Acer TravelMate 430 TravelMate 430 Service Guide - Page 101

Index of Flash BIOS Error Message Index of flashing BIOS Error Message using PHLASH.EXE. Error Message BIOS backup not supported in PLATFORM.BIN File Open/Read/Close failed on PLATFORM.BIN Unsupported PLATFORM.BIN file version Device table in PLATFORM.BIN has unsupported flash type Part ID not found in table of supported parts Open/Read failed on BIOS ROM image file File Close failed on BIOS.ROM Cannot flash when Memory Managers (e.g. EMM386) are present Attempt to read flash memory ID failed File does not contain the same BIOS part number Write/Erase to flash memory failed New DMI string is too large Could not find BCPDMI block in BISO ROM file image Cannot flash when Memory Managers (e.g. HIMEM) are present BIOS ROM file may be corrupt (checksum not zero) BIOS ROM file size does not match flash part size RTC does not present or does not function- can't flash Action in Sequence Current Platform.bin does not support BIOS backup. Please contact your vendor for latest platform.bin or remove BIOS backup Make sure that PLATFOR.BIN files is present and not damaged. Also check if there is enough space for rewriting. Make sure the platform.bin is the correct version. Current Flash ROM part is not supported in this platform.bin Current Flash ROM part is not supported in this platform.bin Make sure the BIOS ROM image is present, and not damaged. Copy BIOS ROM again. Make sure the BIOS ROM image is present, and not damaged. Copy BIOS ROM again. Please boot to pure DOS without EMM386 is present in order to flash BIOS. System cannot read its Flash Part ID, please try again. If problem appears after second try, please contact your vendor. Make sure the BIOS ROM is for your platform. During Flashing Process, writing and erasing memory failed. Make sure the ROM part that you flash is not damaged. Please add/mode=3 parameter after phlash.exe to flash DMI data structures. Remove d/mode=3 parameter after phlash.exe because there is no DMI structure present in your BIOS images. Please boot to a pure DOS without HIMEM.sys installed before you flash BIOS. Make sure the BIOS ROM is not damaged. Make sure the BIO ROM is not damaged and its size is the same as Flash part size. RTC is probably damaged. Check RTC battery and RTC time. Chapter 4 93