Yeah the problem with the Acer BIOS image is it is not complete, the CAP file contains the BIOS but several other parts are missing. I have tried hex editing in the BIOS region to the above dump for example, modifying the NVRam area with this machine settings, and things like that but nothing is bringing it back to life! If anything I make it worse as it goes from the beep code when it has it's own flash installed to just powering up for a few seconds then rebooting, if I put the original dump back on it then starts the beep codes again.

I am not sure how to merge the dump file with...

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Just noticed I made a typo in the subject, this is a 50-640E but I can't edit or delete the post to correct, if possible could it be corrected or for any reader the machine model in the post 50-640E is actually the correct model number.

Thanks

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My daughter has accidentally managed to kill her Acer gaming desktop it has a blank screen after updating and when you press the power button the fans spin, light comes on and it makes 1 long and 1 short beep and no attempt to boot.

All basic troubleshooting has been done we replaced CPU, GPU and RAM from a working machine and no joy, I also noticed a post on here with the same issue and it was the BIOS. I am pretty sure also because it was doing a BIOS update that stopped it working, she knocked the keyboard out by accident during the update and the screen just went...

Thanks, I will do the above sorry I don't have the machine to hand my daughter messaged me in a panic and she had tried everything diagnostic wise already before realising it was the BIOS update she did that caused it, I jumped the gun and wrote here thinking it was a simple fix with it being exactly the same fault, but reading above it looks like it will be a flash with a programmer job which is what I suspected when she told me what she had done.

I will have the machine with me shortly as it is not at my house so I will be able to get the above done then without issue and will post...

Hi,

My daughters machine has exactly the same problem after doing the BIOS update the 1 long and 1 short beep code, any chance you could share how you did it or produce a similar file for her? The serial number of her machine is DGE2VEK0032130284F9600 and hers is also an N50-640 model number.

I have done a ton of looking around on how to manually flash this machine as I assumed it was going to have to be done through the diagnostic pins with a flasher as it was somehow bricked, but your post is the first I have seen with the same issue and an actual solution that fixed...

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I am an electronics enthusiast and repaired and done plenty of things over the years with games consoles, plus I work as an SRE for a tech company with over 22 years experience in the field of IT starting out as a field tech, moving into sys admin and then up from there. I am pretty good with a soldering iron and have modified virtually every games consoles that has come out since the 90s!