Acer Aspire 5742 G died. I think the BIOS is damaged because all I get is a blank screen.

I was a heavy task on my other laptop and I wanted more RAM, so I decided out of the 4gigs of my Aspire 5742 G only to find out that this is not not a 4 × 1 GB of RAM (instead a 2x2gb DDR3). All I've done is out of RAM, I saw that it was only 2gigs and put in (nothing else, I know my way around computers quite). Then I thought to share work on the network, only to find out that my Aspire 5742 G will not start. Nothing. Not eveb the Acer logo appears. Access to the hard drive led is always off (not a single blink). Terrified. I thought it would be to display, but like I said the HARD drive light flashes once again.

So I jumped to Google. Discovered it probably a BIOS problem. So I downloaded the BIOS Acer will, comes to be welcomed with a ZIP file of gibberish. I have no idead how to use this ZIP to update my BIOS. The exe file is not good as the PC starts no and all other methods seem unlikely given the boot selection is not yet possible.

Can someone please guide me to the right maybe average to refresh my BIOS?

Thanks in advance,

PC Info and specifications:

Acer Aspire 5742 Series
Model No.: PEW71
Aspire 5742 G-374G50Mnkk
MFG Date: 1011
Current OS: Windows 8 Pro
Original OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
RAM: 4 GB (2x2gb) DDR3
CPU: Intel Core i3 - 370 M
GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
HARD DRIVE: 500 GB 2.5 "SATA

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It may be almost impossible to diagnose a problem remotely, I hazard a guess and suggest that your problem has nothing to do with your BIOS.

Given your description of your actions, I would recommend you check and double-check your RAM seats. Also, make sure there is no damage to the socket. There is also the probability that static was able to destroy the RAM. You may need to try known good RAM to exclude this possibility.

It is not always possible to update a BIOS if there is a hardware problem.

Of course, I can't risk a BIOS Setup until there is absolutely no doubt that a problem does not exist elsewhere. If an update attempt fails, you might find yourself worse. In short, make sure that your RAM and the seating is 100% before looking elsewhere. Your choice of courses.

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