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    CF-29 Mk4 battery refresh utility?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by OperationDinnerOut, Mar 11, 2010.

  1. OperationDinnerOut

    OperationDinnerOut Notebook Consultant

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    Strangely enough, my CF-29 does not seem to have a battery refresh option in the BIOS, or anywhere else I can find. A Google search has so far turned up nothing.

    System specifics:
    CF-29LAQNZBM
    BIOS: V4.00L14
    EC: V4.00L16

    I have tried the following battery models:
    CF-VZSU29 (blue tab), 11.1V, 6600mAh
    CF-VZSU29A (yellow tab), 11.1V, 7650mAh
    (same result for both batteries, with system rebooted in between)

    I did upgrade the BIOS and EC a little while ago (from V4.00L11 and V4.00L10, respectively), but I never checked for the battery refresh option before I did the updates, so I couldn't tell you if it was there before.

    Does anyone else have the battery refresh utility present in their system's BIOS? Is there something else I need to look for?
     
    OperationDinnerOut, Mar 11, 2010
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  2. ToughNut

    ToughNut Notebook Evangelist

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    In Win XP...
    Start/All Programs/Panasonic/Battery Recalibration (presuming that the OS was restored from recovery discs)

    IIRC, someone did mention hitting CTRL+F9 upon reboot...
     
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  3. OperationDinnerOut

    OperationDinnerOut Notebook Consultant

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    Aha! Ctrl-F9 did the trick.

    I tried it (at system boot), and the calibration utility came right up.

    Thanks, ToughNut!
     
    OperationDinnerOut, Mar 11, 2010
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  4. ToughNut

    ToughNut Notebook Evangelist

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    Don't thank me. Instead, thank the bloke who came up with the Ctrl+F9 (I didn't know that either). Wish I could remember who... but I don't.
     
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    I don't know if this needs it's own thread, but just pushing F9 during the blue bios screen at start up on CF-51 and CF-52 panny's brings up the battery calibration on them. Nine is a genius! =D
     
    Twocents, Mar 11, 2010
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    All of that info are on the reference maual. You can download the reference manual on pana site for free. The link is on FAQ above. Read and Read.


    ohlip
     
    ohlip, Mar 11, 2010
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  8. ToughNut

    ToughNut Notebook Evangelist

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    ...that goes to show how many of us actually RTFM!!! :D
     
    ToughNut, Mar 12, 2010
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