How to Prepare a USB Bootable Flash Drive to flash BIOS for Acer Laptop

[@EastEleven11]

I never expected I would get my laptop back, I'm very thankful to you.

[@saturdaysmountain8509]

Are you a genius?!! Works perfectly with Acer spin 3. Thanks 100%%%%

[@bangbambang9968]

you are genius men, this is work for my laptop

[@maikelnaranjo109]

Hi my laptop is a ES1-533 and in the flash file there is no ROM, BIN, WPH or FD file extension, what can I do please

[@sututtotr6267]

I have the same problem, did you solve it?

[@teodortodorov6974]

My Acer BIOS doesn't have the fd file I'm using Acer Aspire E1-531G can you help me thanks I'm about to flash the bios version 2.17 there is no ROM, no BIN etc only flashing the bios from Windows

[@tinoctb]

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[@Krolik314]

YES! Thank you so much! I contacted Acer, looking for the file name for my BIOS file. I knew how to do everything else. Acer assured me that it is not something a simple computer tech such as myself could handle and that I would need to ship it in for repairs. I argued with him for about 30 minutes with no results. All I was asking for what the file name but he wouldn't give it up; That's super secret, Acer-only, confidential information. With your trick I was able to get the name myself and fix my customer's laptop.

[@asatechnical]

Really glad it helped!

[@user-kp7pj1dn6b]

@@asatechnical Hi Nathan Hi ASA I have been trying to search for the .fd file, in the HxD program, but it keeps saying ''no file found'' the file I extracted was called, CL50145A.fd, but on closer examination of the video, when in the WinRAR at position 6.47 minutes, when you click to view the bios files, and they open up, on the video the BDW.fd file has an HxD icon next to it. Why would a download from Acer have a HxD icon next to it? has a part of the video been missed. My .fd file has a piece of paper with a folded down corner. I have tried looking for other file extensions as listed above in other replies.

[@EB-ue3vc]

I have this problem ... I get to the extraction part of your video (6:55) ... so using WinRar I try to extract my HMAV106.fd file to my desktop and WinRar opens a window requesting that I enter a password ... "Enter password for the encrypted file in archive HMAV106.exe" with a blank password field below. please help if you can!!! It seems like ACER REALLY wants us to buy brand new laptops when we get Bios issues!!! I have a bricked Aspire 7739 laptop which suddenly got into "Automatic repair mode" boot-loop. I powered it off and now it's endlessly stuck on the ACER logo (press F2 to open setup) screen and if I press F2 it stays endlessly on "please wait ..." - I tried everything! (it's either a corrupted bios or major hardware failure like a blown motherboard). I want to try a bios fix before the whole thing ends up in the recyling bin ...

[@bryanjosephdamias4154]

can you show how for acer e5-411.. the .fd file is missing.. thankyou

[@neyvickz8926]

Hey bro I cant find the. Fd file... I try tu use the. Bat the. Bin also but the decoder dosent find the decoded text

[@HoshinoNetwork]

I have an acer TravelMate p249 g2 m and I downloaded the 1.36 version but inside the .exe file there's multiple .fd files, which one should it be?

[@bryanjosephdamias4154]

mine have .bin file.. how can i use that..please i need your help

[@lifeabroad7572]

WHEN I SEARCH FOR FD I DO HAVE MANY FD CODE WHICH ONE I NEED TO COPY AS A FILE NAME ?

[@alexandremarchini3673]

Hello, I'm trying step by step your process but it's not working. Recently, I've try to help my friend by formating her HDD using my PC and after that my Windows does not start. My PC model is a Acer Laptop Aspire 5 515 54G. This process by updating the Bios is the same? Any help will be great. Thanks!

[@hubertbaynas80]

hi friend, i have tried to update my acer es1-431 but before it completes the process my laptop shuts down.. how can i fix it? thanks for your helpful response

[@samuthiramstudio7257]

Hi sir my laptop acer gateway NE46Rs1 fd file and bit file not available in exe , any choice ?

[@НиколайИванов-м2о]

I prepared a flash card based on your video.Could you help with the acer aspire v3 551g firmware? I didn't find anything in .fd in the hex editor.Please help me!

[@huuugecasinobillionairepla7829]

Same me do you fix?

[@mrpikachuyt7973]

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[@mrpikachuyt7973]

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[@EDITSBYJARA]

Same

[@vvxx5425]

Acer Nitro AN515-41 I do exactly step by step, but unfortunately not work for me... I see also not USB starting blinking, also not only once ... But why ... 😢 Strength... Could you please help me?

[@6me61]

Thank you very much😍. Worked on Acer swift 3 SF314-56.

[@rickdemarchi7962]

My laptop does not recognize my bootable flash drive now that I am trying to copy the the new .fd file to it. Why is it not seeing it anymore ? It shows as 7.73 GB FAT32 Healthy (Active, Primary Partition) in Disk Management. Help !!!

[@vijayrenghan.s4676]

This method will work on acer aspire E1-431 please reply as fast as possible

[@nazarihassan]

Hi. What could be the problem with the BIOS if I can access the setup utility but can't edit it.

[@eddybajesta5724]

i have acer e1-472g but my bios file is .Cap how can i do this?

[@assumineomar7436]

how to flash bios on acer e1-531?

[@huuugecasinobillionairepla7829]

Acer aspire 5755g work?

[@IgnitePain]

help! what is the fd name for 4755g

[@mykdeguzman3555]

hello sir how can i or where can i edit or rename the BIOS file with the decoded text and change the file extension to .fd this im follwing ur procedure but i cant find the fd file or i dont how to edit this pls help

[@seyfettinyuzugulec661]

I m suffer from same problem

[@mykdeguzman3555]

@@seyfettinyuzugulec661 there is no reponse on our question they dnt care anymore once u have one of their subscriber

[@mrpikachuyt7973]

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[@mrpikachuyt7973]

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[@viole3145]

Can you help I can't find the .fd .bin file there is no .fd and .bin file in the bios exe

[@ozkr0606]

Hi friend, i found the fd file (ZQ0.fd) but i can't find the name inside it, i used the HxD to found it but it was not appears, I have a E5-471. What can i do to find the correct name for the .fd file. Thank you

[@EDITSBYJARA]

Same me

[@reidiaries21]

i extract the .fd file i have now the raw bios but when i open it on hxd and search .fd it say "cant find .fd" and now i cant rename the raw bios:(

[@yoakim55]

OK Try this as it worked for me, if you cannot find the .fd string in the .fd file then leave it as the name you found it. Then go through the steps of putting it on a bootable flash drive, hitting FN & Escape and then powering the laptop on. The update should take around 2min and will reboot when it has finished updating, stopping the FN & Escape when it powers off

[@ryanjamesesparar6916]

my exe file does not have a extract option. please help me

[@hemu1045]

I am using Aspire E5-573G i do some chance on my bios and then my laptop screen is not on but when i turn on it my fan sound and some click sound when i continue push the power button i go on the acer support site but I didn't find .FD file on the bios package pls help me out sir

[@fubakwarrior]

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[@RafaellMoura]

@@fubakwarrior nice!

[@iiivannn1]

ill try your process with an acer nitro 5 but the bios for this laptop has 2 fd termination files into the exe from the website help!!!

[@iiivannn1]

@@iAmPerkZ no :(

[@louisfly22]

I dont see the fd file on acer externa15 bios can you help?

[@asatechnical]

The procedure may be different in your case, Check your manufacturer information for more details

[@abrianmuhammad1096]

what if the bios file doesn't have a *.fd file

[@markeegaming3953]

Hello. I tried to follow your video step by step. But at the winrar part when i press the view no fd file in it. Pls help

[@asatechnical]

The BIOS firmware file also can be ROM, BIN or WPH instead of FD. In that case you will need to rename the BIOS file with the decoded text and change the file extension to .fd

[@markeegaming3953]

@@asatechnical Oh, I see. Thank you sir.

[@iagirre]

@@asatechnical There is not any of those files in my case what can I do?

[@mrpikachuyt7973]

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[@Parveenkumar-to9od]

If I find .bin file then will I do the same process? Plz reply me

[@jayageorge4278]

Yes

[@starlight2131]

Sir help couldn't find .fd it says

[@mrpikachuyt7973]

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[@XeoN424]

Hi. I renamed the .bin file to .fd and used hxd but in search couldn't find .fd

[@roys121]

same goes to me..can anybody help please

[@neyvickz8926]

Same here

[@entertainment_style11]

My Acer laptop and power on but black screen

[@lohitkadamwal3693]

Apka wifi and keyboard kaam ker raha h??

[@ytpolice3708]

not a single file found on acer website >:(

[@syedbasha3836]

Hi Sir. I have Dell PC contain DDR RAM. My disklete not showing. I don't know how to default the BIOS. Please solve this problem. dell diskette drive 0 seek failure.

[@nidaconcepcion8274]

Great!!! Is this working in old hp laptop bios?

[@jjjjjaaaacccoob]

the process would be different for hp laptops, this method is mostly just for acer laptops

[@iagirre]

There is not any .fb file what can I do?

[@mrpikachuyt7973]

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[@brovid-19]

funny thing is.. when I tried this, the unicode was the same text as the .fd to begin with... back to square friggin one again

[@daironarvaez2729]

Me sucedió lo mismo. ¿Pudiste solucionar aún así?

[@mereactnow]

There is no .fd file.

[@Filipo4156]

there is soo much work in this wtf. just format pendrive, paste files, restart, enter bios, click flash bios -.-

Wow buddy doesn’t even respond to people...not sure to try this now

[@asatechnical]

Hi, I have explained enough in the video and there are some very important things to understand, not everything is possible through replying.

[@Bowpurity]

thanks a lot man. fuck acer, this is simple shit.

[@a.j.howard1600]

all that and i cant find .fd on anything. throwing laptop out window, thanks

[@yoakim55]

Try this to get your .fd file from an .exe file. When you have downloaded the latest BIOS for your faulty laptop run that .exe file on your machine that you just downloaded it from assuming here that this machine is different from the faulty one. The install will fail as it cannot install on a foreign BIOS but it will put the install files [which will have your .fd file] on your working PC/laptop. To find where the .exe installed the .fd file go to: C:\Users\'yourname'\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS638C.tmp . Remember that you need to unhide your file structure to view the 'Appdata' folder, and 7z........tmp is the name of my extractor software or just check the time stamp

[@a.j.howard1600]

@@yoakim55 ended up flashing linux to it, worked perfectly, reflashed windows, worked fine but then halfway through an update it went black again. so determined the new bios doesnt like the windows driver for some graphics i dunno. working now lol. thanks for the input!

[@yoakim55]

@@a.j.howard1600 great news, so I'm assuming here that your laptop did get past the POST test as that's when the Windows drivers that over.

[@hemu1045]

I am using Aspire E5-573G i do some chance on my bios and then my laptop screen is not on but when i turn on it my fan sound and some click sound when i continue push the power button i go on the acer support site but I didn't find .FD file on the bios package pls help me out sir

[@tbskitt]

did you solve it