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New Bios's for 8204wlmi or 8200 series 3516 and 3517

post #1 of 14
12/12/06 at 3:21am
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Available from ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/note...ate_8200/bios/

Mostly updates for Vista i think


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; Date : 11/07/'06
; ZC1 BIOS Ver. : v1.3517 (3E17)
; ATi M56 : br20832.bin
; EC : ZC1032.bin
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1. update code
append\\asl\\lpc_dev.asi (fix port 70 conflict)
append\\asl\\ptswakasi (add DISABLE_SIO)
append\\asl\\qci_comm.asi
append\\srv32\\srv32.asm
append\\vga\\intel.asm
base\\sio\\ioacpis3.asm
common\\oemcomm.asm (add oemDisableSioDecodeSmm)
feats\ bm\\hand9610.asm
feats\ ode\ ode.str
zc1.tc1\\bcp.asm
zc1.tc1\\maek.mak (remove erelease.asm)

2. Fix the display garbage when using D2D recovery
append\\asl\\pci_drc.asi (free 0xC8501000)

3. Try to fix BIOS data lose
append\\ec\\eccode.asm

4. Support Vista 32 Winflash
zc1.tc1\\flashint.asm

5. Update audio verb table
zc1.tc1\\hda_oem.asm

6. SUpport Suyin CCD
zc1.tc1\\oem_ccd.asm

7. Update EC to v0.32

;+------------------------------------------------------------------------
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; Date : 09/11/'06
; ZC1 BIOS Ver. : v1.3516 (3E16)
; ATi M56 : br20832.bin
; EC : ZC1029.bin
;
1. Fix the system cannot recognize second HDD after S3 resumes
append\\asl\\ptswak.asi (re-enable P2E)

2. Speed up S3 resume time for Vista
base\\acpi\\pacpis3.asm (move PROGRESS_CODE 12, 13, and 19)
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post #2 of 14
12/12/06 at 1:32pm
I tried to flash new bios. It gave me error. System just rebooted when I was flasing bios. weird
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post #3 of 14
12/12/06 at 7:14pm
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Originally Posted by samuderaindia
I tried to flash new bios. It gave me error. System just rebooted when I was flasing bios. weird

You must use phlash16
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post #4 of 14
12/13/06 at 4:50am
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Originally Posted by samuderaindia
I tried to flash new bios. It gave me error. System just rebooted when I was flasing bios. weird

I got the same thing when I tried v3517. v3516 worked fine and it looks like they finally fixed the LCD "noise" introduced after v3311. woot.
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post #5 of 14
12/13/06 at 6:37am
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Originally Posted by some1
I got the same thing when I tried v3517. v3516 worked fine and it looks like they finally fixed the LCD "noise" introduced after v3311. woot.
seems good news. I'll give a try tonight.....
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post #6 of 14
12/14/06 at 4:48am
I crash as well; probably trying the DOS option if I can rummage up an external floppy drive.
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post #7 of 14
12/14/06 at 8:05am
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Originally Posted by JackT
I crash as well; probably trying the DOS option if I can rummage up an external floppy drive.

You can use a CD-R bootable
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post #8 of 14
12/14/06 at 3:24pm
I had one.. just had to ask roommate for it. BIOS update went well this morning.
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post #9 of 14
12/17/06 at 11:53pm
new bios v3517 wont boot from external USB disk, but the internal USB card reader work fine.
anyone has this problem?
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post #10 of 14
12/19/06 at 8:30am
3517 blue screened on my 8204. Trying 3516 now.

Update... 3516 works fine. Can't see any noticeable changes. Going to retry 3517 now.
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post #11 of 14
1/11/07 at 3:31pm
Will this work with US based laptops as well?

I know the Bluetooth drivers don't wok unless you use the US version at least.
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post #12 of 14
1/11/07 at 7:21pm
Yes bugmenot. I flashed this 3517 on my brand new TM8210 and it fixed my bootup issue with 4GB (2GB SODIMMx2) memory installed. Before, the system took about 30s just to get to the POST screen when cold boot and I had an error message saying "USB over current..."

Now, I'm hoping that they would enable Intel VT support in the BIOS menu so that we can take full advantage of the CPU we paid for.

cvo
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post #13 of 14
1/17/07 at 1:13am
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Originally Posted by Nasalhair
3517 blue screened on my 8204. Trying 3516 now.

Update... 3516 works fine. Can't see any noticeable changes. Going to retry 3517 now.

Same here. 3516 works fine while 3517 gives blue screen.
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post #14 of 14
2/8/07 at 1:24am
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Originally Posted by firstsecond
Same here. 3516 works fine while 3517 gives blue screen.

Same here.. Gave me a good, clean FRIGHT - thought I bricked my 8204. I'm going to try the 3516 first, see what happens - Hopefully they'll come out with a fix for that blue-screen issue regarding 3517 and WinPhlash.
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