yep sounds like the bios flashing program ran for you. you can confirm if it worked by checking that your bios version changed to a4l in the bios settings
Never had to do this myself so cant go into detail
however the general overview is as follows:
1 burn drivers/ bios in dvd
2 navigate to the the dvd drive in dos. Not sure what the drive letter would be for your systemcd e:\
3 navigate to the bios dos folder again using the "cd" command and...
glad windows 7 worked out for you!
CinderellaMan had an issue with the video card too. Ztruker suggested a solution. Try it out and see if it woeks out.
If you figure it out, let us know here so that others can replicate your solution
It seems like your bios didnt downgrade properly because this is the issue I was facing before the downgrade. If you still have windows 8.1 , boot to that and follow the instructions previously provided
Sorry. no clue what's going on with that. Try to see if intel has video drivers on their website. or if so called "universal" video drivers work out. Good Luck!
Yep...like rfrayer mentioned, flash the bios and it should let you install windows 7
no point in upgrading to the latest bios from the acer website. I tried that already and it ends up locking your pc down even more.
Good Luck!
You're Welcome!:) I was in the same state and got lucky by overriding the bios flashing utility.
I'm not sure if transferring an image will work due to the change in hardware and the uefi being locked down...Still let us know how it goes
If all else fails you can always download and install an...
You are right about the bios....I managed to modify the flashing program a bit to force it to flash and it worked out great.....For details see the link above
Complete Instructions for how to downgrade HERE:
http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/41741-downgrade-8-7-acer-aspire-axc-603g-uw31-i-need-help-4.html#post390120
Acer AXC-603 Downgrade to windows 7 Instructions
So I successfully downgraded this PC after a bit (LOT:geek:) of research and tinkering. I’ve provided the steps I followed below.
Acer AXC-603 Downgrade to windows 7 Instructions
STEP 1 - Downgrade BIOS/UEFI
WARNING: DO THIS STEP AT YOUR OWN...