LA-J251P – Acer Predator 51

The LA-J251P (Compal) motherboard is found in the Acer Predator 51, Acer Predator PT315 and Acer Predator Triton 300. The catalog lists 4 files for it: 3 BIOS files, 1 schematic and 1 EC firmware image.

File names mention revision 1.0. BIOS images are 16 MB. First posted in July 2022 in BIOS Archive, Cyberlan Electronics and Schematics & Boardviews Archive.

BIOS dumps 3

Schematics 1

FileSizeRevAddedSource
4.2 MB
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Board facts

Board numberLA-J251P
Designed byCompal
Platform groupLA-J
Revisions1.0
BIOS chip size16 MB
First seen2022-07-16
Source channelsBIOS Archive, Cyberlan Electronics, Schematics & Boardviews Archive
About the numberCompal board numbers start with LA- for main boards and LS- for daughter boards.

Laptops that use LA-J251P

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
.binBIOS image inside the archive (usually .bin)a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer

Questions

Which laptops use the LA-J251P board?

Files in the catalog link LA-J251P to the Acer Predator 51, Acer Predator PT315 and Acer Predator Triton 300.

What BIOS chip size does LA-J251P use?

The BIOS images for LA-J251P are 16 MB.

Is there a boardview for LA-J251P?

No boardview has been indexed for LA-J251P yet; the schematic is available on this page.

Who designed the LA-J251P board?

LA-J251P is a Compal 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.