Acer Aspire XC-603 BIOS file

[jimoB]

Hi, I am after a BIOS .bin or .fd file for an Acer Aspire XC-603. I cannot seem to extract anything from Acer's relevant BIOS zip file. It has a .exe file but I cannot get what I need to re-programme my bricked system using a CH341 programmer. I have "half-run" the .exe and looked in the App data/Temp folder but with no luck. Thanks for everyones help and time.

[SMDFlea]

Originally Posted by jimoB

Hi, I am after a BIOS .bin or .fd file for an Acer Aspire XC-603. I cannot seem to extract anything from Acer's relevant BIOS zip file. It has a .exe file but I cannot get what I need to re-programme my bricked system using a CH341 programmer. I have "half-run" the .exe and looked in the App data/Temp folder but with no luck. Thanks for everyones help and time.

P11-B0.CAP has a Capsule header that needs deleting. Use a hex editor and delete block 0-FFF or use UEFITool and select extract body to delete it.What your left with is a 5MB 5,120KB bios update,not the full bios image, so it would need merging with your backup.Do you have a backup ?
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[jimoB]

Hi, thanks for responding. No I have no original BIOS image. An attempted update fried it, it seems. Can I get the whole BIOS file from Acer or just the updates?

[jimoB]

Hi, I am after a BIOS .bin or .fd file for an Acer Aspire XC-603. I cannot seem to extract anything from Acer's relevant BIOS zip file. It has a .exe file but I cannot get what I need to re-program my bricked system using a CH341 programmer. I have "half-run" the .exe and looked in the App data/Temp folder but with no luck. I'm wondering also if Acer BIOS files are complete firmwares that can be used for flashing or just updates ? I have atatched the one with the earliest publish date. Thanks for everyone's help and time.

[SMDFlea]

Originally Posted by jimoB

Hi, I am after a BIOS .bin or .fd file for an Acer Aspire XC-603. I cannot seem to extract anything from Acer's relevant BIOS zip file. It has a .exe file but I cannot get what I need to re-program my bricked system using a CH341 programmer. I have "half-run" the .exe and looked in the App data/Temp folder but with no luck. I'm wondering also if Acer BIOS files are complete firmwares that can be used for flashing or just updates ? I have atatched the one with the earliest publish date. Thanks for everyone's help and time.

So you made another thread asking for the same thing....... .This bios doesn`t have a capsule header,even though its named *.CAP ,but its still only a 5MB update. Wait for someone to post a full 8MB bios dump.
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[Lisa Su]

Try this dump

https://badcaps.net/forum/showpost.p...34&postcount=2

[jimoB]

Great !! I now have a functioning machine again. Thank you both SMDFlea and Lisa Su for the BIOS dump. I have noticed that it is a Legacy BIOS. I used MBR2GPT conversion tool to then change it to EFI so I could re-load my System Image Backup that I had made before the problem occurred. It has taken me a long time to resolve this and I'm very happy to not have ditched the motherboard like many people were suggesting. I now have experience using a CH341A programmer as well. This forum is the best it seems! Regards and thanks again....less landfill, the planet thanks you too!

[jimoB]

I'd just like to add that the programming wasn't working ie. failing to verify, using AS programmer and a CH341A until I firstly, removed the CMOS battery (better result but still failed) and then removed the jumper near the CMOS battery. Perhaps would have worked also just removing the jumper.