Note: Only to be used with Award BIOS (Version 6.x for Desktop systems) If your System is stable and working we recommend that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS. Warning: By flashing your motherboard, you agree to accept the possibility of BIOS flash failure. Here are all the other BIOS update programs/tools (command line files) in case the program for flashing your BIOS is not included in the ZIP arcive that you download. All you have to do is run the command line file (usually is P.bat, or flash.exe, etc.) in clean DOS mode (not Windows DOS). With this file you need a bootable floppy disk with a command line file (p.bat, etc) which usually comes in the downloaded ZIP archive of your BIOS. You should be prompted to reboot the system. Press the Flash BIOS button to flash the BIOS.Ħ. If the file is in a directory other than the Winphlash directory, the full path to the file will be required. Where it shows "Specify new BIOS file:" type in that line the name of the BIOS ROM file. It is recommended to leave the defaults and only change the second input box. Double-click on WinPhlash.exe to launch the program and view the box below.Ĥ. It is suggested that you you save this file to the winphlash directory, as it is required to flash the BIOS.Ĭ:\Program Files\Phoenix Technologies Ltd\WinPhlash\ģ. You will need to ensure that you have the latest BIOS ROM file from our Drivers and Downloads section. To use the utility to flash the BIOS, please follow these instructions.ġ. Double-click on the file winphlash.exe to extract and install the application. Download the Winphlash utility to your hard drive from HEREĢ. To install the Winphlash utility, please follow these instructions.ġ.
#ACER ASPIRE ONE BIOS UPDATES HOW TO#
Below are instructions to assist with installing the utility and how to use the utility to flash your BIOS, should that be necessary. Winphlash is a Windows based utility for flashing the BIOS on majority of new ACER notebooks. It dependes on what kind of BIOS file you get in the ZIP archive that you download. There are different ways how to update your BIOS.