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    Clevo W230SS battery switching

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by SamuX, Dec 1, 2017.

  1. SamuX

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    Hi,
    I bought used Clevo W230SS and there is one strange issue, I never met.
    When I remove battery from laptop - even for a while - I need to plug laptop to power supply even for a 1 sec, otherwise laptop won't start. This occures only once - only after removing battery.

    Is this normal ?
     
    SamuX, Dec 1, 2017
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    It's built in to need a power supply after an EC reset (removing battery and AC).
     
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    Thank you for reply, but I don't fully understand.
    Such behaviour is normal for Clevo laptops ?
    I have Dell D630 with cheapest battery and there is no such issue and I don't remember it in any other laptops too
     
    SamuX, Dec 2, 2017
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    I found what is EC, but still I don't understand.
    I called to user of W230ST and he made a test for me by removing battery for a while.
    After putting battery, laptop started normally without power supply. (He has Prema bios).

    Maybe I should update EC and BIOS as there are newer ones ?
    In normal PC motherboard's cases I don't hesitate, but there I have Prema bios, so I don't know if this is a good solution ?
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/clevo-bios-older-models-released-in-after-2014.790474/
    EC V 1.03.02
    &
    BIOS V 1.03.08
    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Dec 3, 2017
    SamuX, Dec 2, 2017
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