Dell Latitude E5430 :: Can Force BIOS Update If Laptop Battery Is Bad?

Jan 21, 2015

I'm trying to update the BIOS on a latitude E5430.  When I try to run the file it provides an error that states the machine needs to be plugged in and battery connected.  Both are true.  However the battery LED blinks orange.  A new battery has been ordered but with the most cost effective shipping it could be a week or two until it arrives.  Laptop runs fine when plugged in and that is the way it is used normally anyway.

On a desktop computer you wouldn't require a UPS with good battery to flash a bios, so why would you require that on a laptop if it is plugged in?  I am familiar with the plugged in requirement and that makes sense, and the laptop is plugged in.

Is there a command switch such as 5430A15.exe /force or something similar to brute force the BIOS to install?

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Dell Latitude E5430 :: Shut Down Randomly - ASF2 Force Off

Jan 27, 2015

We got several Dell Latitude e5430 machines with the same problem.

They shutdown randomly. In the bios event we can see "ASF2 Force Off"

They have all the latest bios version (A15). They all pass the onboard diagnostics.

Motherboard, CPU and heatsink already replaced.

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We happened to have a power supply for a Latitude D800 at the office and I plugged it in and it started charging the battery immediately.  I also did not receive a BIOS error on boot either.  That power supply is for the PA-10 family and has more current output.  Evidently this new A06 BIOS is looking for that power supply.  So....I have to get a larger power supply to have my system now charge. 

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Dell Latitude E5430 :: SD Card Reader No Response

Apr 21, 2014

All of a sudden the SD Card Reader on E5430 laptop doesn't work  When I insert SD card nothing happens. Before, a window would pop up, or I could see the SD card in my computer.

No nothing happens and it doesn't show up under my computer.

Also, under device manager -> storage controllers, not there any more.

I believe it's a O2 Micro OZ600xxx card reader.  I tried installing driver, but still doesn't see SD Card when inserted.

If the SD Card reader is just dead? Or do I have a driver issue. Windows 7 Professional 64bit

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Jan 8, 2015

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Dell :: A08 Bios Update For Latitude E6520?

Apr 15, 2014

I've installed and run Dell client system update on my Latitude e6520, just passed to my from a colleague,

This is recommending I update my bios version to A19 from here.

[URL]

however I get an error telling me to update to A08 first when I run this.

But I can't find A08 on the support site for download, earliest previous version listed on the above link is A12

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I've tried removing the battery and powering with just the mains adapter, I get the same problem.

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Jul 28, 2014

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This went on for a couple of weeks, I then noted that the BIOS update changelog included "Keyboard input improvement." and so rebooted back in to Windows 7 and downgraded to A08. I have had no problems since.

OS: Arch Linux, kernel 3.15.x, KDE 4.13.x

I've also had problems with the backlight coming on on its own, after the lid has been shut, but I have not been able to determine if this is a firmware issue. I do note however, that LCD backlight issues have been addressed in this BIOS update as well. My current workaround is to use the possum mode thingy (Fn + B), which turns off all sound and vision.

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Apr 20, 2013

Updating the BIOS for my laptop, full system crashes whenever I try running games [even low end].

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Dell Vostro 1450 :: How To Force BIOS Re-flash

Jan 22, 2013

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Nov 7, 2014

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I don't have BIOS password.

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My email : <Admin Note: removed per privacy policy~RK>

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When I boot up my PC it comes to a screen expressing that the battery is critically low and the AC Adapter cannot charge properly, press F1 twice to continue.

The computer continues to boot up fine, but is running strictly off AC power.  It boots up the same with or without the battery locked in.  I even bought a used, but guaranteed functional battery and it had the same result.

After researching a lot online I saw a common solution is to update the Bios.   Currently my system has Bios A01, and I have tried updating to A07, A11, and even A00 without luck.  When running the executable in Windows 7, just before it flashes the system with a new bios I get fail message saying operation cannot complete because AC Adapter and battery must be present and functional.

So I found a guide online to create an MS-DOS startup boot drive, along with the Bios .exe's which can be run from MS-DOS.  The system booted up into MS-DOS mode fine, but I received an error running the .exe, "Cannot run in DOS mode". I also tried to run the .exe with the /forceit command afterwards with no luck.

So at this point I don't know if my laptop simply needs a BIOS update, or if I have a faulty motherboard or battery sensor. 

Ideally I'd like a solution to upgrade the bios without a battery that works and can resolve my problem.  But if we can't find a solution, I need to know what needs to be fixed so I can repair my laptop through Dell's Out of Warranty Repair service. 

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Jan 15, 2013

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It goes to sleep okay.  With the slowly pulsating light on the power button, but when I try and wake it up the machine goes into a loop of trying to start and then turning itself off after a few seconds.   I suspect it's something to do with ASF and Intel Management Engine getting confused by OSX.  Or OSX not doing something it needs to before the machine enters sleep.   In the bios log I see 'ASF2 force off' events that match the time and frequency of the wake attempts. How do I find out what is generating these alerts?

Alternatively, is there any way to turn ASF or Intel Management Engine off? There is a yellow sticker in the battery bay that says 3 ME DISABLED.  From what I've read elsewhere this indicates that the Intel Management Engine is permanently turned off on this laptop. Why it's generating ASF alerts at all!?    

I've also trying the CCTK tool with --asfmode=off.  This reports that asfmode isn't available on this laptop.

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I installed new bios update downloaded from lenovo website (file h0uj03ww.exe). Immediately after succesful update message balloon popped up saying my battery is not genuine.

The battery is original, part of the notebook when i bought it and so far the system recognized battery as genuine.

Previous bios number was 1.12, new one is 1.14

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After killing my old battery, my Latitude E6500 is refusing to detect the new battery I bought for it. It will run off the battery if I disconnect the AC, but will not charge, I have been using a co-worker's E6500 to recharge it.

I have been instructed to run the E6500 Bios flash, however since the computer does not detect the battery, it will not allow me to proceed with the flash. /forceit does not work. Are there any other command line variables I can use to make the bios upgrade perform without a battery check?

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Similarly, when the AC power is disconnected the battery works fine by itself for x hours but the power cord icon remains in the the taskbar and the battery light on the laptop glows orange as soon as the power is cord is disconnected. The LEDs on the battery itself however light up when the button is pressed on the physical battery. On reboot the BIOS also does not recognize there is a battery present and not does XP Pro.
 
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The battery works and both XP Pro and the BIOS were well aware of its existence prior to the reinstall a couple of hours earlier. All I did was to format the hard drive and initiate a totally fresh install of XP Pro - and installed the drivers downloaded from Dell based on the Service tag of the D620.

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I have a HP Pavilion dv6-6154tx laptop. My current version of BIOS installed is Hewlett-Packard F.1B, 05/10/11.I wanted to check if my BIOS is up to date, and if there was a newer version of BIOS available.
 
So I went to the HP Support page for laptops (URL...) and chose Pavilion Notebooks > Models dv4000 to dv6999 > dv6000 Entertainment Notebook PC series > Matching products outside the United States.
 
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On my T540p, I configured the rapid start technology according to [URL] ....
 
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This was not the case before these updates. There was no noticable power drain in S4 sleep state, even not over multiple days. I'm using Win7, I set all the WoL capabilities both in BIOS and in the Intel driver to disabled, according to [URL] ....
 
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So ive been having fan issues with e6400+E/Dock for months now.
I have the dock with a 19' monitor on top and, a 17 incher attached to the left.

For some reason, after about an hour of use or when using a multitude of programs at once, my fan would kick into high gear and proceed to drive me nuts for hours. When looking up my temps, I noticed that the fan kicked in when my NVIDIA Quadro went above 61/62 degrees (occasionally going as high as 71).

Granted, I probably should have done this simple test months ago, but I finally decided to you use my setup W/O the 17 inch monitor and completely disconnected it from my dock.
Low and behold: no fan issues.
Temps remain in the mid-50's and fan stays at a low, quiet speed.

It appears that the extra work needed to drive the additional monitor is pushing the temps up and kicking in the fan.

So I have two questions as a result:

1) Didn't DELL test this dock before marketing/advertising it to be able to handle multiple monitors (without the aid of a very noisy and distracting fan)?

2) Am I supposed to just live with this now or, is it safe to try and over-ride DELLS factory settings to get the fan to remain at a low setting (how high is 66-70 degrees for the Quadro anyways)?

Multiple monitors are critical to my business and I honestly would not have dropped 2gs+ for this system had I known the fan would be this noisy and distracting.

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i turned off my dell E5410 laptop during an update on friday and now it will not start up.i have tried repair but it will not repair.i also cannot restore as it does not let me into windows.

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