Follow every step carefully!
First format an USB stick with FAT.
Download the latest BIOS, and put both FLASHIT.EXE and the BIOS file in the root directory of the stick. Rename the BIOS file to ZG5IA32.FD, that's important. Do not remove the USB stick.
Turn the AA1 off, make sure both battery and AC adapter are connected. Press Fn+Esc, keep it pressed and press the power button to turn the AA1 on. Release Fn+Esc after a few seconds, the power button will be blinking. Press the power button once. The AA1 will now initiate the BIOS flash, do not interrupt it under any circumstances. After a while the power button will stop blinking, and the AA1 will reboot shortly after. Wait patiently.
The BIOS has been flashed and all settings reset to default.
If for some reason you made a mistake during the procedure and it doesn't reboot by itself wait 5 minutes before turning it off, just to be safe that it isn't still flashing the BIOS.
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The BIOS is now also available from Acer Japan here. It's only the BIOS file with no tools to actually flash it. Instead Acer Japan uploaded a tool to flash the BIOS from within Windows, available here. It's official so it's probably safe to use.
Acer Taiwan put the BIOS online now as well, available here.
And finally the BIOS has been uploaded to their european server. There is actually a text file included which recommends to flash the BIOS from DOS via a bootable USB stick.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 296 Newer› Newest»this does not work for my AA1. My AA1 cant boot from the USB dongle, no activity what so ever. is there a solution to force the USB to work??
this one works for me
but one thing is you have to make sure your USB have boot function.
some USB dongle doesn't have that boot function.
try use other USB dongle
Got a problem where it wont boot, just shows a blank screen and no activity. I got this problem by turning various tests "on" from bios. After that it started fine to a bootloader, then i decided to restart my acer aspireone 150 to see those tests (memory, processor speed) more and then it went blank. Removed battery and waited aso. but still blank screen and no activity.
After buying a USB stick and followed specific details i got me AA1 booting again.
Thanks for an article!
worked like a charm! Thanks a million!
Hey Guys,
Many thanks soooo much, worked perfectly, I have two AA1s and have had to flash the BIOS on both now !
i didn't know about this and i sent the AA1 to acer, they did the bios update but they also opened my acer i don't know why, i know this because the rubber feet are missing, i called them and the tech support guy called me mother f#$^ during the call, now i thing i'll get another AA!, lucky me
Thank you SO much. It worked beautifully. I was really worried that it couldn't be fixed. It only took 5 minutes!!!!!!
Thanks,
Fixed Mine.
Where can I get the flashit.exe file? Thanks in advance!
Where can I find the flashit.exe? Thanks in advance!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
my AA1 150 (ZG5) screen won't start, I found this article using google, updated the BIOS following your instructions and it's alive again!
Thank you so much!! You saved my laptop!
i love you !!! i thought all was lost
THAT WAS THE MOST INTENSE FEW SECONDS OF MY LIFE!!!!
No trip to Acer required... happy days !
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ! Where do I send the beer / pizza ??
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
After shutting down my AA1 successfully 4 weeks ago I couldn't boot it any more. When I pressed the power button the ONLY thing that happened was that the fan turned on and the power indicator turned green. The screen was blank, no hard drive activity and the BIOS didn't even load.
After waiting for 4 weeks to have Acer warranty service pick the unit up, I got tired of waiting and found these instructions. Worked like a charm! The BIOS version I used was 3309.
You saved me from lots and lots of trouble! Thanks again!
I followed all of these instructions (about three times) and began to think there was a hardware problem. Then I realised that the USB drive was not bootable. eventually I digged out a 160gb usb hardrive (which was bootable). and au voila; success. thanks to the guy who mentioned this before, it had me stumped.
thank you so much i made it!!!!! this artical helps a lot to all..
Thankyou so much for that, I thought I had a dead AA1 - it worked for me.
One thing that caught me out though is the file name. I was putting in a number one (1) rather than the letter I.
YAY!!! MY ACER ASPIRE ONE WORKS IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT BIOS FILE TO RENAME 3309.FD TO ZG5IA32.FD AND THAT DOES IT...... WHERE DO I SEND THE WINGS AMD BEER (YOUR PICK)!!!!!!
p.s. i talked th the tech support lady b*t*hing about me out of warinty (witch i was not !!) and i almost called her a b*t*h but hung up so i googled it and got this site http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-46702-aspire-one-wont-boot-even-the-bios-dont-show i went there and i got this site (im typeing on now) got these instructions and i thought it wasnt going to work but it DID!! WOW!!
Excellent guide..It saved my life.. My friend gave me his Acer aspire 150 to install dual boot.. I had tough time in configuring it for dual boot.. All of a sudden this laptop died on me.. Blank screen.. I was panic, thought it's gone.. Followed this guide.. Hurray.. it resolved the problem and saved my life.. Thanks a lot for providing such a wonderful guide..
I'm joining you all in this great big storm of appreciation - cured my A150 in a matter of minutes. Didn't use FLASHIT.EXE, but still worked! Thank you very much for this guide!
Thanks alot, even if I made a mistake , ( I pressed Fn + Esc + Power , and then left the laptop to see what the next step is , and going back I found the power led not blinking anymore) but it was flashing anyway , and soon I was back in the missing libpng screen. It works! But , does it work if we set D2D recovery off?
Thanks a lot, it worked like a charm.
Before finding your post I was ready to open the box and reset the inboard battery :/
Cheers
Dear Carson Wang,
it did work for me spoton my friend. muc appreciate it.
God bless u all guys
:)
Sadi
Thank u sooooooo much it fixed my problem.
Worked for me! Thank you very much!
I work perfectly
Bless you man
I was skeptical at first. This was much easier than I thought and worked perfectly. I was ready to create another paperweight!
Thanks!
Acer should pay you a service fee for saving them $$$ in warranty repairs!!
Anyhow, oit saved me going through the tedious, horrendous task of dealing with a warranty claim.
do you lose all your files when you do this????
Wow, this is perfect! My acer one was dead, only the powerlamb was burning, but no activty at all, no beep or status lights. After this procedure is came back to life! Thanx!!!!!
I didn't loose anything, all my file were there.
Worked a treat, but it is vital to rename the fd file to ZG5IA32.FD.
thanks for the info
Thank you Thank you Thank you. Thought I was going to have to send it back with all my Families photos on it. It back up an running.
What seemed to stop it is a test that was run in some utility in linux. I installed version 3305
Im an IT Tech guy and i got this AA1 to work on and had NO clue what to do, but then i just searched: Acer Aspire one Black Screen and i came here, the 3309.FD file actually have to be renamed, it dont work unless you do it. Thank you so much, you saved me ALOT of fuzz.
Hi there... just had the same problem resolved with Acer in Bangkok. Wish I didn't have to make the trip there though and found out it was a BIOS problem earlier! Thanks for posting this.
You save my life man, but why did this happend on the first place?
Thank You a lot, this worked perfectly!!! ;)
I partitioned the drive and wanted to install dual-boot linux. I was installing PCLinux 2007 and everything went fine until it was supposed to reboot. Basically I got blank screen but it was powered because I could see a reflection from the screen and the computer was working. This is how the problem started and I could not boot any time since.
(1) I tried to take out the hard drive and put it in another computer, namely HP Compaq C300. The computer started, dual-boot linux powered up, and it looked almost as if the disk was from this driver. Therefore, I knew for sure that the computer works.
(2) I thought about installing windows again to delete the PClinux and by mistake I deleted the first partition, hidden, with the recovery. However, now the GRUB was not working and I immediately had Windows mutli-boot selection. I thought that solve the problem because I thought linux did something to the first partition. Still, when I put the drive in, now I even did not have the screen to power up.
... then I found this post
(1) I copied all the files on the external hard drive (SmartDrive) and went through the procedure). I guess the drive was FAT32 and did not start. It seem to power up for a moment and then it went dark. The power button on Acer stopped blinking and I just turned it off after 5min.
(2) I used Apitek PocketCamX with 512SD card because I did not have a stick. I went through the procedure and this time after some blinking, then going dark, the computer started!
I hope this description helps someone. Whoever posted this help guide has provided all of us with great service - there are not enough THANK YOUs that I say: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ...
... but also some credit for Acer for creating such a rescue option. Without someone programming it the whole procedure would not be possible.
For others who are interested, here is the link on how to open Acer:
http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/modding-the-acer-aspire-one-bluetooth/
... video: http://qik.com/video/161904
http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/modding-the-acer-aspire-one-hard-drive/
... video: http://qik.com/video/183950
http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/modding-the-acer-aspire-one-hsdpa/
... video http://qik.com/video/471825
WOW Fantastic! I never thought my AAO 150 ZG5 will come back alive again. Just this morning it died suddenly without warning. When I press power on, it only lit the power green light, without activity on the harddrive, I only hear the fan working but nothing on the screen, all black.
I proceeded to download the european server for 150, downloaded version 3309.
I flashed my usb stick to FAT, saved the flashit.exe and renamed 3309.fd to ZG5IA32.FD then I placed it my AAO's 2nd USB slot (right side), fn+esc, press on and release fn+esc keys and I didn't even press on again and I noticed the USB stick is blinking. After about 20 secs, a silent, then a short flash on the screen, then VOILA, I see the screen begin booting in the normal process!
Wow, this article saves me to the Acer Tech support!
Do you have paypal? I will donate...
Worked like a charm! Thanks!!
Thank you so much. It WORKS perfectly!
Thank you so much. It WORKS perfectly! I am using AOA 150 .
ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/netbook/aspire_one_110/bios/
latest version v.3309 worked for me
Thanks a lot
This is awesome, my AA1 had the same problem and I was devasted due to the fact of travling very soon. I found this link followed the instruction and it worked just as it says. I really cant thank you enough I am so greatful.
AWSOME!! ty so much for the help, worked first try, keep up the good work =D
FANTASTIC!!! i was desperate and your solution took only a few seconds to fix everything. THANKS!
this didn't work for me at first. i needed to download unetbootin on the flash aswell. now all is back, all is good! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO relieved. i had so many files on there.
hope that helps someone.
and add another huge thank you to the pile!
wwwwooooooo, muchas gracias(Thanks a lot)
Thanks a lot !!!! it is working...
IT WORKS!!
I'm grateful man, at first I didn't know what to do. :)
my acer not access the usb Pendrive when using the fn + esc, + power button. I did a bios update failed, if someone can help me I will be very happy!! tnks
I did a bios update failed and can no longer access the usb Pendrive with function fn + esc + power button.
Can you help? tnks
You guys are the BEST. Came home tonight to do a backup of some critical work and ARRGGHH black screen, powerbutton on but nobody home. Couldn't turn it off.
Used my old lappie to google and came across this, loaded 3309 onto a flash drive, left Acer on with power cable removed and lid up to force the battery to drain, and went out for a while.
Came back, dead lappie, inserted flashdrive and followed your instructions - hurrah - its all back!
Thank you thank you thank you.
I shall be donating to your beer and pizza fund shortly! Just as soon as this backup has finished! Learnt my lesson (again ;0 )
For the less technically minded here's what I did exactly - step by step
Mine is Aspire One with Windows XP:
1) insert USB pen into drive on a different lappie
2) download 3309.zip from the Europe (or other server)ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/netbook/aspire_one_110/bios
3) unzip
4) move the files flashit.exe and 3309.FD to the root (eg e:/ on mine)
5) rename 3309.FD to ZG5IA32.FD
6) removed USB stick from different lappie.
7) my Aspire would not power down so I unplugged the AC and left the lid up to force the battery to drain down
8) when battery drained down, inserted USB stick into one of the USB slots (the one on the left hand side!)
9) plug in the AC
10) hold down Fn+Esc and press the power button until it comes on and starts blinking.
11) release the Fn+esc and power button which is still blinking
12) Press power button once , wait a bit and it becomes steady. (Give it 5 minutes as the man says :D )
13) When it becomes steady - have more patience - and it will with luck reboot - I think it was a good minute or so before it started rebooting for me.
14) Do the happy dance then back up your stuff!
15) donate :D
i tried this, now it won't even power on,
:-(
i don't even get the power light when plugging in the mains adapter, it looks completely dead.
Any ideas ?
Can you test the mains adapter or a different outlet socket in case by some freaky coincidence one or other has died at the same time?
Thanks Cairo, I have tried it in multi outlets :-( no joy.
Many thanks, worked fine.
Several people asked where to get flashit.exe. It's included in the bios zip-files, at least in the European site. But is it really necessary at all? If the puter doesn't boot at all, it cannot boot to DOS either to run the .exe in the first place. The only needed thing seems to be ZG5IA32.FD in the root folder of the USB-dong, and the Fn+Esc+Power buttoning to recover the BIOS.
A second thought: I flashed the newest 3309.fd, but the BIOS still calls itself v0.3114, just as before any flashing. So did any upgrade take place at all? Maybe the special start only fixed some disorder in the existing BIOS without upgrading???
Why did this happen?
I discovered a problem with IE7 today (first time I've used it for ages as I use Firefox normally) which tracked to update KB967715 - further investigation revealed that this is the exact update that was installed just before my Aspire suffered its Black Screen of Death moment.
Would that make sense to anyone else with this problem?
Wonderful post,showed us a way to recover aspire one.Thanks a lot to the originator!
<3
After juggling several failed linux installs, my aao bricked, this fixed it.
Thank you so much! ;_;
Eureka! Many thanks!
After a hung up which forced me to press the power button I could not boot anymore, now is up and running again.
I formatted an USB in FAT16 and with boot. Then I copied the exe and the renamed .fd file on it and followed the instructions. It did not take long.
I did as said and worked, smoothly........!!!
thanx alot
I had his problem too(it seems to be very common).AOA150 is very nice machine that I bought a month ago.When"The big blank screen"came out I just carried it in the shop I bought it from.I hope that this won't happen again,but I'll have in mind this article.It's so nice taking a good advise from the net when you have such a situation.
All the best!
Thanks for this. Mine died after one week but thanks to this post it's back alive again.
THANK YOU! You are beautiful man! YES!
It's not working for me...
At first I had the usual "power light on, blank screen".
I tried to follow this guide, but I forgot to plug in the AC, so I didn't get the flashing light. After that, whenever I press the power button it just shuts down after a few seconds. I let the laptop sit turned off while I was doing something else, and suddenly it was back to the usual "power light on, blank screen" state when I tried again.
So I put in the USB, plugged in the AC and followed the guide, but it got stuck at the flashing light. I turned it off after 30~40 min, and now it's back to shutting down after a few seconds.
Any ideas? The whole thing started after putting in 1GB of extra RAM in my AAO110.
Thank you!!!! just 2 minutes!!! and it's working again.
Salve Carson!!!
My little AA1 become "Zombie" yesterday night.
I decided to return today it and have a refund ...
but I decided to give it a second chance and find your procedure.
It works like a breeze.
Many Thanks and Kind Regards from Lisbon
Artur
it works. i recover two a ones.
ThX!
Saludos desde mexico. Gracias cabr.nes!
Worked like a charm! My girlfriends Aspire One has given her no end of trouble, where as mine has been great. Thank you for your help, its not something I would've ever thought about doing.
THANKS MY FRIEND!
Thanasis from GREECE
Many many thanks, I always look for a solution online before giving up. This worked beautifully, mine died after a windows update yesterday.
Cheers from Kaz in Australia
Many thanks this worked like a charm, always check the internet for a solution and get one everytime.
Thanks for Kaz In Australia
This worked for me! My AOA-150 died last night, and I was NOT looking forward to a warranty return. I have backups, but a working computer is nicer :-). I went to the European FTP server, and navigated to the 150 directory (the link is for the 110), and downloaded the 3309 BIOS. After unzipping and renaming, my AOA-150 is nice and happy. I used a 1GB stick that I had laying around, and it was FAT formatted. Worked great! Thanks!!!!!
thanks a lot!! u save my life.. thanksss!!!
This was the only way i comminucate with my lover who lives away..
You saved me!! :) ..
I appreciate it man ..
WHEN YOU SAID TO "RENAME THE BIOS TO", IS TO 'ZG5IA32.FD' OR TO 'ZG51A32.FD' ???
sorry, I just notice... is 'ZG5IA32' WITH (i) capitol
Wow !!!!
it worked well and within minute everything is running fine.... Thanks a ton... Acer service support sucks...
Awesome!!! I had called tech support with no help. They wanted me to send it in. A quick 30 second google search and I found this page. Downloaded and unzipped 3309 to a FAT 32 USB and then put it in USB slot on ACER Aspire One w/Windows XP. Machine was back up and running within two minutes. Again... AWESOME!! Thanks a bunch. Worked like a champ!!
My Aspire 150 was dead like every brick in the wall... searched google and found this tutorial, flashed the biois and not my aspire runs agian.
Thansk a million!
Thanks!
Thanks a millon! :)
Had to use this a second time on my own Aspire.
Thanks again!
wow thought I was dead in the water ... GREAT FIX thanks so much for this
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I hardly dared expect it to work, but it did!
Thank you so much! About 3 months ago I spilled a glass of wine directly onto my AA1 keyboard. I took immediate action and turned it off and upside down to drain, and amazingly the next day it was back to normal. Then last night I told Windows to restart and when it went to boot back up all I got as the black screen. I figured the wine spill had finally come back to haunt me. But I found your post, tried it this morning, and it worked the first time. Thanks so much!!
Should I be expecting activity from the USB flashdrive?
I've left it running for 20 minutes and the most activity it has had is changing the battery light status from Red to Green.
Regards
Iain
spot on. cheers
Thank you so much! It worked just as you said.
Thank you sooooooooooooo much!!!
You can't imagine my face when i saw the boot screen "acer" again!!!!!!
That was you? Thanks for all time :) I'll be recommending this article to all those people I know with an AA1... :) Thanks!
I had called up Acer technical department in UK. They are asking me to post it to them from Ireland. Couldn't they simply tell me the solution as suggested by you on phone?
Thank you very much, It saved me couple of bucks!
Is there a problem in Acer Aspire Netbooks? Why is it so common?
You are great!You safe my life ,because the AA1 is on my girlfriend.It's good work!
From Bulgaria
Thanks!! It is a great tip. It works like a charm!!! Abelardo @ Mexico.
Your a genius 3 hours wasted, this worked first off
Perfect! A month with the computer turned off and now in 10 minutes it is working again! Thank you, very much!
Fiquei 18 dias sem ligar meu netbook. A empresa Foxconn tem uma excelente placa, mas ainda peca na proteção da Bios.
I was 18 days without my netbook. I thought don't recovery my A150. The enterprise Foxconn have a good mainboard, I disassemble six times this machine, the only problem of this grate tecnology, is the protection of Bios.
Thanks Carson Wang,
Ademir Silva - São Paulo - Brasil
thanks man you are the greatest!! it works perfectly fine!!
grateful thanks from another very surprised and content recipient of your kind and successful advice.
thanks you very much thanks a lot , yester day i was not at my shop my younger brother was working on AA1 and it just turn off and not powering again
today whole day i was working on AA1 for makeing it alive again , with the help of you peoples i finely got it back alive --
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my AA1 wont flashing the BIOS so i tired up and pull the bettery and leave it for 1 hour after that i press power botton and short the bettey pin (AA1) without the puting bettry in it then format usb with FAT and copying the files renamed put the usb in the AA1 the insert (left site ) the bettry then power adaperter the press FN+ ESC power botten start blinking release the FN+ esc then press power botton again after 3 min its alive ............ Suker AllHUMDULLIHA
and thanks you all peoples
Rana Imran Nisar (pakistan)
ty mate!!! it's really working very great!!!!
My Acer Netbook Aspire One AOA 150 is not working at all. When I press PowerOn button, only I can hear is the noise of fan. There is Blank screen and even the hard disk light is not flashing. I tried the links given above but files mentioned in thread are no more available. Please help urgently. I hope my data on hard disk is safe and secured.
The abovementioned problem started when my netbook was hibernated. PLEASE HELP URGENTLY.
How to convert USB in bootable format and what is FAT 32 USB? How do I convert that to bootable USB?
The flashing of the B.I.O.S. of my Aspire 1 worked great !! Thanks to you all for sharing your experiences. I downloaded this file:
v.3309.zip FROM this site:
ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/netbook/aspire_one_110/bios
Then, followed "to the letter" the steps described at the top of this page.
Worked great in less than 2 minutes.
Thanks a lot.
Ivan
Aswad,
For the purpose of this tutorial (on flashing the B.I.O.S.), at least, you do not need to make a flash "bootable". Just (merely) format your flash drive with FAT mode. Then, enter the ftp site indicated in my first post. If you are not able to find the files in question, then, I can send them to you. Please let me know.
As for your second post, and the possible causes for the problem to happen: I was told (by the Acer authorized tech personnel) that this problem had happened because I might have forcefully turned off my Aspire 1.
Ivan.
Hi Ivan,
Thanks for the update. I got the files sent by Acer Computer, GMBH and I tried the steps which they had mentioned which were similar as you have mentioned.
The Problem is everything is happening as expected like USB light blinking, Power light blinking initially and then remains constant but after waiting for the 45 minutes nothing is flashing up on the screen. I tried these steps 11-12 times but no use. I could hear the noise of the machine or probably fan from the machine but nothing is happening.
Now I think I have no option but to Post the lappiee to Acer as this option is not working.
Yep, wiped the stupid look off my face quickly. Was Playing w/ Win7RC dual booting w/ OpenSUSE and suddenly... nothing but the green light and fan. Three min. fix w/ this info. Thanks.
I love you dude! :)
YATTA! GOD IS GOOD!
Thanks for the help!
Get to the stage where the power button starts flashing, after that nothing happens, usb stops flashing, then does the power button
please help me
Done everything that was said and tried above here, and I still have the same problem like Ben.
Tried different usb flash drives, I even used a WD HDD 320 external, still no use. Flashing the first few seconds and then it stops flashing on its own and just stays on (tried releasing the Fn+Esc early, and tried holding it down forever too, the power LED flashes like a couple of times and then constantly ON no matter what combination/timing I tried) ... waited and waited and nothing happened.
I am really good at following instructions especially if they are as easy as those, but that's what is worrying me now, could I be missing something here ? is there a hidden perquisite which is not spoken of ? It's really frustrating !!
Or could it be some wicked hardware version specific exception here ?
Definitely a great call on the bios flash from USB drive. I had a virus on my system and had been reinstalling it. Installed a driver for the card reader, rebooted and nothing but a black screen. Tried pulling battery and resetting but no luck. Hooked up to external monitor, no luck. All prepared to send to Texas for warranty repair when I found this post. Worked like a charm! Took about 2 to 3 minutes and I'm back in business. Thank you.
not working for me. I am wondering if the extra file with all those other files have to be in the root drive, or not even put on the flash drive. Any ideas? I have tried two flash drives...one flashes for a second then stops. The other never even flashes.
OMG this was such a life saver...I was so depressed when my acer died but now it works!! =D
Lifesaver!
Thank you, this post was a lifesaver, I didn't have time to get my aa1 to acer to fix this. and being a computer tech, I knew I should have backed up my data just in case something like this happened, but i didn't. I just got home after this happened and tryed it, problem solved. I am going to follow my own advice to customers and backup my data.
You, sir are a pure genius! The hardest part was clearing my USB drive (finding room on HD for 15GB is kinda hard atm :))
Thank you so much for this guide - really helped me a lot.
Cheers
Lasse
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!
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Ok, my problem with my AA1 is that it seems like it is about to boot, then quickly turns off. At times this netbook seems to work and sometimes it doesn't. How can I use this instruction to fix this boot problem? PLEASE HELP!!!
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You're the best. It woked on my AOA 150 version.
Thanks
OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
WORKED LIKE A CHARM IN 3 MInutes
BTW when you rename the FD file to
ZG5IA32- the character afer the 5 is the letter I capitalised not a 1 (one)
thanks again!!!!!
@ IMDA I had the same problem before this problem and it was that the fan got dirty and was not cooling the CPU enough so the computer shuts down to avoid over heating.
The solution that worked for me was to blow gently into the fan grill and also tap that area gently. Should do the trick. Hope it works for you. Definitely have a love hate relationship with this machine...
Worked perfectly on my machine - so glad I found this page.
Downloaded the latest zip from the euro server and this contained all the files needed.
Good job!
Dear Carson,
Thanks a million for your post. You're a life-saver! It's people like you who altruistically help others that keep the human spirit alive and well.
Cheers, mate!
Thank you!
Hi,
exact same problem as everyone.
i have an A0A150 model ZG5.
first the bios was loading but before windows could load i had the fatal blue screen, tried all F8 modes (safe, last known, ) but nuthin, it always restarted back to bios.
then today, the mofo wont even load the bios. only the power button and charge light.
the solution provided is very accurate except there are 3 bios updates available from the Acer website, which one should i choose? i dont want to b messing around with BIOS.
Hi, I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to use my AA1 again or that I'd have to send it off to acer for 4 weeks, but this took me five minutes! Wonderfull, this is great and really easy to carry out. Thanks very much!
Wow, works perfect! Make sure you change the .fd file name, not the folder name and copy & paste the .fd file and the FLASHIT file to the main usb folder.
Alvin, I used 3310 and it worked great!
I tried to simplify these steps.....
The AA1 has a built-in BIOS recovery routine, making it possible to flash the BIOS even if the system doesn't boot anymore. It's only meant for emergencies and may void your warranty, so use at your own risk.
Follow every step carefully!
A:) First format an USB stick with FAT. (In "My Computer, right-click the usb drive and click format.)
B:) Download the latest BIOS to your USB stick: (http://us.acer.com/acer-v2/service.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&miu10einu24.current.attN2B2F2EEF=3750&sp=page15e&ctx2.c2att1=25&miu10ekcond13.attN2B2F2EEF=3750&CountryISOCtxParam=US&ctx1g.c2att92=453&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=2054404012).
C:) Open the downloaded BIOS file and put both FLASHIT.EXE and the BIOS file (.fd file) in the root directory (main folder) of the stick (Copy & Paste will work). Rename the BIOS file to ZG5IA32.FD, that's important.
1.) Connect USB drive to AA1 while turned off.
2.) Make sure both battery and AC adapter are connected.
3.) Press Fn+Esc, keep it pressed and press the power button to turn the AA1 on. Release Fn+Esc after a few seconds, the power button will be blinking.
4.) Press the power button once again. The power button will continue to blink. The AA1 will now initiate the BIOS flash, do not interrupt it under any circumstances. After a while the power button will stop blinking, and the AA1 will reboot shortly after. Wait patiently.
The BIOS has been flashed and all settings reset to default.
If for some reason you made a mistake during the procedure and it doesn't reboot by itself wait 5 minutes before turning it off, just to be safe that it isn't still flashing the BIOS.
I had tried this once and my acer was working fine when it suddenly turned off on me again!
I am getting frustrated as I attempted yet again by following the steps but nothing if working.
Any other suggestions that will help me before I finally go buy another one?! =\
this worked for me to a certain point, i got rid of the black screen but after the flashing my SSD drive is non-existant.
Note that the black screen came about while i was installing an OS on the netbook.
any ideas anyone?
I just bought a totally new Acer Aspire One 150, and it started like this, it wouldn't boot and just showed a black screen. I've never had it turned on. I tried following these steps very carefully, but it seems like the Acer won't interact with my usb; the power button starts flashing, but it just turns off like normally after a minute or so. The usb's light doesn't blink either.
Any ideas on why this happens?
I've tried both a Kingston 1gb and a 2gb usb thumb.
Update: Now it'll just blink for ages, last time it went up to 30 mins but then I turned it off 'cause I thought something had to be wrong.
Please, I need help fast or I'll have to send it in :(
STAR. Works like a bought one again. Wonder what the root cause is though, seems any sort of OS upgrade can cause the BIOS to go west.
It worked like a charm from an usb floppy drive, renamed bios file, without flashit.exe, thanks for excellent solution !!!!
OMG! It acutally worked! Thank you to OldBag and nutsnbolts76 for breaking it down for us!
Gosh, Marc.dal, not sure what the problem might be. I've seen in other posts that people had problems if they tried to use a USB that was not formatted in FAT.
This is what I did. Be sure and back up any files that are on your USB before trying the below. I copied old USB stick files to a new spot, deleted everything off of the USB stick, and then formatted.
To format the USB stick,
1. Insert USB stick into USB slot
2. Go to Start -> Computer -> Right click the USB stick's name on the far left (for instance, I have UDISK 2.0 (F:))
3. A menu should appear. Choose format...
4. Under file system, make sure that it says FAT from the drop down menu
5. Hit start
Also, after formatting the USB stick, make sure that you only copy over the two files flashit.exe and 3309.FD to the USB stick. Be sure to rename 3309.FD to ZG5IA32.FD (note that the middle character is a capital "i")
Hope this helps!
d00d!!!! Worked like a charm!!!
FABULUX, amazingly simple when you've got these great instructions. Now I can continue to love my AA1. Thank U.
heya.........my problem is my acer aspire one laptop is detecting the battery but its not even showing the bios when its on, only a blank screen. need advice.
Im crying like a baby, thanks!!! also work for me.
Thank you sir, it works perfectly
Same here!
Thx a lot!
You saved me Man from RMA Hassles!!!
Thanks a lot!!
It just happened to me again and the solution worked again like a charm, except this time I didn't wait for the battery to drain down, I just pulled it out and put it back in again.
Once more, it seems to be associated with an Internet Explorer update which I did yesterday and this somehow seems to make it fail to go in to hibernation mode satisfactorily, so when I went to bed last night, it had the lid closed but did not hibernate. Hence I guess it overheated.
Wow Just like that!!! I didnt expect this to be so simple and fast!
Thought maybe this was some hoaxy trick to completely destroy my computer, but nope, just a good and honest and easy fix! Thanks a bunch - now my wife can have her laptop back and she can stop using mine!
Brilliant works a treat my 4 y o daughter was having a play I thought she had killed my AA1 Thanks to this advice it's all back to normal
Cheers
Blackgimp
works a treat even with my 22 month old boy annoying the hell out of me!!!
Awesome this works perfectly! I'm so happy now:DD Thanks so much!!!!
I love you! I was on my knees when my AAO 150 decided not to turn on. I've had the thing apart, reset the CMOS from battery (which incidentally did nothing) and was trying to think up some form of insurance scam to pull to get it replaced (I smashed the LCD already so it's OOW). Not that I would have actually scammed any insurance company, of course !!
How much beer/wine/spirits do you want, and where do they go?
Thanks again. Invaluable!
Hello , I thought this would work after reading all the comments , however although my AcerAspire1 does boot up and shows the Acer boot up screen for a few seconds , it then just goes to a blank screen . I can see the cursor and move it around but nothing else. Could this be a hard drive issue ? Any inputs appreciated.
Worked like a charm, THANKS!!!
One more happy user here! But, had to try two different USB-sticks. On the second stick I took a chance and did not place flashit.exe on stick and there where some other files on the stick too. Still worked fine!
THIS WORKS! Thank you so much!
Is it important to make the usb bootable ? or just palin FAT format and put 2 files on it and go through the procedure. I think I"m trying 5th time and no luck maybe should try the different USB stick?
I have an Aspire 5100, that will not boot up. Can I use the same procedure as you did with aspire ONE. Would I have to rename the down loaded bios to a dfferent name. (using the 5100 bios of course)
Any advice will help. Please and thank you
This works 100% - it took longer by my AA1-110 - but it worked. just follow the instructions and be patient. Thanks a lot
THANK YOU!!!!!
This saved 3 weeks of RMA hell. THANK YOU GOOD SIR.
ONE INTERNET TO YOU!
Wow. that worked perfectly. My AA1 is back up and working perfectly. Thanks for the post.
Windowman
Thanks soooooo much, I have tried so many other instructions to fix this problem but none of them mentioned renaming the fd file, after doing this for my AOA 150 it worked straight away! Fan bl00dy tastic! Shame the official Acer site has hardly any instructions per model on upgrading and repairing the bios.
My Acer Aspire One got to the none booting state after I hooked it up to my plasma and set the res and hertz really high, after disconnecting it just wouldn't boot. After doing the above works again.
Saved my life! Ta!
Just done it! Many thanks, mate.
I did not use FLASHIT.EXE as some suggested by some. Only copied file 3309.fd then renamed into ZG5IA32.fd. Put the file into root directory of my usb then plugged into the AA1. Then pressed Fn+Esc+Power...waited a minute or two....my netbook is now back! Thank you very much!
Thank you, thank you
brilliant, the best netbook around is running again :-) thanks
I've got an Acer Aspire 6920 with the same problem...
But I have no .fd file what should I do?!?!
thank u sooooo much, i thought it was dead 4ever...
My system died last night for no apparent reason. I am thankful that I found your page with the steps to recovery. You are a netbook saviour, my friend.
thanks a bunch,
Norm
it doesn't work for me..
i
did all the steps cearfully but when i power it on .. it doesn't want to plink???
any help here
My Acer aspire one 150 died suddenly few hours ago. I was about to return it back to ACER but gave a try to this quick fix and what a magic it Worked smoothly for me.
Wow, thanks for the info. Works great!
At first I was using a Sandisk Cruzer 4GN that I had other files on. It would not work, then I dug out my SD Cruzer 2GB and formatted FAT and followed the instructions, put the drive in my AAO came to life. :)
Thanks a lot!! You just saved me from embarrasement!!
Gee I was very sceptical, but yes it was straight forward saved my computer! Thanks a lot!!!!!!
best page on the net.
Yhank you so much man
Omg thank u so much!!!!! I tried a few other ways and they didn't work and this worked first time. I owe you a 6 pack!!! (If only it didn't happen in the first place lol). Thanks again you're awesome:)
Thanks sooo much! Daughter will be very happy...I didn't want to have to swap hard drives with a Acer exchange. She had lots of family images.
I cleared the 1GB USB Cruser,these drives are loaded with programs so just checked to see if it was a fat based drive it was so I did not format it, then went to Acer and downloaded the A0A150 Bios update. Then Unzipped it. took the unzipped folder and added it to the cruzer drive, and took the 3310.fd and the Flashit files and copied to the usb drive root (out of the folder) and then renamed the 3310.fd to ZG5IA32.FD and left the Flashit file alone. Waited with a little stress of wondering if it might not work as the steps above mentioned but it booted from the disk and after a short while 2-4 Minutes or less it turned my Black Screen into a recovered system. XP Home Running Fine. Daughter gets another Christmas. I am a dislexic thinker so If I can do it, you can do it!!! Huge thanks from Roseville California near Sacramento CA. I'm not a perfect writer and will not proof-read but top of page instructions work!
Marc
This is excellent - it worked a charm, thanks!
My Acer aspire One was working fine last night, but when i went to turn it on this morning nothing happened.
No LED's turned on, no fans rotated, and no light came from the screen.
Im not sure if this guide can cure a problem like mine, as im not sure if its an internal problem.
Anyone else got a problem like mine, and fixed their Acer with this guide?
WHAT A MAN !!! THANKS !!! NOBEL PRIZE !!!
I thank you for this, fixed my friends computer with this trick, thank god for this feature cuse without it, there would be alot of paper waights out there :)
Looks like it's saved mine too. Thanks.
Great tip! Saved my company issued netbook. Thank you very much!
I have a ACER 3100 Aspire. THere's no post. Wont start. They power up ok, led's ok, cooler.. all.
But no screen, just blank.
Someone has a procedure to fix this ?
i really need.
crisnich@yahoo.com.br thank's.
GREEAAAATTTT POST! you ve saved my lappie!!
thanx so so so much from serbia!
zloca
DO I NEED TO ADD TO THE SENDING OF APPRECIATION? I THINK YOU GUYS MADE IT CLEAR ALREADY!
Fixed mine!
Life saver! thanks for the fix, worked for me too!
Mi nombre Luis de Puerto Rico:
Gracias por consejo me funciono Super Bien, WOW Brutal, realmente pense que habia perdido mi PC
Mine would not start after trying to install windows 7 from an USB drive. my AA1 went compleatly dead, but a quick google search found this page and... IT WORKED :-)
I worked for me, I just can't believe it... thanks a million for the solution !! thought I have to buy another one :)
hello.i have this notebook and it wont start.it has only black screen etc.. i did for test to press fn+esc and start the laptop and it was blinking and then i shut it coz i didnt have the usb stick plugged in..so i did it again withthe usb stick but nothing happens..it doesnt reboot after 7 mins.thnx chris from greece
ah it needed to format it to FAT. THANK YOU
It worked for me as well after the second attempt. Thanks.
Thank you sooooooooooo much!! We bought the netbook for our travels and got really worried when we had this problem just a week before our departure date. You are great, the computer in now alive again!!
GREAT!!!!!!
THANK YOU!!!
U SAVE MY LIFE&MONEY :)
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