Acer travelmate 8000 serie bios and drivers

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"ikari" <deug1a@yahoo.fr> wrote in
news:c8d213$foi$1@news-reader1.wanadoo.fr:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm looking for the latest bios and drivers for Acer travelmate
> 8000
> serie. I've been looking all around Acer support website but i only
> find drivers and bios for the 800 serie and not for the 8000 serie.
>
> On the ftp site is a directory calles 80x with several bios and
> drivers
> and I was wondering if those are for the 800 serie and 8000 as well ?

They are for 800 series (801, 802, 803, 804). Drivers/bios for 8000 are
not on the Internet yet.

What's wrong with the current ones?

Some "newer" drivers can still be found:
- for ATI M11 driver check Omega drivers (www.driverheaven.net)
- for Realtek driver check www.realtek.com.tw

The Platinum Secure version 1.1.2 (can be found on ftp.support.acer-
euro.com) is applicable to all Travelmates with SmartCard slot.

I'm sure you can find new Synaptics driver (touchpad) if you search for
it.
I doubt that Intel has anything newer for its Wireless card.

But the question above still stands.

Alexei

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

"ikari" <deug1a@yahoo.fr> wrote in
news:c8d67h$hg8$1@news-reader2.wanadoo.fr:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks very much for your answer.
>
> I have a travelmate 8004lmi and there's no option in the bios
> to
> boot from an usb device ! I find this strange as i saw that on models
> like the 803 and 804 the latest bios allow to boot from a usb device
> like a usb floppy of HDD. I was then looking for an update on acer
> website.
>
> Maybe I missed something, do you know if there's a posibility
> to
> boot from a usb device on my model ?

Plugin USB device, turn on laptop, press F2 to go to BIOS.
In the Boot section for the hard drive (forgot how it is exactly spelled)
you will see plus sign in front of it. It will have two subitems: your HD
and your USB device. Using F5/F6 bring USB device as your first bootable
device. You're good to go.

Works with current BIOS (3A12) on 8003.

Alexei