Is it a brick?

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 at 08:59, Grizzly via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
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> So I thought maybe a BIOS update may help, I went to the Acer site, supplied
> the service tag, downloaded the next BIOS version tool which comes as Windows &
> Dos tools
>
> As this box had only 18.04 nothing else I thought the Dos option was the way to
> go (FreeDos on USB)

OK... what version?

>  it went OK I backed up the old Bios "just in case" and then
> tried the update, only to see the "Insufficient memory" prompt

Oh dear. That's bad. That would have been a good place to stop and ask for help.

> So I went with a Win7 Live USB

Uh-oh. Danger, Will Robinson!

There is no such legit Microsoft thing  as a "Live Windows USB". Only
ugly 3rd party hacks. This was a *BAD PLAN*.

>  which was working fine writing the BIOS
> (AFAICS) until Win7 crashed

Aieeeee!

I would not think this would work, no.

> So now no lights, no POST sounds, nothing on monitor

You have corrupted the motherboard firmware. This is usually
impossible to recover from.

What *EXACT* model is this? There have been dozens of ranges of
machines called "Acer Aspire". Even dozens of different models called
"Acer Aspire One". The name is no longer meaningful.

Some manufacturers publish a BIOS recovery CD image but it's very hard
to use. I failed totally on an old Toshiba of mine, but a friend and
colleague managed to recover it for me. (Lesson: do not use
unactivated Windows to reflash firmware.)

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