Is it possible to bypass the check for the presence of a working battery when updating the BIOS?
Got a Dell Latitude CPi laptop, when I try to update the BIOS it says insert the battery. The battery is actually dead.
How to get around this check programmatically? Many manufacturers do not test the battery, but Dell doing this stupid check before update firmware.
Doom is what you want (c) MAZter
MAZter wrote on 2020-03-23, 15:42:but Dell doing this stupid check before update firmware.
It's not a stupid check, because if mains power is lost during the update, the laptop is bricked. With a battery inserted, that can't happen.
You can either disassemble the flash utility and disable the check, or try to find a generic flash tool that won't care about it. Not sure if such exists for DELL laptops.
derSammler wrote on 2020-03-23, 15:54:MAZter wrote on 2020-03-23, 15:42:but Dell doing this stupid check before update firmware.
It's not a stupid check, because if mains power is lost during the update, the laptop is bricked. With a battery inserted, that can't happen.
You can either disassemble the flash utility and disable the check, or try to find a generic flash tool that won't care about it. Not sure if such exists for DELL laptops.
Or try to get a working battery for the laptop. That could be difficult, though.
Get a working battery. There is a good reason for that check as already mentioned.
Generally it is not too hard to find a new aftermarket battery or even a brand new OEM battery for an older laptop.
And if you really want to, you can probably rebuilt the old battery pack with new batteries if you are willing / capable of doing that.
What model is it?
I fixed it with:
CPIA_A15.EXE /forceit
Thanks everyone!
Doom is what you want (c) MAZter
I had similar problem with my Thinkpad 755 (which couldn't bypass bios updater for checking battery level)
Finally I disassembled all parts, desolder tsop flash and manually program it. Next solder it to board and assembly all parts. Great satisfaction at end 😀
