Acer Nitro 5 Serial Restoration

[Olaaf]

Hello! I have a repaired Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57-51RC that recently returned from Acer. Unfortunately, the serial number, SNID, and Device Idea aren't the same.

I'd like to edit the BIOS back to my original numbers. Mainly to access my paid Windows 10 Pro and Office Product keys. I've seen the Acer tools to edit the BIOS, but this laptop will not boot from a Rufus created FreeDOS USB drive. I entered the BIOS, set the password so I could disable fast boot, enable the boot menu, and a few other recommended settings. Still won't boot from the FreeDOS USB drive. I've attached screenshots from my BIOS. If I made a noticeable mistake, please inform me.

Would anyone assist me in creating a bootable FreeDOS USB drive, BIOS setting adjustments, and using the Acer DNI tools?

Would it be easier to simply provide the numbers and flash the BIOS from software? Or do the tools here require an EEPROM writer for it?

I'd prefer trying to correct the SNID, Serials, and Device IDs through software tools if possible.

Thanks to everyone reading this. If I violated the thread rules, and you can point a more appropriate thread, I'd appreciate it.

[mon2]

Re: Acer Nitro 5 Serial Restoration

Rufus is a great tool and use it daily for our product production to flash our firmware using FreeDos.

Be sure to review the brand name of the USB thumb drive. We have found Kingston to be very flaky on power up booting of FreeDos. Recommend to use Lexar or another brand. Do test the same thumb drive in another laptop or desktop PC to confirm it can boot.

[piernov]

Re: Acer Nitro 5 Serial Restoration

FreeDOS won't boot from UEFI. Legacy BIOS/CSM is not supported anymore in newer Intel platforms.
If it is simply a Microsoft licensing issue, you should contact them to reset your license.

[Olaaf]

Re: Acer Nitro 5 Serial Restoration

FreeDOS won't boot from UEFI. Legacy BIOS/CSM is not supported anymore in newer Intel platforms.
If it is simply a Microsoft licensing issue, you should contact them to reset your license.

Tried that. Microsoft refused to transfer the licenses. If FreeDOS won't work, can I still flash EEPROM with the correct serial, snid, and UUID through software?

I don't want to risk hardware modification. I don't have the tools or skill for it.

[qayyum786]

Re: Acer Nitro 5 Serial Restoration

Tried that. Microsoft refused to transfer the licenses. If FreeDOS won't work, can I still flash EEPROM with the correct serial, snid, and UUID through software?

I don't want to risk hardware modification. I don't have the tools or skill for it.

if you post your bios backup than defiantly we can help you but as you said yo don't wanna take any chance in hardwear so here is few tools that you can edit your S.N
i never try it before but you may try your luck
instructions is inside
good luck

[Olaaf]

Re: Acer Nitro 5 Serial Restoration

if you post your bios backup than defiantly we can help you but as you said yo don't wanna take any chance in hardwear so here is few tools that you can edit your S.N
i never try it before but you may try your luck
instructions is inside
good luck

Unfortunately, all the DMI tools provided require DOS. This Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57 UEFI seems to block any 32-Bit (or lower) OS installations.

I tried NTDVM x64. It will load the programs in CMD, but fails to find the DMI structure table. FreeDOS won't load or get recognized. Windows 10 x86 gives a USB error immediately during or after POST. I hoped NTDVM on a 32 bit system would yield better results, but no dice.

Is flashing the BIOS EEPROM even possible through Windows 10 x64 tools? Or am I screwed by UEFI?

Here are the backup BIOS and new one in a single .zip. May I PM you the serial, snid, UUID, etc.?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Vesko356]

Re: Acer Nitro 5 Serial Restoration

Here are the backup BIOS and new one in a single .zip...

Read the rules please
Reminder: rules and organization of this section
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=117483

If you request/offer BIOS/schematics/boardviews, please post in the appropriate subsection, and you can link to it in the troubleshooting topic.


In the "BIOS Requests ONLY!" subsection go:

• Requests for BIOS or other firmware
• Requests for password unlock
• Offers for BIOS or other firmware

For BIOS/schematics, post under an existing topic for your device if it exists, otherwise open a new topic in the appropriate subsection. Do not post under a topic for a different model.
As a reminder, please read the rules https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=103570 and the resource thread https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=103526 .

Other sections exist for other kind of devices (desktops, power supplies, etc…), consult the index of the forum and choose the appropriate section: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/index.php .

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[Olaaf]

Re: Acer Nitro 5 Serial Restoration

My apologies. If anyone can assist, please reply here:

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...15#post1275815