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BIOS incomplete - it SLP-ped Acer's Repair Dept's mind
Feb. 15 a low-left screen popup congratulated me on my latest Microsoft Security ESSENTIALS update - and at the same time reminded me of the fact that I had an illegitimate license! Well, thank you!!
The error code given was 0xC004F058.
Boy - was I intrigued!
A month ago my computer retail outlet had shown me that my newly restored Acer 7740 G was OK after they had received it back from Acer's Repair Dept. after it had been gone for a month upon suddenly shorting out at the start of December. They had seen fit to replace the motherboard and the HDD, after only half a year of intensive use (I must admit - shortly after I had bought it had made a nasty 1 m fall flat on the carpet).
After some looking up on the web and discussing results of this with this outlet it was established that Acer Repair had forgotten to properly SLIC and SLP the machine, and the three parties involved - Microsoft, Acer, and this outlet - saw no other way out than me having to hand in the laptop to Acer. Again. And then after having it back having to install every program etc. Again.
The shop contends that they cannot check whether after having the laptop back, the BIOS has been properly modified, so it could happen to me again. Is their contention correct?
I was wondering whether I could do something constructive myself in terms of SLIC-ing and SLP-ping; according to those 3 parties not as they contend that the part of the BIOS I would have to access is roped off.
I know what the new Product ID and CD Key are though.
Acer Aspire 7740G
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz
BIOS Ver 1.00PARTTBL