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Is the Acer Aspire Recovery method (Fn+Esc) equivalent to externally flashing the BIOS?
What I am asking is that for example if the BIOS were write protected you could not flash it via a software tool from Windows,Linux or even DOS flasher (like Flashit.exe)
However the AA Recovery method copies the entire .fd raw image to the chip in my assuption, so it is able to reflash the BIOS even on a write protected firmware.
Is this the case? Is the Recovery equivalent to extrernal reprogramming, since it copies the entire .fd image file to the BIOS chip.
Jack567
Posted 2017-09-12T14:01:01.483
Reputation: 21
@Facebook no, in this context "Recovery" means reflashing the BIOS from the boot block. – Jack567 – 2017-09-20T21:51:33.410
Let me re-read the entire question... one sec – Pimp Juice IT – 2017-09-20T21:53:29.377
Please include the make and model specifics and maybe your current BIOS version number. You misspelled "assuption" too so just to a simple [edit] to add and fix the typo. I need to read on the technology of each make and model and this functionality. – Pimp Juice IT – 2017-09-20T21:56:14.420
@Facebook i'd rather not... i think it's too much personal information to post here. However I believe I have already found the answer. I think the answer is yes,it updates the entire chip except the boot block itself which has to be updated separately. – Jack567 – 2017-09-20T22:02:12.330
So you looked in the manual and read about the functionality and confirmed what exactly it does which you are talking about or what? The version of your BIOS and the make and model of your Acer laptop is not personal one bit. It's the same for many other devices as well too. – Pimp Juice IT – 2017-09-20T22:06:38.360