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PEG or SG? I don't have a 120hz display...

PEG or SG? I don't have a 120hz display...

Hello all, Here's the tl;dr: I'm trying to find out how I can flash to the A08 or A12 unlocked bios without my computer's battery. I got a new SSD yesterday and installed it fine in bay 1. It works great except I have the A10 bios which of course disables the SATA 3 speeds, which was sort of the entire point of getting the SSD. Naturally I've tried flashing to the A08 and the unlocked A12 bioses but BOTH of them seem to require that I be in Windows AND have the computers battery in. I made a bootable USB drive to boot into DOS (based on win 98) but the A08 BIOS executable said it cant be run from a dos environment, EVEN THOUGH the dell website I downloaded it from (here: Driver Details | Dell US) said it was a 'universal' executable. If I try to run it from inside Windows, it just tells me I need the battery (even with the /forceit command), but my battery is shot (plugged in, not charging) and I am not going to spend $150 to flash my BIOS if I don't need to. Is there any way to trick the Insyde bios flasher into thinking I have a battery installed, OR making a boot drive which can otherwise circumvent the battery check? This whole thing is driving me crazy and Ive run out of ideas.