Appreciate all the help. I'm going to try the fat32usb flash method.
I've found the BIOS software required for my laptop model (4752g) but I'm not
sure where to go from here. I've got a usb in fat32 ready to go, but the
folder contains many files. Do I just click and drag the entire folder
reflash your bios to the latest version. Go to the acer support site and make
sure you download the correct flash rom, you will also need to install the
recommended Windows version to flash the BIOS. Better don't mess with it and
try flashing it from GNU..
It look slike it's the infamous Acer BIOS bug. Disabling UEFI Secure Boot and
Enabling Legacy BIOS practically renders the F2 BIOS access key
non-functional. The solution is to flash the BIOS. They say it's possible to
load the BIOS flash ROM from a FAT32 USB key while presing Fn+Esc when
You could plug in a spare external keyboard and hit F12 or F2 that way. Your
laptop keys might be stuck.
I'm definitely hitting the right keys. Hitting F2 as phoenix says to. F12
does nothing either (select boot device). Both options take me straight to
GRUB.
I'm not sure what a tech guy could do that I haven't already. I've ripped the
laptop apart and tried to flash the cmos chip, left
There is always the possibility to swap hard disks. I.e. Install Trisquel on
a disk and put it in that machine.
OK, so your BIOS works just fine, it's just that it's not responding to your
key presses and that's preventing you from configuring it or choosing a
non-default boot source.
First thing's first: make sure you're hitting the relevant button soon
enough. Best way to do this is to keep
I can boot from the hard drive and nothing else. I can only boot from the
hard drive which has Trisquel installed on it (I've tried other hard drives)
and it runs just fine (aside from a couple software glitches like libreoffice
and abrowser crashing out intermittently - but I think I'm
I've had problems with my laptop; being unable to boot into bios. It looks to
be an acer problem (I've done everything to flash the cmos chip, taken the
button cell out, taken all the hardware out and booted with with the laptop
battery out with ac power supply only, and with battery etc
No.
In short, the BIOS is the boot firmware; it's what gets your system started
up. Without it, nothing else can run. It's a proprietary program, so if it
were possible to just get rid of it, many of us would be doing it. :)
If the BIOS just won't work and you can't repair it, you might
It sounds like it isn't booting at all. Are you saying you can't access the
settings? Or does it still boot from the HDD?
BIOS is what initialises the hardware. If it is broken then the computer will
not boot at all (as you have found). If you absolutely cannot boot at all
(the BIOS is
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