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    HEL80 BIOS 114B: battery remaining time indicator added!

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by alphagamma, Nov 28, 2006.

  1. alphagamma

    alphagamma Notebook Consultant

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    At last something useful in a bios update :D
    I'm not 100% sure the indicator came with the update, but didn't change anything else so...
     
    alphagamma, Nov 28, 2006
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    There are a few people here that will be happy to know that. I remember seeing at least one thread on the topic.
     
    chrisyano, Nov 28, 2006
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  3. pyro9219

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    OMGZ! Gimme link! Gimme Link! :D
     
    pyro9219, Nov 28, 2006
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  4. alphagamma

    alphagamma Notebook Consultant

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    alphagamma, Nov 28, 2006
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  5. pyro9219

    pyro9219 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    ISO works great...
    Zeee Timer! SHHEEE WORRKKKSSSS!!! ITS ALLIIVVEEE!! MWHAHAHAHAHAHA...

    /end mad scientist

    OK, so I didn't really care if I had a timer or not since my % remaining thing from RMclock has always worked.. but this is nice of them to impliment..
     
    pyro9219, Nov 28, 2006
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  6. shadowing

    shadowing Notebook Enthusiast

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    Where exactly do you see the battery remaining indicator though?
     
    shadowing, Nov 28, 2006
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  7. pyro9219

    pyro9219 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    You can use the one built into windows if you enable it. Control Panel, Power Options, or you can get a nice utility like Notebook Battery Info (free)
    http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/notebook-batteryinfo/Notebook-BatteryInfo.html

    or you could use a more complicated and feature rich tool like RMclock...
     
    pyro9219, Nov 29, 2006
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  8. triplets

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    Fantastic!!!! Your ISO made it very easy and now I have 3:30 hours remaining on my battery.
     
    triplets, Nov 29, 2006
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    thank you!
     
    Brianj, Nov 29, 2006
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  10. Daniel_Lacey

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    aww, the iso file you uploaded is "temporarily unavailable" :(
     
    Daniel_Lacey, Dec 3, 2006
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  11. Daniel_Lacey

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    Yay its available again :)
     
    Daniel_Lacey, Dec 3, 2006
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    Should I burn the ISO on a CD?
     
    TC03, Dec 4, 2006
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  13. troll

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    Hi. don't know why but i don't have access to the ISO.. I only see a page for installing the Megaupload toolbar, which i don't wanna install..

    Could you please send the ISO to my email?:
    [email protected]

    Thank you very much.
    aluis
     
    troll, Dec 4, 2006
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    alphagamma, Dec 4, 2006
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    out of curiosity... how do you flash using the iso? do you burn the iso file along with the bios files as an image onto a CD? hehe if you're reading this pyro, it's because i'm questioning whether or not the "make a bootable cd" in nero actually works or not given my failed prior attempts to flash the bios.
     
    HchorionicGT, Dec 16, 2006
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  16. pyro9219

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    When nero was a new product I used the make bootable CD... but I've not done it since then.

    When you use this ISO, you get a command prompt and run the .bat file just like I was trying to help you.
     
    pyro9219, Dec 16, 2006
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  17. alphagamma

    alphagamma Notebook Consultant

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    Just burn the iso, the bootable stuff is included in the iso.
    Maybe I will make an even easier method to flash, with some sort of freeware one-click burn solution, any suggestions for such software?
     
    alphagamma, Dec 16, 2006
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    I was actually thinking of writing a program to 1 click build a bootable flash drive with the bios files you download...
     
    pyro9219, Dec 16, 2006
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    hi,

    i've sucessfully flashed the bios to 114B, but the battery indicator that shows is the normal percentage one.. how do i enable in Windows the time remaining one? I've checked the power options in control panel but cant find nothing to activate this...


    EDIT: I HAVE NOW THE CORRECT TIME DISPLAY!!! RIGHT NOW: 2:06H|96%
     
    troll, Dec 18, 2006
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