09921-3 – Acer Aspire 3820

The 09921-3 (Wistron) motherboard is found in the Acer Aspire 3820, Acer 3820ZG, Acer Aspire 3820TG and Acer JM31. 5 files are indexed for this board: 4 BIOS files, 1 schematic and 2 EC firmware images.

Revisions seen in file names: 1.0. First posted in August 2021 in BIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive and Cyberlan Electronics.

BIOS dumps 4

Schematics 1

FileSizeRevAddedSource
1.4 MB
1.0
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Board facts

Board number09921-3
Designed byWistron
Platform group09XXX
Also known as48.4HL01.031
Revisions1.0
First seen2021-08-15
Source channelsBIOS Archive, Schematics & Boardviews Archive, Cyberlan Electronics
About the numberWistron board numbers look like 15217-1; the first two digits usually indicate the design year.

Laptops that use 09921-3

  • Acer Aspire 3820
  • Acer 3820ZG
  • Acer Aspire 3820TG
  • Acer JM31
  • Acer JM31-CP

What these files are for

A BIOS dump is a full image of the board's SPI flash chip. It is written back with an SPI programmer when the original firmware is corrupted, after a chip replacement, or to recover from a failed update. Read and save the original chip first: serial number, DMI data and the Intel ME / AMD PSP state differ between boards.

A schematic is the circuit diagram of the main board: power rails, power-up sequence, component values and net names. It is the reference for measuring voltages and tracing a fault.

EC (embedded controller) firmware runs the keyboard controller, power sequencing, battery charging and fans. Depending on the board it lives in a separate chip (ENE KB9012, ITE IT85xx, Nuvoton NPCE) or inside the main SPI image, so check which applies before flashing.

Tools to open these files

FormatWhat it isOpen with
.pdfPDF schematicany PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well
.rarRAR archive7-Zip or WinRAR
.zipZIP archive7-Zip, WinRAR or the built-in Windows extractor
.binBIOS image inside the archive (usually .bin)a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer

Questions

Is there a boardview for 09921-3?

No boardview has been indexed for 09921-3 yet; the schematic is available on this page.

Which laptops use the 09921-3 board?

Files in the catalog link 09921-3 to the Acer Aspire 3820, Acer 3820ZG, Acer Aspire 3820TG, Acer JM31 and Acer JM31-CP.

Who designed the 09921-3 board?

09921-3 is a Wistron board number used by Acer.

Where do the download links go?

Each button opens the original public Telegram post the file was shared in. ChambersDesignInc.com only indexes and cross-references those posts.