Does BIOS cause problems with my Acer laptop model?
Does BIOS cause problems with my Acer laptop model?
My acer laptop is messed up. I replaced the screen or did something just from messing with it and the bios is not loading. No acer logo. If I have to I will solder a new bios chip. What should I do…
What makes you say that your computer's startup program, known as the BIOS, isn't working right? Did you have to swap out your screen for a new one? Can you try connecting a separate picture device and see if it shows up correctly?
this is an acer nitro laptop. It displays from the ryzen cpu which has its own graphics. If the laptop cant even show the acer logo or bios then there is a problem with the motherboard. The screen does light up so the problem isn’t the new display. There is no signal because the bios is the very first thing that loads. Many laptops have bios crisis recovery, like the pictures I attached. I had no luck with the crisis recovery. The next step would be find someone that could soughter a new bios chip on the specific revision of motherboard my laptop has.
Did you check for an external monitor? Pressing F9 during startup with no display could mean your RAM is faulty or your hard drive is dying. You should take the storage out to test it, or swap the drive if needed.
Optimus laptops won't show up on the HDMI screen even though you have an RTX 3060 card and a Ryzen CPU inside. The BIOS information won't appear through that connection because the graphics card is connected to the HDMI port, not to the motherboard's main display output. This happens only if Windows loads normally with a working BIOS chip installed.
A BIOS is like the brain of your computer—it tells everything else what to do. If there are no signals coming from the motherboard or if the BIOS is broken/corrupt, then nothing shows up regardless of which HDMI port you plug into. That's why I'm confused because my laptop turns on and lights up even though no BIOS signals are getting through.
I don't think I am crazy, since your power supply feeds the built-in graphics directly from the motherboard, so it works fine to see a light-up screen without any brain activity. But that doesn't mean you can ignore a missing or faulty BIOS because everything else stays dead if there is no root loading happening for anything.
I need help reflashing my BIOS using Crisis Recovery tools (which I know how to research and understand). My laptop has this feature built-in so I can fix the issue without spending $700 on Acer support, which seems like a bad idea anyway since they probably won't care after you go through warranty.
I already reseated the RAM, the SSD is working fine even though I'm using it in another computer. I also attached several screenshots showing how Crisis Recovery works step-by-step. My laptop actually can enter this recovery mode, which is just a way to refresh or fix the BIOS chip if something goes wrong like this happens.
I could send my laptop off to someone else who would buy a brand-new BIOS chip for cheap, so I don't have to spend money on it myself.
I get that seeing nothing on your new screen is really frustrating, especially when something broke before and now you're fixing it. I know that the Graphics card usually kicks in after the BIOS finishes checking things, but if the SSD has a boot problem even on a normal PC, you need to try turning it on without the drive plugged in first. The BIOS chip itself isn't usually broken just because windows updated or changed settings, so were you ever allowed to change those settings? Please tell me right now just yes or no so I can help more easily. My advice is free and won't hurt anything—I'm just trying to figure out why something might be wrong without spending extra money first. 1st, are you sure the laptop is still under warranty? Acer gives two years for this model Did you try resetting the CMOS memory yet? Take out both batteries as well as the power cord and plug, wait ten minutes, then put them back in and turn it on to make sure everything is fully off. After that, install them again and see if it starts working. Are you sure the video cable between the board and screen isn't damaged or loose? Make sure it's plugged in tight. No other USB devices should be connected when trying to fix the BIOS. To fix the BIOS file: your original BIOS file is called "abios.bin." Rename that file to a specific name like "GH..." just as an example, but you'll need to find the right name for your exact model using a hex editor program instead of renaming it wrong. You can check for help on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYqrKxua0JA