I regretfully installed the latest BIOS\Firmware upgrade (1.14) for my Windows 8.1 system ("maybe there's some new improvement?"), as seen on this page in the BIOS\Firmware category:
https://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/support-product/5615?b=1
The upgrade went fine and the machine is working, but now the boot process is much slower, as if it happens in two new steps:the Acer screen appears, the screen goes black, then another Acer screen appears with the spinning symbol and it stays there for some seconds, then black screen, then finally Windows 8.1.
I like to turn off the keyboard lights (Fn + F9) right after power-up, but now the keyboard lights turn back on when the black screen appears! I think this is crazy, like something is being reset?
I tried downgrading to the lowest version available from the downloads, 1.10, but the slow startup still remains.
I want to undo whatever it is that these new BIOSes do, and I unfortunately forgot to see what BIOS version that came with my Aspire V Nitro VN7-791G-792A. I would like to revert to my factory firmware. --- edit: Getting the startup to be fast as it was is actually what I'm after, I don't care what firmware version it is.