5-8
Jumper and Connector Locations
Performing a BIOS Recovery
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Boot Block
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An interruption during a BIOS flash procedure (e.g. a power outage) can corrupt the BIOS
code, which will cause the system to go into an unbootable state. The BIOS boot block refers
to a special BIOS program that can be used to boot up a system with minimum BIOS
initialization.You need to access and execute the boot block to reboot the computer and
recover the regular BIOS code.
Creating the Crisis Disk
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NOTE:
NOTE
:
The BIOS crisis recovery disk should be prepared in a computer running the Windows
XP, Vista, or 7 OS.
1.
Prepare a removable USB flash drive.
Note that all data in the USB flash drive will be cleared during the creation of the crisis
disk.
2.
Set up a computer running the Windows XP, Vista, or 7 operating system and plug in the
USB flash drive into an available USB port.
3.
Open the
Notepad
program and create a new file.
4.
Type
startup.nsh
.
For example, the USB key prompt is
fs0
. The
PFlash.efi
and
BIOS.cap
files are in the
fs0:
root directory
.
Figure 5-6.
Startup.nsh File
5.
Save this file as
startup.nsh
in the USB flash drive’s root directory.
6.
Decompress the Crisis Package Source in the USB flash drive’s root directory.
7.
Eject and reconnect the USB flash drive from the computer, and make sure it contains the
following files:
EFI folder
BIOS image file
BIOS.cap
PFlash.efi
PFlashX86efi
Startup.nsh
Summary of Contents for Aspire V5-571
Page 1: ...Aspire MS2361 SERVICEGUIDE...
Page 9: ...CHAPTER 1 Hardware Specifications...
Page 12: ...1 4...
Page 58: ...1 50 Hardware Specifications and Configurations...
Page 59: ...CHAPTER 2 System Utilities...
Page 77: ...CHAPTER 3 Machine Maintenance...
Page 80: ...3 4...
Page 92: ...3 16 Machine Maintenance 7 Pry the ODD bezel off the module Figure 3 14 ODD Bezel...
Page 115: ...Machine Maintenance 3 39 4 Detach the LCD module from the lower case Figure 3 50 LCD Module...
Page 158: ...3 82 Machine Maintenance...
Page 159: ...CHAPTER 4 Troubleshooting...
Page 189: ...CHAPTER 5 Jumper and Connector Locations...
Page 198: ...5 10 Jumper and Connector Locations...
Page 199: ...CHAPTER 6 FRU List...
Page 200: ...6 2 Aspire MS2361 Exploded Diagrams 6 4 Main Assembly 6 4 LCD Assembly 6 6 FRU List 6 7...
Page 218: ...6 20 FRU Field Replaceable Unit List...
Page 219: ...CHAPTER 7 Test Compatible Components...
Page 220: ...7 2 Microsoft Windows 7 Environment Test 7 3...
Page 227: ...CHAPTER 8 Online Support Information...
Page 228: ...8 2 Online Support Information 8 3...
Page 230: ...8 4 Online Support Information...