HELP! - Insyde H2O BIOS recovery failed in a dead Acer TM4730G!

[dvvz]

I bricked my Acer TM4730G (with Insyde H2O BIOS) the day before, and tried the following procedure, but failed:

-get the official .FD file of the VERY version when it came to me for my notebook, copy and rename them to the first 1, 2, ..., 8 digits, .FD and .BIN;
-put newly named file(s) on a FAT16 USB stick (or a blank CD-RW, MS-DOS bootable, or GRUB installed, or with the .FD image into the boot sector of the CD, or just a BLANK one), plug it (or the CD, or both) in the notebook;
-unplug notebook;
-remove battery;
-unit (removed any usb devices, and even HDD, anything else?) off, press and hold Fn+Esc (mine are probably NOT anything else);
-plug in AC power while holding those buttons, at this moment it's power LED , together with the LED on the Power Button, flashed an orange color, only once, just a blink;
-turn on notebook (pressed the Power Button while holding Fn+Esc), let go of all buttons, then the LED lights come on, and the fan began to output an abnormal wind speed and noise, for only about 2~5 seconds, at the same time the USB stick flashed once (just once) and the DVD-rom tried to read something, but they seemed to find noting, for I think it had hardly any time to read anything from the USB disk or the CD;
-then the machine powered down itself and never wakeup, even if press any button;
-the notebook would NOT made ANY beep at all;
-pluged off the book, repluged it, pressed the Power button in the normal way, the book would be turned on for 1~3 seconds, trying to read something, and powered off itself, then 1~3 seconds later it powered on itself again, then off, ..., repeatedly, endlessly;

Does the filenames missmatches my systems motherboard code?
How can I find the right name of it?
Would you please HELP me?

[Yen]

Have you tried that exactly?
Rename it to the first 4 digits and .BIN?

Capital letters? Try both...bin also....often the recovery routine is case sensitive.

[dvvz]

Have you tried that exactly?
Rename it to the first 4 digits and .BIN?

Capital letters? Try both...bin also....often the recovery routine is case sensitive.

I renamed my OFFICIAL file from JALA0118.fd to JALA.BIN, JALA.bin, jala.BIN and jala.bin, then put one by one or all of them in a newly formated USB stick, FAT, 128MB, but still not functioning.

What's happening inside?

So let's check out the procedures here:
-get the proper .FD file for your notebook, rename it to the first 4 digits and .BIN (I renamed my OFFICIAL file from JALA0118.fd to JALA.BIN, JALA.bin, jala.BIN and jala.bin);
-put newly named bin file on a fat16 or fat32 USB stick (I put one by one, or all of them in once, in a newly formated USB stick, FAT, 128MB), plug it in the notebook(yes);
-unplug notebook(yes);
-remove battery(should the battery be still onboard when the USB stick is pluged in?)
-unit should be off, press and hold windows key and B(mine are Fn and Esc, for the usual other configurations wouldn't go for my brick, only Fn+Esc gives an ORANGE light blink when power cable pluged in)
-plug in AC power while holding those buttons(yes)
-turn on notebook, let go of all buttons once LED lights come on (the IEDs wouldn't lights on untill the POWER button released, right?)(and how fast should I release all the buttons?)
(now the fan should be madly runing, right? how long should it roars in such a way? isn't 2~3 seconds too short? and it would NEVER self-power-on anymore! shall I wait for morethan 20 minutes? )
-the notebook will beep every second(it didn't beep at all), as it searches for the .bin file (so it seemed that my brick didn't recogonized my file(s))
-...
Please do me the favour checking out what faults I might made, thanks a lot!
(Forgive my English, anyway!)

[Yen]

I guess it doesn't find it...

Try 0118.BIN, 0118.bin, 0118.FD and 0118.fd..AFAIK it looks for (hex) numbers.BIN

[dvvz]

I guess it doesn't find it...

Try 0118.BIN, 0118.bin, 0118.FD and 0118.fd..AFAIK it looks for (hex) numbers.BIN

OK I'll try such a way, thank you!

[spkleader]

Hummmm... just wondering...
It isn't the case of a Phoenix Crisis Disk? As far I understood the post, the only copied the .fd bios to the floppy disk.

I'm asking it coz the 4730G manual says about PCD to recover a corrupted bios.

BIOS Flash Utility
The BIOS flash memory update is required for the following conditions:
• New versions of system programs
• New features or options
• Restore a BIOS when it becomes corrupted.
Use the Phlash utility to update the system BIOS flash ROM.
NOTE: Create a Crisis Recovery Media (such as USB HDD) before you use the Phlash utility.
NOTE: Do not install memory-related drivers (XMS, EMS, DPMI) when you use the Phlash.
NOTE: Please use the AC adaptor power supply when you run the Phlash utility. If the battery pack does not
contain enough power to finish BIOS flash, the system will not boot as the BIOS is not loaded.

One last thing dvvz, In order to start the recovery procedure, there are the following key combos: Fn + B, Fn + Esc, WinLogo + B, and WinLogo + Esc, and my favourite one: don't press anything!
Good luck and best wishes from Brazil!

[Yen]

It's an Insyde bios. Every recovery procedure is different. At Insyde I know not much about.

[dvvz]

Hummmm... just wondering...
It isn't the case of a Phoenix Crisis Disk? As far I understood the post, the only copied the .fd bios to the floppy disk.

I'm asking it coz the 4730G manual says about PCD to recover a corrupted bios.



One last thing dvvz, In order to start the recovery procedure, there are the following key combos: Fn + B, Fn + Esc, WinLogo + B, and WinLogo + Esc, and my favourite one: don't press anything!
Good luck and best wishes from Brazil!

Thank you, I'll try on and on..., and I love Brazil!

[dvvz]

I guess it doesn't find it...

Try 0118.BIN, 0118.bin, 0118.FD and 0118.fd..AFAIK it looks for (hex) numbers.BIN

Every effort seems fruitless... but I'll go on. Thanks!

[levonisyas]

Every effort seems fruitless... but I'll go on. Thanks!

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