like u said, with bootable disk and use flas**t.exe, why everest detected slic 2.0? and how do you know its slic 2.1? can i use another tools for check?
You bios contains slic 2.0 and the bios file that you are using for flashing has 2.1 - problem is that slic is not getting updated. Did you use switch /all when flashing?
Hm, well i don't know anything else that can be done. You said you are using bootable disk? Is it a CD? Some say that flashing using CD don't work all the time and advise to use USB. Maybe you should try that.
You know you can activate your W7 with this DELL slic also using DELL certificate. But if this is very important to you to have Acer instead then please provide the original bios download link and will try to mod it again.
Filecompare says files are identical I did a filecompare between the file I got before DELL SLIC 2.1 bios and the file I received in your last post and they matched. Mixed up ? C:\A110>ls Volume in drive C is Hexacrypt Volume Serial Number is 04EE-023F Directory of C:\A110 10/24/2009 08:04 PM <DIR> . 10/24/2009 08:04 PM <DIR> .. 10/24/2009 08:04 PM <DIR> DELL-3309 10/24/2009 08:01 PM <DIR> original3309 10/24/2009 08:02 PM <DIR> str8-3309 0 File(s) 0 bytes 5 Dir(s) 3,041,652,736 bytes free C:\A110>fc str8-3309\3309.FD DELL-3309\3309.fd /b Comparing files STR8-3309\3309.FD and DELL-3309\3309.FD FC: no differences encountered C:\A110>
You know when i saw you talking about mod made by bgage i was surprised that he might've made a mistake and put Dell instead of Acer - he don't make mistakes. But i didn't check his mod, now i did and it's correct - it has been modded with ACER slic 2.1 that's why it matched mine. Now the only explanation that comes on my mind is that there is a lo.der in your system. Is there?