Acer One 11 Laptop BIOS update

[Charles M]

If you have Linux on a USB key and install dmidecode you can try: sudo
dmidecode --string system-serial-number

To grab the serial number. Acer is sadly pretty bad at keeping
BIOS/driver files for older systems.

On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 at 05:19, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This laptop needs a BIOS update to be able to boot operating systems other than Windows from its internal eMMC storage.
>
> To quote Alan, "I have had a trawl through the Acer support site, even to the extent of
> downloading Acer's tool to reveal the exact serial number - and it seems
> that it is out of support - the only downloads on offer are user manuals
> - no BIOS.
>
> It looks like a third-party site for bios files is the only choice - any
> thoughts on which might be more reliable?"
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
>
>
> Ian
>
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