Bios Update Acer A515-51-35X1

Technical Issues and Assistance
#1

Hi,
I am using manjaro Gnome on Acer A515-51-35X1 laptop.

I want to update laptop bios but I don't want to install Windows.
Is there any work around? Did anybody able to a sucessfull bios update from Acer laptop. Please share your experience.
Here is my system info

System:
  Host: acer.local Kernel: 5.4.36-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: Gnome 3.36.2 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A515-51 v: V1.21 
  serial: <root required> 
  Mobo: KBL model: Charmander_KL v: V1.21 serial: <root required> 
  UEFI: Insyde v: 1.21 date: 08/08/2018 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 23.8 Wh condition: 38.5/48.9 Wh (79%) 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-7130U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  Speed: 1187 MHz min/max: 400/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1187 2: 1559 
  3: 812 4: 987 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.6 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.36-1-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  driver: r8168 
  IF: enp1s0f1 state: down mac: 98:28:a6:03:d2:3e 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
  driver: ath10k_pci 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: 70:c9:4e:53:6e:cd 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 303.25 GiB (32.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100 size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 201.80 GiB used: 27.35 GiB (13.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-2: /home size: 244.05 GiB used: 35.00 GiB (14.3%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda4 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.58 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 245 Uptime: 36m Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 3.10 GiB (40.4%) 
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.37

Thanks

#2

You can use Hirens BootCD. There is a link to it in the Windows ISO guide in #technical-issues-and-assistance:tutorials section

#3

So there is no easy way.
While doing it through Hirens BootCD if the bios got corrupt there is no way to fix it by my self and warranty also expired.

I was looking for 100% working method. No risk.
Thanks.

#4

No - there never is ...

Using Hirens BootCD is the same as using Windows. It is a Windows 10 Rescue Environment - exactly the same as running Windows.

Life is never 100% - there is always risks.

If you ensure

  • The correct firmware file for your device
  • AC power connected
  • Battery charged
  • Your transfer media is OK
  • You don't interrupt the process

You can't do more and it usually don't fail - unless a lighting hits your house during an category 5 hurricane at the same time as 7.0 earthquake hits your neighborhood - but then the laptop is probably fried anyway and you will have something else to worry about. :slight_smile:

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