I Cant update Acer bios because battery is dead...

[ravenman]

Hi all ,iam bought a old notebook Acer TravelMate 524TE with old bios and new processor Pentium 3/700Mhz which bios doesnt support and show me some error corresponding to unsuported tris revision of cpu ,For resolve this im downloaded latest bios from Acer

and succesfully create a floppy.., next bios update program stop operation because my batterry is not fully chraged ,(7 yr old notebook,battery dead : )) , please tell me ,is some choice for bypass battery check for succesfull bios update ?? is some alternative flashing application ? Tahks very much

[hms]

Check the .BAT files for ¨following lines

------ something like this ----->>>

:BATTCHK
..\f44 ..\Egret.f01 ##ac&dc
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO OK
IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO NOACDC
GOTO END

:NOACDC
ECHO.
ECHO AC must be plugged in and battery capacity should be over 30%%
GOTO END

:OK
..\phlash16 /x /s /c /mode=3 %BBL% %EXTRAFLAG% %ROMFILE%
goto END

------ something like this ----->>>


And "REM" out the batt check and make it go to bios update (OK) like this

:BATTCHK
REM ..\f44 ..\Egret.f01 ##ac&dc
REM IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO OK
REM IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO NOACDC
GOTO OK

[wombat099]

Check the .BAT files for ¨following lines

------ something like this ----->>>

:BATTCHK
..\f44 ..\Egret.f01 ##ac&dc
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO OK
IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO NOACDC
GOTO END

:NOACDC
ECHO.
ECHO AC must be plugged in and battery capacity should be over 30%%
GOTO END

:OK
..\phlash16 /x /s /c /mode=3 %BBL% %EXTRAFLAG% %ROMFILE%
goto END

------ something like this ----->>>


And "REM" out the batt check and make it go to bios update (OK) like this

:BATTCHK
REM ..\f44 ..\Egret.f01 ##ac&dc
REM IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO OK
REM IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO NOACDC
GOTO OK

Hi, can you pls tell me which .bat file.
I have already checked all bat files i could find
I m using windows xp pro original on a aspire 5563wxmi.
the battery check by the bios will not let me use a 7200mah, that is compatible my notebook.

thanks in advance

[hms]

Hi, can you pls tell me which .bat file.
I have already checked all bat files i could find
I m using windows xp pro original on a aspire 5563wxmi.
the battery check by the bios will not let me use a 7200mah, that is compatible my notebook.

thanks in advance

You tried with the win flasher ? Try the DOS one (make a bootable floppy or usb stick that's "clean", google how to make one)

ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_5560/bios/

REM out the

ACERACDC
if errorlevel 255 goto FLASH
goto end

part

REM ACERACDC
REM if errorlevel 255 goto FLASH
REM goto end

from the bios.bat file you use in dos or just use the phlash16 /x /s /mode=3 /bbl AG1-128.wph command from that dos bat(ch) file.


Edit - Fixed the OP's link. KW

[wombat099]

You tried with the win flasher ? Try the DOS one (make a bootable floppy or usb stick that's "clean", google how to make one)

ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_5560/bios/

REM out the

ACERACDC
if errorlevel 255 goto FLASH
goto end

part

REM ACERACDC
REM if errorlevel 255 goto FLASH
REM goto end

from the bios.bat file you use in dos or just use the phlash16 /x /s /mode=3 /bbl AG1-128.wph command from that dos bat(ch) file.

Hi,

thanks 4 ur reply.
unfortunately I could not wait longer and send back the battery.
I feel sick of this (
anyway many, many thanks.


Edit - Fixed quote. KW

[wombat099]

Hello m8,

I got the battery back.
I have followed your instructions and get the following error:

phoenix phlash16 error
file open failed on ag1-128.wph
press any key to continue.

i hope u can still help me.
I downloaded the file from xxx.work.acer-euro.xxx/notebook/aspire_5560/bios/

my current bios is already v128.

i have tried running it from:
1. bios.bat
2. phlash16 /x /s /mode=3 /bbl AG1-128.wph command from that dos bat(ch) file
3. phlash16

any help is greatly appreciated.

gr.