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I have a acer aspire 5715z laptop and have just installed windows 7 on it, trouble is all the drivers etc are for windows vista as i think that is what the laptop come with when it was first out in the shops, i want to see if there is a updated bios version for the laptop, the current one it has is v1.29, from what i can see on the site the version is at 1.43 now but it is only for vista, will it still work or is there a windows 7 one out there?.
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Updating the BIOS isn't going to help you, plus there is the risk of borking your machine if you get it wrong. You need to install Windows 7 drivers, either using Windows Update or from the manufacturer's website.
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But surely if the bios is so out of date then it needs updating, well is there a way of updating the bios, i have done many bios updates so that doesn't bother me, plus i have a fan control problem which i read on another forum that a bios update resolved.
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I would never update BIOS firmware as a matter of course but if your motherboard provides a factory-reset facility, then there is no risk. Updating the BIOS will not get old drivers working. You need Windows 7 drivers. Note that 64-bit drivers are not always available for older hardware.
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I don't want to update the bios for any other reason that to just update the bios and to see if it gets this fan problem sorted, the trouble is i cant find the bios updates for windows 7, or will the vista one work, if not is there a place i can get windows 7 bios updates for this laptop?.
Edited by tomxlisa (Sun 29-Apr-12 16:59:34)
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BIOS updates aren't OS-specific. Just grab the latest BIOS firmware that is relevant to your machine.
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That is what i thought, but when i looked on the acer website, it said bios version and then the windows version, this is the link
http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_571...
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OK. Use the latest BIOS for Vista and let Windows Update deal with the drivers. If it can't find drivers for specific bits of hardware, then download them from the Acer site.
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I did try using the vista bios update, but it said something about insydeflash can not load the driver.
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Flashing a BIOS via Windows greatly increases the risk of messing things up badly!!!
Have a look around the Acer FTP server for the DOS based application. I'll post a link later.
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Ver 1.45 is available here but I think this still uses the Windows flash utility.
You could extract it using WinRaR and try it under DOS.
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The reason that there are OS-specific versions has more to do with how the update utility gets Windows to allow it access to CMOS memory. The actual BIOS will be the same. If you search for the error message on Google, you will find plenty of work-arounds. However, the simplest solution would be to use the DOS update utility that comes with the zip file. If your laptop doesn't have a floppy disk drive, there are plenty of websites that tell you how to flash DOS to a USB memory stick.
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The zip files include both Windows and DOS flash utilities.
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I have done it now but only to v1.43 as i thought that was the latest as it was the only one on the site, i might try updating it to the v1.45 though.
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Got v1.45 on now.
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Edited by tomxlisa (Sun 29-Apr-12 20:47:28)
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Got v1.45 on now.
Does it make a difference?
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The zip files include both Windows and DOS flash utilities.
It's according to where they're downloaded from. Some do and some don't.
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