Information: Update BIOS and Battery Firmware to ensure full charge capacity

Is your system’s BIOS and battery firmware updated to the latest level?
If not, you may not be getting the maximum capacity and run time from your battery!
Lenovo’s engineering team released updated BIOS and battery firmware in July that is applicable to customers who have ThinkPad models:
X100e, L410/L510, L412/L512, SL410/SL510, T410/T410i, T510,T510i, W510 or ThinkPad Edge, 13, 14, or 15 inch units.
Customers who use Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox would have received a notification and opportunity to apply this update, and Lenovo’s ThinkVantage System Update tool would also identify and apply these updates.
If you aren’t using either of these tools, and have one of the systems above, please follow this link to our support site. You can learn more there, and download and install the updates specific to your system.
Probably also worth mentioning, is an earlier tip applicable to X200t and X201t tablet users who have 8 cell extended batteries. This technical tip and related BIOS updates ensure these batteries properly charge to their full capacities, and resolves a particular symptom where the battery would stop charging at less than 50%.
Source Lenovo Blogs: Update BIOS and Battery Firmware to ensure full charge capacity
Recommendation before updating bios:
- detach all devices from you system
- undock your system, if docked
- start from a cold boot. (shutting down the system completely, wait 15 min, start up again)
- if possible, upgrade with a cd-rom drive
Edit: Recommendation added.
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How old is your Mac computer? If it is 2+ year old or older you need a new battery. Right there in what you posted is says "Service Battery". That means Change the battery.

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It states that updating the BIOS and hardware firmware are optional. How do I decide whether I should do this? What are the consequences of not doing it? How badly can I damage my computer by doing it incorrectly -- can I destroy it?
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As it says in the guide many times.
"THE BIOS AND THE HARD DRIVE FIRMWARE UPDATE ARE
NOT NECESSARY. IF YOU ARE WARY OF BIOS UPDATES, THEN I SUGGEST YOU SKIP
THOSE TWO UPDATES AND CARRY ON WITH THE GUIDE."
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GT-70 2OD Touchpad Problem (disabling button) after updating BIOS and EC

Hi All,
I was solving issues with random BSOD's (https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=176615.0), but now I got the button that Disables the Touchpad malfunctioning.
I just updated BIOS and EC to 2014-01-17 Versions from MSI website.
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It's not a major thing, but you know how perfectionists are .... Any idea how to solve this? I'm just going to try updating the touchpad driver with latest from MSI website and let you know the result
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Quote from: darkhawk on 05-February-14, 01:00:21
Did you perform the EC Reset procedure outlined on the website?
Just to reiterate it:
1. Turn off the laptop.
2. Remove the Battery.
3. Remove the AC adapter.
4. Let the laptop sit there for 20 minutes.
5. Install the Battery.
6. Install the AC adapter.
7. Turn on the laptop.
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Yep, I followed step by step to update the EC.
I just removed original synaptic driver for the touchpad and Installed latest from MSI website. The button doesn't work as before (I was able enable/disable at will), now its behavior is as follows (and I think it was made intelligently):
You can't disable the touchpad if no other pointing device is present
When another pointing device is present, the touchpad disables itself and the button LED is ON (as before). You can't enable the touchpad (before I was able to enable it) if another pointing device is present.
For me, it's OK. BTW... had been about 22 hours without BSOD...
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The tech who set the phone up at the Apple store did so with little training.
if you have a mobile me account. First go and move all your data to the cloud by going on your computer and logging in at me.com/move. The cloud has replaced mobile me, so there is no need for those two accounts
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turning of locator and the push notifications from facebook--they have a lot!

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I bought a Macbook pro 17-in intel core 2 duo 2.4Ghz from the Phiippines on July 10, 2007 and brought it to Ireland couple of days after. Later, I upgraded to leopard 10.5.2 with 4 Gig memory. Auto updates have been installed since its first use. The only problem I encountered (except for some Safari quitting unexpedtedly) was in the battery.
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http://www.apple.com/batteries
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/
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Hi all,
My MBP is only 4 months old. When I checked the batter's "Full Charge Capacity", it said 5550 mAh, which was even higher than the defult (5500mAh).
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Pls help me my ipod nano wont charge even if i use other laptop or pc . The battery notification tells its full charge but when i remove my ipod its still not charged

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BIOS //& Lenovo Battery Firmware Update Utility Dependency Wrapper

Hallo zusammen,
ich besitze folgendes Modell und benötige eure Hilfe:
(hier noch einmal die genauen Spezifikationen:
Turion K685(1.8GHz) 6GB RAM 250GB 7200rpm HD 13.3in 1366x768 LCD ATI Radeon HD 4225 802.11bgn wireless Bluetooth 1Gb Ethernet UltraNav 6c Li-Ion No preload)
Ich habe folgendes Problem, das sich als eher umfangreich gestaltet; ich hoffe dennoch, dass mir jemand helfen kann & dies auch tun wird:
Aufgrund der sehr kurze Laufzeit des Akkus (trotz guter Pflege) bin ich zur Update Utility (s. Betreff) gelangt und wollte das Update durchführen. Die Seriennummer meines Akkus habe ich selbstverständlich im README for the Battery Firmware Update dependency wrapper utilities abgeglichen und sie sind dort auch aufgeführt.
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Ich habe vor einiger Zeit einmal mit einem Techniker telefoniert, der alle meine Daten geprüft hat und mir einen Link zum Firmware-Update des BIOS (File mit dem Namen "6yuj11us") gegeben hat:
Dieses wollte ich dann durchführen und es hat auch so weit funktioniert:
Beim Klick auf "Next" kommt es dann aber sowohl beim Update des BIOS, als auch der "model number" zu folgender Fehlermeldung:
Wenn ich dann im DRIVERS-Ordner in das erstellte Verzeichnis navigiere, finde ich WinPhlash (32 & 64), da traue ich mich aber nicht so recht weiter:
Den Support kann ich nicht befragen, da meineGarantie abgelaufen ist und ich hoffe an dieser Stelle nun auf eure Hilfe. Hat das jemand schon einmal durchgeführt oder kann mir sagen, dass das (sogar im Falle eines BIOS-Updates) bedenkenlos ist?
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Von so einem Quatsch, den der so genannte Techniker angeraten hat, würde ich auf jedem Fall absehen. Auf der Supportseite von Lenovo ist eindeutig zu entnehmen, dass die BIOS Versionen 1.25/1.20 aus dem Jahr 2012 und die 1.15/1.17 aus dem Jahr 2013 stammen. Ich denke, dass es sich um unterschiedliche Geräte handelt und entsprechend eine bestimmte BIOS Reihe unterstützt wird.
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Hi! I update my MB bcause i bought ddr3 stick 4gb and it only runs at 1066 (said the old bios) but with the new one it wont fix my problem (my MB says in the specs it can takes up to 1333). The new bios also lags or it is slow when i move with the keyboard from one field to another and selection etc...After this i read one review about dont update the bios because it causes probs...sadly i read this after having this problems...this review says it is not easy to downgrade the bios version bcause the me firmware is also updated. But he told the could do it with help in foruns. So i am here, i need help to downagrde my MB. I dont have acess right now to downlaod the flash tool. i am reading this post too : https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=163549.0
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Hi Flobelix, i want to downgrade to the original bios...i think it is the fisrt one - 7680vP0.
That is a very bad idea. A first release bios does not include any fixes that were implemented after identification of issues in normal use.
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What is by the way the version you are currently using?

Update BIOS and lost slic

Hello.
i have updated bios on my Elittebook 8570w (built in windows 8 pro)
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i checked the slic and see that its version is 2.1 (is it the slic version of windows 7?)
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This is a peer-to-peer user supported forum for HP consumer class products. HP maintains no official presence on this forum. It is unlikely that HP will respond in an official capacity. Any reply from a HP employee represents their own opinion and not that of HP's.
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200n Update Bios and Drivers - where?

Where can you get free driver and Bios updates for Windows 7.
Googled Pheonix for Bios and get directed to a site which scans your system giving a list of updates which you find you have to pay $30 for the updates. Lenovo site appears to have nothing for 3000 200n 0769
Solved!
Go to Solution.

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-67855
Hi bellcart,
Here's your driver page.
What drivers are you looking for? Do you have unknown devices in Device Manager? Almost all the drivers on that page are for xp or Vista. Vista drivers sometimes work for Windows 7.
I would run Windows Update and check the optional updates for anything you might need.
Edit: I would stay away from the drivers update sites. They say they find drivers in their scan, then you buy it, and then the drivers won't install.
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How do I update BIOS and VBIOS for GX740 in Win7 64bit?

I can't seemed to update the new BIOS and VBIOS for my GX740 because the MSI downloads and the forum flash won't work with 64bit systems!
How could I update official BIOS and VBIOS if MSI only released 32bit version for their 64bit system?

>>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
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the forum flash won't work with 64bit systems!
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How could I update official BIOS and VBIOS if MSI only released 32bit version for their 64bit system?
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Apple do not sell service parts to anyone anywhere
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