Acer One 11 Laptop BIOS update

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Liam,

On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 at 13:58, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> The least dodgy looking link I can find is this:
>
>
> https://www.repairlap.com/threads/aspire-one-11-ao1-132-da0zhxmb6c0-bios.1057/
>
OK... I went to that page and it looked scary. Then I decided to download
the BIOS files and agreed to register and was greeted with a demand for
$30/month, varying other rates, peaking at $1,800/year!

I tried searching on the Acer website for "63514733776" and got access to 2
documents and a "Quick Access Application".


> Step 1, though, is identifying the current version!
>
OK. I'll ask Alan for that.


> Looks like this was also sold as a Gateway NE132. That might help buts
> probably not much.
>
Ensures I'll never willingly buy one of those, either.

If all else fails, the system will be used as a Windows 10 based ZX
Spectrum emulator. This is a bit of an ask, especially on a Linux mailing
list, can anyone recommend a Windows 10 compatible ZX Spectrum emulator for
this system?

Someone I know from a Creative Writing group has a highly virus infected
Windows 10 computer so Alan and I gave her a netbook with Debian LXDE and
LibreOffice on it. Over the coming months I'll be teaching her how to use a
computer - she's in her 80's. She won't be going online with it (it only
has 1GiB RAM). These old systems can have a use, albeit in a modest way.

Thank you everyone,


Ian

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