Acer Aspire 5737z Service Guide

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Exit
The Exit screen allows you to save or discard any changes you made and quit the BIOS Utility.
The table below describes the parameters in this screen.
ParameterDescription
Exit Saving Changes Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS.
Exit Discarding 
ChangesExit utility without saving setup data to CMOS.
Load Setup Default Load default values for all SETUP item.
Discard Changes Load previous values from CMOS for all SETUP items.
Save Changes Save Setup Data to CMOS.
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BIOS Flash Utilities
The BIOS flash memory update is required for the following conditions:
•New versions of system programs
•New features or options
•Restore a BIOS when it becomes corrupted. 
Use the Phlash utility to update the system BIOS flash ROM.
NOTE: If you do not have a crisis recovery diskette at hand, then you should create a Crisis Recovery 
Diskette before you use the Phlash utility.
NOTE: Do not install memory-related drivers (XMS, EMS, DPMI) when you use the Phlash.
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DOS Flash Utility
Perform the following steps to use the DOS Flash Utility:
IMPORTANT:Use USB KEY, USB HDD, DVD-RW, and HDDs that can boot to DOS mode.
1.Press F2 during boot to enter the Setup Menu.
2.Select Boot Menu to modify the boot priority order, for example, if using USB HDD to Update BIOS, move 
USB HDD to position 1.
3.Execute the BIOS.BAT batch file to update BIOS.
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Item Specific Help
Use < > or < > to
select a device, then
press  to move it
up the List, or...

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The Flash Image update begins as shown.
4.In flash BIOS, the message Please do not remove AC Power Source displays.
Flash is complete when the message Flash programming complete displays.  

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WinFlash Utility
IMPORTANT:Based on BIOS V1.00 to release WinFlash32.zip and WinFlash64.zip. WinFlash32.zip package 
for X86 system and WinFlash64.zip package for X64 system.
IMPORTANT:Ensure only one *.wph file is present in the destination directory when using flash32.exe. If more 
than one file is present the computer will blue screen.
1.Unzip the WinFlash32.zip and WinFlash64.zip file and save as follows:
KALA0100.WPH´ BIOS rom 
WinPhlash32.EXE´ BIOS windows flash tool
2.Double click the...

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A progress screen displays.
5.Click Flash BIOS to begin. Progress is displayed on screen.
6.When the process is complete, the system reboots automatically. 

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Remove HDD/BIOS Password Utilities
This section provide you with removing HDD/BIOS password method:
Remove HDD Password:
If you key in the wrong HDD password three time, HDD password error code displays on the screen. 
NOTE: Record the code in [  ] for use during unlocking.
To reset the HDD password, perform the following steps:
1.From a DOS prompt, key in Unlock6.exe 05149 and press .
The Unlock6 program runs.
2.Select option 2, Upper case ASCII Code, and press .
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Removing BIOS Passwords:
If you key in the wrong Supervisor Password three times, System Disabled displays on the screen. See the 
image below.
To reset the BIOS password, run BIOS_PW.EXE as follows:
1.
Key in bios_pw 14452 0
2.Select one string from the list. 

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3.Reboot the system and key in the selected string (qjjg9vy, 07yqmjd etc.) for the BIOS user 
password.
Cleaning BIOS Passwords
To clear the password, perform the following steps:
1.From a DOS prompt, Execute clnpwd.exe
2.Press 1, 2, or 3 to clean the desired password shown on the screen.
The onscreen message determines whether the function is successful or not. 

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Using DMITools
The DMI (Desktop Management Interface) Tool copies BIOS information to eeprom to be used in the DMI pool 
for hardware management. 
When the BIOS displays Verifying DMI pool data it is checking the table correlates with the hardware before 
sending to the operating system (Windows, etc.).
To update the DMI Pool, perform the following steps:
1.Boot into DOS.
2.Execute dmitools. The following messages report to screen to confirm completion:
•dmitools /r ==> Read dmi string from...