Re: Bios Dump Acer Allinone Z5771

So once I replace the 4MB chip with an 8MB chip and power on, what are the steps I need to take to flash the bios?

Re: Bios Dump Acer Allinone Z5771

Please find attached P01-A1 which is my current bios that fails to recognise the new Intel Core i5-3470s ivy bridge CPU.

Is this what you wanted? So long since I have done any of this stuff....

Upgrade from Sandy to Ivy

Hi everyone, maybe you can help me? I'm trying to upgrade my Aunt's old Acer AIO Aspire Z5771 system by installing an SSD, 8GB RAM and a clean install of Win 10. I would also like to upgrade her old Pentium G620 sandy bridge CPU to a Core i5-3470s ivy bridge which I have already purchased. The technical manual for her system says the system should support an i7-3770s, i5-3330s and i3-2400s, so I assumed it should support the Core i5-3470s (provided the motherboard can support the BIOS file size).

Unfortunately, when I install the CPU and...

Re: Bios Dump Acer Allinone Z5771

On my 1.04 board the BIOS chip is a Winbond 25Q32BVSIG

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi Guys, great forum. I'm upgrading my Aunt's PC for her and have hit a snag. As I haven't touched this stuff in over 10 years I'm a little ring rusty. I hope you can help. I will post my issue in the BIOS section. Nice to have found you :-)