(I have aspire v5 122p, bios v2.06 - see my previous post) In Ubuntu, I opened Ubuntu Software Center and searched for/downloaded Ghex. Then from terminal-> sudo apt-get install ghex then-> ghex filename
I may have to downgrade the BIOS back to 2.06. 2.09 won't load any GUI on any distro I've tried thus far (Ubuntu, ArchLinux, Mint). So no software centre for me...
I updated to 2.09 the week it came out. I haven't seen any issue with it. (In fact, suspend now works with Linux as well, which is nice since after suspend the cpu is "sort-of-unlocked" at can run 1.4 GHz on all 4 cores at the same time). If you are at the stage with access and you could copy the file to the windows partition (ntfs-3g can do that) and modify it with your favourit tool... and copy it back once you edited the bits. (That or get another usb stick)
hi, first, i sorry because am mexican and i don´t know a lot of english. i bought a Aspire V5-122p-0680 and i did try to do this because i really needs VT. i try with diferents distros of linux. including many procedures to install it on a usb. i read before and i thought that this could be about bios but when i check this was 2.04 so it was not razonable... but i found a problem... it doesn´t about the distros... it is about the drivers... my video card is amd radeon hd 8250... i found this a help on google but you must install a linux and connect it to wifi, but i really dont want to install a linux on my pc and i cant connect by console to wifi... it told me the encryption error... so if you know how to create a live distro with drivers... or graphics safe mode... tell me =( i will research...
well i research a little, i only found that we can use a distro like ubuntu or kubuntu ("because wifi drivers") and use persistence... with a little program called unetbootin... its night but i will try tomorrow. persistence leave you to download the drivers, and reestart with that you do before reestart... sorry for my english again. i will try tomorrow. luck to me
well i really tried! but now, i obtain a grub message i dont understand if this is only a live cd... is not even a installation... i really hope you can install it and mod it! thx
Hi mackiur, You know what? I think you're correct. I have a European, non-backlit (model: MS2377) version. Tried all the instructions in this thread, correct Ubuntu distro, correct image writer, multiple memory sticks, both ports... Nightmare. I can't get past the "no screen found" issues either, so can't boot in to an distro because of errors with "plymouth". There are solutions as you have seen, but they require installing Linux, dropping to commandline, connecting to wifi and pulling down a fresh radeon driver... I see you've tried this and had an issues with the wifi, so did I, it looks to be a wifi card driver issue... I don't know what the solution is, but at least you're not alone!
I need help with this. I booted with my usb stick with ubuntu from their site. but everytime I do this command mount none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars -t efivarfs it says in terminal "mountnly root can do that". Can you assist. I really want to get macosx working on my acer aspire v5!!! my bios is v2.09.
Did not work... I followed the instruction posted and tried editing the using "vi xxd" but when I tried to save it it got some error saying a bug was found and could not over write the file can anyone tell me why it happened and how to fix it.. I'm new to this... by the way I used ubuntu 12.04.03 amd64 and i386... Thanks in advance...
I did the same dump on my Aspire V5 573G with latest BIOS 2.24. The contents looks different : 0000000: 0700 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0103 ................ 0000010: 0400 0000 0103 0203 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000020: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000030: 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0100 0001 0000 ................ 0000040: 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0000 ................ 0000050: 0000 0000 0000 0001 0100 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000060: 0000 0000 03ff 0200 0200 0001 0000 0000 ................ 0000070: 0001 0100 0000 0000 0000 0001 0002 0001 ................ 0000080: 0002 0000 0200 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000090: 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0204 0180 0607 ................ 00000a0: 0000 0098 ce02 0098 cd00 0000 0001 0100 ................ 00000b0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 00000c0: 0000 0000 0000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0100 ................ 00000d0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 00000e0: 0000 0000 0100 0000 0002 0001 0003 0001 ................ 00000f0: 0100 0001 0101 0101 0101 0101 0101 0101 ................ 0000100: 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000110: 0300 0000 0000 0004 0101 0100 0101 0100 ................ 0000120: 0101 0000 0203 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000130: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000140: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000150: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000170: 0000 0101 0101 0101 0101 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000180: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0402 0102 0002 ................ 0000190: 02ff 0000 0302 ff00 0104 0300 ff64 374b .............d7K 00001a0: 475f 0105 0a00 0001 0001 0101 0001 0000 G_.............. 00001b0: 0100 0000 0101 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 ................ 00001c0: 0000 0100 001a 1717 1701 0101 0102 0303 ................ 00001d0: 0001 0000 01ff 0202 0242 0073 0091 0000 .........B.s.... 00001e0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0001 ................ 00001f0: 0000 0000 0105 0100 0101 0000 0000 0001 ................ 0000200: 0100 0100 0101 0300 0001 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000210: 0001 0000 0000 0101 0201 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000220: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000250: 0000 0000 0000 0100 0000 0000 0301 0000 ................ 0000260: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000270: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000280: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000290: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 00002a0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 00002b0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 00002c0: 0101 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 ................ 00002d0: 0101 0101 0101 0001 0101 0000 0000 0101 ................ 00002e0: 7800 010a 0101 0100 0000 0017 0000 1809 x............... 00002f0: 0909 180a 4a00 0405 0500 1400 004a 0000 ....J........J.. How to find the correct position here??? Thanks from Berlin!
Acer Bios 2.24 I am also trying to activate virtualization on an Acer V5 573P, I have bios version 2.24. Does anyone knows at which offset it is located? Regards
erm? why you ask ? You can look for it too. No special "skillz" or "toolz" required. Just start a new thread and pool the resources there . BTW: I hope the sutile "suggestions" aren't too obvious. Oh one more thing (tm): The linux uefi access method needs an extra +4 for every offset which is taken out of the uefi dumper tools. This is due to the implementation of the access (the first 4 bytes are in fact part of a meta-data bitmap).
Thank you I was able to do this with Fedora 20. Note: vim / xxd did not work for me. What I did was to copy the original file ( as root) cp /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-395113002113d /root Edited with hexedit (xxd did not work) and then copied the file back
Hi there, I tried this and got to editing the efivars/Setup-.... file, however vim wouldn't let me save my changes, saying fsync failed. So I then installed ghex and tried to use that, but it just came up with a blank window when I tried to open the file. I then went back to trying in vim, but noticed about half of the file had disappeared :/ I then gave up and decided to restart my laptop. Now the screen doesn't turn on at all. The lights turn on and the computer makes noise, but the screen remains completely black. Do you know if there is anything I can do to rescue it? Any help would be much appreciated.
I'm new to this forum, so Hi everybody. I suceeded in activating SVM on my new laptop aspire-v5-123, It is a cheap laptop with amd E1-2100 and radeon HD 8210, I bought it mainly for its price, and because AMD E1-2100 has hardware AES crypto, and VIRTUALIZATION also...two things I need.... I first turn it to legacy mode, wipe out windows 8 , and install xubuntu 14.04 instead in legacy mode.. than I boot with uefi, with a usb stick with live version of xubuntu 14.04 on it, the /sys/firmware/efi/efivars was automatically mounted for me.. I edited the file /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39411302113d with ghex (wich I have previously install with: sudo apt-get install ghex) the offset was a bit bifferent on the aspire-v5-123 , it is 0x72 so I just write 0x01 at the offset 0x72, write the change.. turn the computer off. turn it back to legacy mode, and start xubuntu... and svm was activated, cool !!! I try virtualbox , wich runs perfectly in 64bit mode and enough fast to be usable... the bios version is 2.05 (the last one at the time I write) I hope it will help someone... PS: I tried to activate the hidden features of the bios, but I didn't fund the right offsets for the aspire-v5-123 I will try again later... I inform you if I found the good offsets
Just want to add 0xf4 is the location (same) on new Acer AMD E5-421G to enable SVM virtualization. Acer really do suck by disabling this. Virtualbox running at much faster speed now (and with option of 64bit guests)
Hi I also like to activate the hidden pages in my efi. I have the Acer V5 573g intel i5, nVdiagtx850m. If I remember correctly, the BIOS version is 2.24 How do I find the correct positions? I have no clue. My hexdump Code: hexdump -C /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d 00000000 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 03 |................| 00000010 04 00 00 00 01 03 02 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 01 00 00 01 00 00 |................| 00000040 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 |................| 00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000060 00 00 00 00 03 ff 02 00 02 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000070 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 00 01 |................| 00000080 00 02 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000090 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 04 01 80 06 07 |................| 000000a0 00 00 00 18 ef 01 00 18 ee 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 |................| 000000b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000000c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 |................| 000000d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000000e0 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 02 00 01 00 03 00 01 |................| 000000f0 01 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 |................| 00000100 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000110 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 01 01 01 00 01 01 01 00 |................| 00000120 01 01 00 00 02 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 00000170 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 02 01 02 00 02 |................| 00000190 02 ff 00 00 03 02 ff 00 01 04 03 00 ff 64 37 4b |.............d7K| 000001a0 47 5f 01 05 0a 00 00 01 00 01 01 01 00 01 00 00 |G_..............| 000001b0 01 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 |................| 000001c0 00 00 01 00 00 1b 18 18 18 01 01 01 01 02 03 03 |................| 000001d0 00 01 00 00 01 ff 02 02 02 42 00 73 00 91 00 00 |.........B.s....| 000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 |................| 000001f0 00 00 00 00 01 05 01 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 01 |................| 00000200 01 00 01 00 01 01 03 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000210 00 01 00 00 00 00 01 01 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000220 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 00000250 01 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 03 01 00 00 |................| 00000260 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 000002c0 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 |................| 000002d0 01 01 01 01 01 01 00 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 01 01 |................| 000002e0 78 00 01 0a 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 18 09 |x...............| 000002f0 09 09 18 0a 4a 00 04 05 05 00 14 00 00 4a 00 00 |....J........J..| 00000300 00 10 01 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000310 00 00 00 01 00 00 01 01 01 00 01 01 00 01 00 00 |................| 00000320 00 00 00 00 01 00 28 00 32 00 1c 14 00 28 00 32 |......(.2....(.2| 00000330 00 1c 16 01 28 00 32 00 1c 19 02 01 00 01 00 06 |....(.2.........| 00000340 00 00 00 01 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 4f 67 5f |............GOg_| 00000350 e8 03 00 00 01 10 32 01 02 47 4f 67 5f 01 3f 47 |......2..GOg_.?G| 00000360 67 5f 01 01 01 3f 47 67 5f 01 3f 47 67 5f 01 47 |g_...?Gg_.?Gg_.G| 00000370 4f 67 5f 01 47 4f 67 5f 01 01 01 01 01 00 00 01 |Og_.GOg_........| 00000380 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000390 00 00 02 02 04 e4 00 45 01 03 00 01 18 80 fb 9a |.......E........| 000003a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 |................| 000003b0 01 00 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000003c0 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |................| 000003d0 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 de 00 01 0a 00 47 4f |..............GO| 000003e0 67 5f 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 00 00 00 b0 04 |g_..............| 000003f0 b0 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 |................| 00000400 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000410 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000420 00 00 00 00 71 02 71 02 71 02 71 02 00 00 00 00 |....q.q.q.q.....| 00000430 0f 0f 0f 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000440 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d2 00 d2 00 64 |...............d| 00000450 00 64 00 00 01 01 01 01 00 00 00 04 0c 01 01 00 |.d..............| 00000460 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 01 01 01 00 |................| 00000470 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000480 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000490 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 000004b4
Hi Interzone, I've recently bought the same aspire v5-123 computer as you and I've trying for the past day to activate the virtualization with the indications I've read on this thread. And I was so happy to read that you had the exact same configuration as mine (BIOS v2.05, AMD E1-2100) - but when I looked at editing the file /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39411302113d, the offset 0x72 was already configured on 01. I'm a novice and I do not want to tinker too much with what I do not know. Could you help me out? Many thanks in advance!