Plug the MAINS LEAD ONLY into the laptop.Ĩ. Open the CD Drive with a Pin (Push a pin into the hole on the drive to force an eject)ĥ. Remove the Battery and Power Cable from the laptop.Ĥ. Download the BIOS from the manufacturer’s site, preferably the version that worked originally.ģ. Press the power button, hard drive cycles continuously, screen doesn’t turn on, it was a brick.Īfter some reading I found something quite fantastic, if your laptop has a PHOENIX BIOS, you can do the following to revive it from being a brick.ġ. Well the winFlash file opened, erased the bios, then failed on "VALIDATE FAILED" error AFTER ERASING THE BIOS FFS! Well my GF's Acer Aspire 5720 doesn’t always connect to the router at home, so I guessed it was the wireless drivers, as my iPhone and sisters laptop always connect fine.Īfter an update, which didn’t solve the problem, I thought I would try a BIOS update, V1.17 to V1.42 - quite an upgrade. If this one is indeed dead, does anyone know what I could do with the screen?
When it was given to me it was already a brick, they had taken in to a shop and been told first that the screen was dead, and then after buying a new screen (I have that too) they were told the motherboard was dead. So now I am going to try the same thing (different drivers) with the 5742Z. Seems I have a lot of updates to install. Then it rebooted and I was staring at the BIOS screen and moments later the bootloader. Then it came on and did the same thing again, USB flashing again. After about 10 seconds, it turned off and I said "fuck" and took a drink. The fan came on fully, and the light on my USB stick showed activity.
Pressed power, still holding the keys down, then released them a few seconds after that. Held down Fn and Esc keys while I put the AC power cord back in. Stuck the USB in the right-hand port farthest from the screen.ĥ. Removed battery, all cables including power, and any disc from the DVD drive. Downloaded "Firmware_bios_Acer_Aspire_5010-5253G.rar", extracted just XEWxx214.FD from the DOS directory of the 5252 BIOS package.Ĥ. Got a USB stick (16GB Maxell), quick formatted to FAT32 in Windows 8.1.Ģ. Here is what I did, as detailed as possible though I don't know what matters and what doesn't:ġ. Clearing excess charge had no effect.ĥ minutes later and the 5252 is back and good as ever. It would remain in this state forever if you let it, sometimes the fan seemed to blow a bit but since nothing was doing anything I suppose there was little heat. The CD/DVD drive will seem to check for a disk but would not load anything, even bootable stuff. They both exhibit the same behaviour exactly, turning them on lights the blue power LED in the top left but the screen remains off. I had two Acer laptops, different models but very similar (52Z), that bricked. I made an account just to write this, since I found the thread helpful but lacking info on my exact model.
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