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Changing the bios language, Recovering the bios, Manually recovering the bios – Acer Altos G520 User Manual

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Changing the BIOS Language

You can use the BIOS upgrade utility to change the language the BIOS
uses for messages and the Setup program. Use a bootable diskette
containing the Acer flash utility and language files.

1

Boot the computer with the bootable diskette in drive A. The BIOS
upgrade utility screen appears.

2

Select Update Flash Memory From a File.

3

Select Update Language Set. Press .

4

Select drive A and use the arrow keys to select the correct .lng file.
Press .

5

When the utility asks for confirmation that you want to flash the
new language into memory, select continue with Programming.
Press .

6

When the utility displays the message upgrade is complete,
remove the diskette. Press .

7

The computer will reboot and the changes will take effect.

Recovering the BIOS

In the rare event that the BIOS becomes damaged, a recovery process
needs to be followed to return the system to service. Two methods are
available to recover the BIOS: automatically with the crisis recovery
diskette, and manually by moving a jumper on the system board. These
methods are described below.

Note:

BIOS recovery is the mode of last resort, used only when

the main system BIOS will not come up.

Manually Recovering the BIOS

A BIOS recovery can be manually initiated. This option would be used
only when the BIOS is corrupt, but the ROM checksum error does not
occur during POST. To manually initiate a BIOS recovery, use the
following steps:

1

Power down and uplug the system from the AC power source.

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