Acer Aspire V5-531 Support Question
Acer Aspire V5-531 Support Question
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Question posted by Anonymous-138376 on June 17th, 2014
I Am Not Able To Find Secure Boot In The Bios. How Do I Format It?
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Answer #1: Posted by TechSupport101 on June 17th, 2014 12:14 PM
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Hi. Refer to the Service Guide here http://www.helpowl.com/manuals/Acer/AspireV5531/163113 for Boot order and more (BIOS settings).
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Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 5
... 1-13 Right View 1-14 1-15 Base View 1-15 Touchpad Basics 1-16 Keyboard 1-17 D2D Recovery 1-21 System Block Diagram 1-22
Specification Tables 1-23
System Utilities 3
BIOS Setup Utility 2-3 Navigating the BIOS Utility 2-3 BIOS Menus 2-4 Main 2-6 Security 2-8 Boot 2-11 Exit 2-12 DOS Flash Utility 2-14 WinFlash Utility 2-14
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Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 6
Removing the HDD Password 2-15 Removing the BIOS Passwords 2-16 Clearing the BIOS Passwords 2-17 LAN EEPROM Utility 2-18
Machine Maintenance 5
Machine Disassembly and Replacement 3-5 Recommended Equipment 3-5 Replacement Requirements 3-5 Pre-disassembly Instructions 3-6
Disassembly Process 3-7
External Module Disassembly Process 3-8 ...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 8
... 4-18 Undetermined Problems 4-18 Error Codes 4-19 POST Codes 4-25
Jumper and Connector Locations 3
Mainboard Layout 5-3 Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery 5-7
Clearing the BIOS Passwords 5-7 Performing a BIOS Recovery 5-8
FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 3
Exploded Diagrams 6-4 Main Assembly 6-4 LCD Assembly 6-6
Test Compatible Components 3
Microsoft Windows 7 Environment Test...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 35
and 3.0 ASF specification v2.0 or later PCI Express base specification revision 2.1 PCI BIOS specification revision 2.1 BIOS Boot specification v1.01 Simple boot flag specification v2.1 System management bus specification v2.0 AHCI support Microsoft XP/Vista/Windows 7 logo program Microsoft SLP 1.0 support ...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 60
BIOS Setup Utility 2-3 Navigating the BIOS Utility 2-3 BIOS Menus 2-4 Main 2-6 Security 2-8 Boot 2-11 Exit 2-12
BIOS Flash Utilities 2-13 DOS Flash Utility 2-14 WinFlash Utility 2-14
Remove HDD/BIOS Password Utilities 2-15 Removing the HDD Password 2-15 Removing the BIOS Passwords 2-16 Clearing the BIOS Passwords 2-17
Using DMI Tools 2-18 LAN EEPROM Utility 2-18
2-2
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 61
... the bottom of screen. The utility is Disabled. Navigating the BIOS Utility 0
The BIOS Setup Utility has five menu options, namely: Information Main Security Boot Exit
Perform the following actions to navigate through the BIOS Setup Utility:
Press
to select items in the...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 64
...
Option: Enabled or Disabled Option: Enabled or Disabled Option: Enabled or Disabled
2-6
System Utilities BIOS Main
Parameter System Time
Description System time expressed in 24-hour format
System Date
System date
Total Memory Video Memory Quiet Boot
Network Boot
Total system memory available
System memory allocated for graphics processing
Show the original equipment manufacturer...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 66
BIOS Security
Table 2-3. BIOS Security
Parameter Supervisor Password Is User Password Is HDD Password State Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Set HDD Password Password on Boot
Description Supervisor password setting User password setting Hard drive password setting Option to set the supervisor password Option to set a user password Option to set ...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 67
... eight alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).
3. Press F10 to save changes and exit from the BIOS Setup Utility.
Set Supervisor Password
Enter Current Password [
]
Enter New Password [
]
Confirm New...and Confirm
New Password fields. 4. Characters do not appear on Boot parameter.
5. Setting a Password
0
Follow the succeeding instructions to enable the Password on the screen....
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 68
... have been saved. [Continue]
Figure 2-7. Setup Notice 5. NOTE: NOTE:
Users can choose to save changes and exit from the BIOS Setup Utility.
2-10
System Utilities Press F10 to enable the Password on Boot parameter. 6. Set Supervisor Password 2. Type the new password in the Confirm New Password field. Press Enter. Type the current...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 69
... drive sequence in the following order: 1.
Figure 2-8. By default, the computer searches for boot devices in which the Setup Utility attempts to move it up or down the list. Hard disk drive 2. Network boot 4. External USB hard drive 5. BIOS Boot
System Utilities
2-11 Optical disc drive 3. External USB bootable device Press to select a device...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 71
...AC adaptor power supply when running Flash utility.
Insert the USB device containing the renamed BIOS file and the Crisis Recovery disk files
to a bootable USB device containing the Crisis ...Esc keys (this is used . Use the Flash utility to finish loading BIOS Flash, do not boot system. BIOS Flash Utilities 0
BIOS Flash memory updates are required for the following to run Flash.
1.
...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 72
... WinFlash executable file. 2.
WinFlash Utility 0
Perform the following to use the WinFlash Utility: 1.
BIOS Boot 3. DOS Flash Utility 0
Perform the following to use the DOS Flash Utility: 1. Example: If using USB HDD to Update BIOS, move USB HDD to update BIOS. Execute to position 1. Insert the USB HDD and reboot computer. 4. Click OK to...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 76
...Interface) Tool copies BIOS information to the MAC folder. 7.
At the command prompt, navigate to EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). Press Enter. 10. Select the Boot menu item and move... of the MAC folder to the first position. Reboot the computer and press F2 during the boot sequence to use the LAN EEPROM Utility: 1. Execute the < MAC.BAT> file. 8. Perform...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 178
... IDE
10h
Initialize Power Management
11h
Load alternate registers with initial POST values
12h
Restore CPU control word during warm boot
13h
Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices
14h
Initialize keyboard controller
16h
1-2-2-3
BIOS ROM checksum
17h
Initialize cache before memory autosize
18h
8254 timer initialization
1Ah
8237 DMA controller initialization
1Ch
Reset...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 180
...
Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area
8Bh
Test and initialize PS/2 mouse
8Ch
Initialize floppy controller
8Fh
Determine number of ATA drives (optional)
90h
Initialize hard-disk controllers
91h
Initialize local-bus hard-disk controllers
92h
Jump to UserPatch2
93h
Build MPTABLE for multi-processor boards
95h
Install CD ROM for boot
96h...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 181
...)
BFh
Check virus and backup reminders
C0h
Try to boot with INT 19
C1h
Initialize POST Error Manager (PEM...C7h
Initialize notebook docking late
Troubleshooting
4-23 Table 4-3. BIOS Beep Codes
Code 99h
Beeps
POST Routine Description Check for SMART... ROMs
9Ch
Set up Power Management
9Dh
Initialize security engine (optional)
9Eh
Enable hardware interrupts
9Fh
Determine...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 182
... the chipset
E1h
Initialize the bridge
E2h
Initialize the CPU
E3h
Initialize the system timer
E4h
Initialize system I/O
E5h
Check force recovery boot
E6h
Checksum BIOS ROM
E7h
Go to BIOS
E8h
Set Huge Segment
E9h
Initialize Multi Processor
EAh
Initialize OEM special code
EBh
Initialize PIC and DMA
ECh
Initialize Memory type...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 196
... prepared in the USB flash drive's root directory. 6. Set 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.
The BIOS boot block refers to a special BIOS program that all data in the USB flash drive into an unbootable state. Figure...
Acer Aspire V5-531 Notebook Service Guide - Page 197
... hotkey sequence Fn+Esc is used to enable the BIOS recovery process when system is powered On during the BIOS recovery process.
Performing a BIOS recovery
0
NOTE: NOTE:
Make sure the battery ...system and that the computer is connected to a UPS unit during BIOS POST. To perform a BIOS recovery:
1. Refer to the "BIOS Flash Utilities" section on page 2-13 for detailed instructions.
Press and...
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