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    How do I update my laptop Bios?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by barulz, Apr 17, 2008.

  1. barulz

    barulz Newbie

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    I own a dell inspirion and I recently purchased a new battery for it on ebay. its a new DELL replacement battery. I made sure the type was a match so I know its not nothing like that. My question is, the battery isnt even a month old and were getting an error msg that says the battery is almost at the end of its useful life. I emailed the ebay vendor who sold me the battery and told him what was happening. he said that it could be that the laptop bios is not current. he said newer batteries will have trouble working if the bios wasnt current. how do I check and if need be update the bios so that its current?

    barulz
     
    barulz, Apr 17, 2008
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  2. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    THis should go in the dell forum. Anyways, try the dell support page, you may be able to get a download location from there
     
    Vedya, Apr 17, 2008
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  3. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

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    I moved this thread to the Dell forum.
     
    John B, Apr 17, 2008
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  4. sleey0

    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    You need to tell the ebay seller to give your money back or you will file a dispute with paypal/cc company.

    He is full of you know what and sold you a bad battery. The BIOS is not going to have anything to do with the battery being bad.
     
    sleey0, Apr 17, 2008
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  5. stevey5036

    stevey5036 Notebook Evangelist

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    I would at least give it a shot.

    Check out support.dell.com and go to the drivers and download section.. pop in your service tag, and download the latest BIOS update utility.
     
    stevey5036, Apr 17, 2008
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  6. barulz

    barulz Newbie

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    Thanks folks I appreciate it..I think I will update the bios but I have already asked the seller for an exchange. its supposed to be a new dell replacement battery. If he doesnt have another. I will request a refund. I went the way of ebay because Dell wanted $219 for a new one. I got this one for $54 + shpg. I guess you get what you pay for. oh well..thx/gb
     
    barulz, Apr 17, 2008
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    Signal2Noise Über-geek.

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    In this case, not really. Dell's price is actually inflated due to a fire that destroyed one of the largest battery plants in China. So the $50 or so on eBay is considered reasonable.
     
    Signal2Noise, Apr 17, 2008
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    BARULZ, I ran into the EXACT same problem with an eBay member... can you please tell me what the seller/vendors nic was ?
     
    vanessac, Apr 19, 2008
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