Comments on: Aspire One Black Screen of Death

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:36 +0000

I’m having the exact same issue with the D260 that Bryan has.

I’ve tried various USB sticks, formats, etc and both .FD files (even tried zg5ia32A.fd and zg5ia32B.fd) with zero luck. I have two SanDisk USB disks that have internal LEDs to show activity, and neither lights up.

So frustrating. I’m about to toss this thing and buy something else, and I damn sure will never buy another Acer machine again.

By: Jerry Wright

Jerry Wright — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:36:29 +0000

I just purchased a totally wiped Acer Aspire One on eBay, and have had it for less than two weeks. After installing XP and all the various drivers, it just died. Yep the infamous black screen. Panic time. But this and other sites showed me there was hope indeed. The only thing different I did was edit the BAT file so that it points to zg5ia32.fd instead of the original FD file (which might be the reason some people need BOTH the original and renamed FD file).

It LIVES!!! Happy Dance Time.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:46:19 +0000

A little bit of an update:

It’s an Acer Aspire One D260. There are 2 .FD files along with the FLASHIT.EXE and FLASH.EXE in the DOS folder of BIOS that was downloaded from acer.com. I’ve tried renaming both the .FD files (AV70316A and AV70316B) to zg5ia32.fd. Not at the same time, of course.

If I have the battery out, and the AC unplugged, then hold Fn+Esc, then plug in the power, then tap the power button, the power button light comes on and the fan spins and stays on. The USB is accessed for a very brief time right after hitting power. But the power indicator or power button light never flash. After holding anywhere from 1 to 30 seconds, and releasing and waiting for several minutes. No flashing, no more USB access.

If the AC is plugged in before I hold Fn+Esc, same as above except the power indicator light on the front is on as well and the fan stops within about 2-3 seconds.

If the battery is attached, it acts the same way as if the AC was always plugged in. Except that the battery indicator light is blue as well.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:29:46 +0000

I’ve read and re-read these steps so many times, from so many different sites and videos but I still cannot get that power light to flash! I’ve tried 4 different USB drives in various formats (FAT, FAT32, with MBR and without, with bootfiles and without) and different sizes (32mb, 1gb, 16gb, and 32gb) in all 3 USB ports, with and without the battery, holding Fn+Esc for varying lengths of time before releasing after pressing the power button, and the power light will not flash! And of course, the USB drive is never accessed.

It’s an Acer Aspire One D260. There are 2 .FD files along with the FLASHIT.EXE and FLASH.EXE in the DOS folder of the downloaded .ZIP. So far I’ve only tried renaming the first one (ends with “A”) to zg5ia32.fd. I haven’t even tried the second pne yet because as far as I can tell the USB isn’t being looked at at all yet.

Does anyone have any suggestions at all? This all started when the battery ran down completely dead. Ever since it gets power, the fan spins, but nothing else. The power light and battery light on the front are both blue.

Please help! Anyone??

By: alien8

alien8 — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:47:09 +0000

works fine.
thanks!!!