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Instructions for updating the Acer Aspire One BIOS

Started by krunker · 9 months ago

As I mentioned a few days ago, Acer Aspire One owners had some good news for the month of September. Acer released a BIOS update that seems to have fixed the noisy fan issue that many owners were complaining about. Now the bad news. In order to update the BIOS (version 3304), you’%3 ... Continue reading »

31 comments

  • Maka

    8 months ago

    Hi,

    I did exactly as you instructed but there was no difference with my fan. Please, do you know what might be the reason
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  • Steve

    8 months ago

    Thanks for this very clear guide. It made it easy.
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  • Ivory

    8 months ago

    Have not done this yet , but I did read all the other posts and was somewhat confused.
    THANK YOU!!! for making this a step by step procedure!
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  • Smallfriex

    8 months ago

    Thanks for doing this clear guide with pics - worked well.
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  • Ray

    7 months ago

    I'm looking to buy the Aspire One... did the BIOS update fix the noisy fan issue?
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  • krunker

    7 months ago

    I know several people claim the BIOS update did nothing for their Aspire One. However (maybe it's just my head here), I could swear the fan appears to be responding now to the temperature of the netbook. If it isn't working for you, you could still install the 3rd party fan control application for Windows.
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  • Geeps

    6 months ago

    apparently the new bios (3309) addresses the fan issue among other things, u might wanna check it out, it just came out yesterday
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  • animanikati

    7 months ago

    this sounds GREAT! and as much as i'd *love* to do this, i have one weeeee little problem: between steps 9 and 10, it asks me for my usr password.... which i have (oh yes, you guessed it) forgotten. *sigh*
    anyone know of a bypass password? it won't take the root password either. i know it's a bit off subject but ANY help would be greatly appreciated. ^^
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  • Ian Darwin

    5 months ago

    In Step 9, hit F12 instead of F2, arrow down to the USB, and press Enter. No need to change the permanent settings!

    Thanks for a really nice presentation!!

    P.S. Animanikati with the lost password: try THIS: http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/08/acer-aspire-...
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  • Ron

    5 months ago

    On Step 13, how long did it take for the .bat command to complete?

    I'm trying to update to 3309. I've been waiting for one hour and it's still hanging. After 45 minutes, I've hit return once without any response. The power is plugged in.
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  • Ron

    5 months ago

    Got it resolved. After waiting almost 2 hours, I finally powered it down, turn it on, hit <F2> and found that the version was still on the old version. The time kept resetting to the wrong time even after re-saving. After saving the bios settings, I saved & exited, but it would no longer boot. Power off and on, and get just a blank, black screen. Following these instructions in this link below and was able to recover, but the version kept at the old version.
    http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/08/acer-aspire-...

    At least it's booting up again.
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  • krunker

    5 months ago

    I recently updated the BIOS to 3309 and if I remember correctly it only took me a minute or two max for the flash process to finish. Glad that you at least got it booting again - hopefully you'll be able to successfully flash the unit this time. BTW - you probably did this but just in case you didn't - make sure to keep the system connected to AC power.
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  • luke

    5 months ago

    hello when i boot from usb is says bootmgr is missing ive followed steps exactly and now have no idea as what to do
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  • prasanna

    4 months ago

    ....great work man...i updated to 3309 and its wonderful/ thanks a lot.....
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  • Xavi

    4 months ago

    Step 9 could be substitute for pressing F12.
    Good job.
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  • xepe71

    4 months ago

    Fantastic. It works and it's so easy to upgrade! Thank you. As per today (march 09) we are on version 3309. Also, in order to boot from a USB just press F12 instead of F2 and you'll be directed to the USB.
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  • Rodney Leinberger

    3 months ago

    Awesome. Worked perfectly with 3309.
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  • john

    3 months ago

    i cant see anything i my screen when i do that
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  • Martin

    3 months ago

    Thanks! Great Tutorial!
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  • Hugo cardoso

    2 months ago

    Thanks so much for your instruction. It help me so much.
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  • Sil

    2 months ago

    You're a genius! Thank you so much!
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  • Steve G

    1 month ago

    Bought a refurbished model that had a return slip that said it had been returned as it would not turn on. Plugged it in and all looked OK reporting 100% battery charge. But when mains was turned off it just died. Found various sites and this looked easiest to follow. Flashed the BIOS from 3301 to 3309 following these excellent instructions. After a couple of reboots and second thoughts (as whilst BIOS had changed battery still reported 100% and problem remained), system sorted itself out and battery is charging up from 0% and it remains on when unplugged!

    Many thanks
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  • klaus

    1 month ago

    This is the best guide so far. Thank you a thousand times :)
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  • horace p manure

    1 month ago

    This is my fifth PC in about as many weeks. What I saved in money, I've spent in lost production attempting to get the fucking piece of shit to work.

    What a waste of time and money.
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  • Kristi Laukhuf

    3 weeks ago

    I did the bios update (3309) and now my battery that would not charge is charging. Thank you! Your directions were wonderful. I got nowhere with Acer other than they were going to send me a new battery, but I don't think that would have been a longterm solution.
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  • KevinT

    2 weeks ago

    I also did the 3309 bios update and it worked a dream Thanks so much. The battery started to charge within 5 minutes after rebooting. Your step by step guide made it so easy. Many many thanks.
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  • krunker

    2 weeks ago

    @KevinT: Glad I could help!
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  • Ruben Kane

    2 weeks ago

    You Rock! This is the best Step by step tutorial EVER! Worked like a charm! I wish everyone could make such detailed tutorials! Thanks a bunch...


    Mr.Kane
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  • emmhai

    2 weeks ago

    i cant get into drive c!!! it kept on telling me that drive c wont respomd... help!!!
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  • emmhai

    2 weeks ago

    this is so great!!!! tnx so much!!!! already found the prob from my previous post
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  • monica

    2 days ago

    Wow. Thank you SO much! I've been searching for a simple yet informative tutorial on this! That was really helpful. Thanks again:)
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