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    w3v spring cleaning.. some questions?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by crazy_johny, May 23, 2006.

  1. crazy_johny

    crazy_johny Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys, i'll do a quick fill in on the status of my w3v:

    -bought last summer as school computer
    -working perfectly, exception of expected lag from xp
    -to prep for the next year, re-installed xp + drivers so were good to go when I open it up 3 months from now.

    my questions are....

    1. where can I find the latest bios updates, last one seems to be from a couple of months ago

    2. is there any particularly good way to prep my battery for 3 months of no use?

    Thanks for any replies,

    brian
     
    crazy_johny, May 23, 2006
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  2. Brigand21

    Brigand21 Notebook Consultant

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    The best way to keep a battery in long term storage is to disconnect it and leave it charged at around 40-50% i'll be honest and admit that i'm not sure why, but i've seen this discussed on several occasions and this is always the resolution. With reference to updating the BIOS, the best advice is not to upgrade the BIOS unless the revision notes attached to that BIOS version makes specific reference to a problem your machine is experiencing as flashing the BIOS is always a risk.

    Hope that helps.
     
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