt fix anything. gues this laptop is linux only now.
I have to admit that I'm very interested in non-destructive tests with flashrom on your laptop. If anything, it might give us additional insights on what exactly went wrong during flashing with the vendor tool. I can provide assistance for these tests after I finish final chemistry exams at the end of next week and will be getting back to you if that's OK for you.
thanx for the response. I asked for help in several other places and you are the only one that responded.
You're welcome. We care deeply about users and hope to *eventually conquer the world with flashrom.* ;-)
Regards, Carl-Daniel
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