X240 Clean install, what software/drivers do I need and battery isn't being reported

Hi I've just bought a refurbished X240 which has has been wiped with no recovery partition, so I've installed windows 8.1 from a bootable usb that I made which has installed ok etc.
I then downloaded the SCCM pack and went through device manager to update what I could and everything seems to be working as it should except only the internal battery seems to be reported by windows, whether the external battery is plugged in or not the battery percentage and time left etc stays the same.
So I wasn't sure if some of the Lenovo software I've seen on the downloads page would solve it but I'm not sure.
Also I'm not sure what software/utilities I need or are worth downloading like the lenovo solution center etc as there are so many downloads in the X240 section.
Any advice is appreciated thanks!

You can use System Update to enumerate and download the appropriate packages for your system.
Personally, the barebones you need are Power Management driver, Hotkey Integrations package, and UltraNav drivers. Power Manager is nice too, but not strictly necessary.
All other drivers (graphics card, SATA controller, wireless card, etc.) you can grab from Lenovo or use (usually newer) generic ones.
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