Dell L502X BIOS Update installer patching
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·January 8, 2025Scoundreller
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pxeboot
Dell BIOS updates usually have a switch to override the battery check. I remember /force working on some models, and then they changed it to something more obscure
frontier
The L502X had the best keyboard and speakers of any laptop I've ever owned. It still has plenty of horsepower under Window 7 too, but everything has deprecated support for that OS. Maybe one day will install a flavour of Linux on it. It's too good to let go to e-waste!
adancalderon
It would be funny to if the person finds out there are command line arguments that force the update.
userbinator
Unbelievably there was a BIOS update from 2020 - this thing was end of life in around 2014.
...and did you get any new features or bug fixes with the new BIOS version? My bet is you probably lost undervolting instead, due to "security".
> Brilliant. Clicking OK - displays the same box over and over until the battery is >10%, I'm not interested in ordering a replacement battery for this, it's a toy at this point.
oh software people.
I'd be figuring out how I can jump some leads with the "right" voltage to the battery's leads to see if I can fool it (and hopefully not explode the leads), though might not work with OP's weird 255%/100%/0% simultaneous battery level reporting.