I want to update a BIOS to a new version. While the update process executes, was given this error:
The battery must be charged above 10 before the system bios can be flashed
My equipment is:
Laptop DELL Inspiron N5110
Windows Technical Preview
Processor: Intel I7 – 2630QM @2.00GHz
RAM : 4 GB
OS : 64-bit
The laptop's battery is dead. Is there a way to bypass this step?
With Dell BIOS updates you can run the BIOS update exe at the command line and add /forceit:
E7440A13.exe /forceitThe update should start and ignore the lack of a battery @ 10% charge.
Update: Oh yeah, and do make sure to use the latest upgrade. In your error screenshot above I can see you’re using an older update.
I suggest you use Rufus to create a MS-DOS-bootable USB drive and then run the upgrade from DOS. Of course, you’ll have to copy the update to the USB drive as well.
Rufus settings should be set as following:
Then, after booting from the USB drive, simply start the flash program:
Then, follow the steps the flash program walks you through.
Like the others said, you might want to try the /ForceIt parameter. With a slash, not a dash. ;)
I have found a solution to your problem here.
- Download the latest firmware from the Dell support
- Save the exe and create a shortcut with the following parameter: "
/writehdrfile"- Start the created shortcut and it will create a n5110a11.hdr file rename the file to N5110.hdr
- Create a shortcut exe file with the following parameter: "
/writeromfile"- Start the created shortcut and it will create a n5110a11.rom file rename the file to DQ15A11.rom
- Copy both file N5110.hdr and DQ15A11.rom to a FAT formatted pendrive's root folder
- Remove the charger and Battery from the laptop
- Plug In the pendrive
- Press & hold END
- Connect the charger (still hold END)
- The notebook starts automatically and shows the recovery screen
- Press enter and wait until finish the flashing
- Press esc to restart
- Hopefully problem solved
Just got through this "upgrade bios without battery" hell on my Acer E11.
The following worked for me:
- Download the BIOS update from Acer site (ZHK116.EXE)
- Run the downloaded file, you will get an error like "No battery" or "Low battery", stay on the error dialogue (!)
- Navigate to your current users temp directory (e.g. Users//AppData/Local/Temp), there should be somewhere a temporary directory containing the extracted files from the EXE file (for me it was 7zS4A88.tmp)
- Save the contents of that temp directory somewhere (you can then close the error dialogue, the temp files will be removed)
- Open the file platform.ini with a text editor and search for the key "AC_Adapter"
- Change parameter BatteryCheck from 1 to 0 or just leave it empty (this disables battery check during BIOS update preparation!), save the file
- Run InsydeFlash.exe in the same directory
- That's it, bios update should start now
Source http://serverissue.com/issue/cnvj-how-to-upgrade-uefi-bios-without-battery-in-acer-laptop
it solved my battery not charging issue work beautifully..
I had a Dell Latitude 13 (win 10 x64) which I wanted to update the bios to A02. I tried most of the ways in the forums, which did not work. This is the way I managed to do it using Hiren boot disk.
Download file from Dell.
Download Hiren Boot Disk and create Hiren Boot disk on USB (Google this if you need to)
Copy Dell file to HBD USB
Enter Bios of latitude by pressing F2 key at startup. Enable "start up" from USB and disable all other startup options. Save and close machine.
Insert HBD on USB stick, start computer, boot from the XP option that comes up.
Find the dell file on the USB stick, copy to XP desktop.
Open CMD and using CD.. change to desktop. In the cmd box type "Dell file name" /forceit.
A box open up with option of updating Bios etc.
Minimize CMD box.
Click yes to update Bios. I cant remember if there was another box confirming update but if there was I confirmed.
Left it for a minute - nothing seemed to be happening. Manually rebooted machine.
On the next reboot Bios update started and completed.
After HBD options came up, opened XP and shut down normally.
Went into Bios, reenabled boot option I had previously disabled.
Machine booted into win 10 x64 with new bios.
Problem fixed.
Hope this works for you, try at your own risk.
Short: Can be done with the included BIOS updater: get the .rcv BIOS file from Dell Support site, save it on a FAT32 formatted USB drive, start computer with F12 and choose BIOS Update (next to last option), select the file and add /forceit in the "Options" field. The "Power status: Inadequate" will turn to "Power status: forced" and that is it. You can now flash the BIOS.
Longer:
I did the update on a Latitude E5470 with broken battery (battery led blinking three times yellow, one longer time white).
As I run Linux on it, and have no Windows installed there, I used the option presented when pressing F12 at boot.
Get the BIOS file for your computer model from Dell (best is to use the Service Tag found on the back to go to the proper product page). It even filters out stuff that is not for you computer revision. It has to be the .rcv file, not the .exe file that is to be executed from a Windows running machine.
Format a USB drive as FAT32 and save the file into it.
Boot the computer and press F12 right when the Dell logo appears on screen (you may need to try it several times, the "Press F12 for boot options" sometimes does not show up. Select BIOS Update from the options, select the file you saved from the list. If it does not appear, check if the correct disk is selected (the fs0: is a dropdown list).
Without a proper functioning battery, the updater will say "Power status: Inadequate" and keep the "Update" button grayed out. Add /forceit in the "Options" field and click anywhere, the message will change to "Power status: forced". Click the button to start the upgrade and that's it.
