[OpenIndiana-discuss] dell 15810 bricked after latest update

[Judah Richardson]

Dell has a rescue live diagnostic USB on their support site that I've used
before:
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000145519/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive-using-dell-diagnostic-deployment-package-dddp

Might be helpful.

If that doesn't work, do this:


   1. Disconnect everything from the machine, including the power cable
   2. Press the power button for 30 seconds
   3. Open the case
   4. Unseat the motherboard CMOS battery
   5. Wait 30 seconds
   6. Reseat the motherboard CMOS battery
   7. Close the case
   8. Reconnect the power cable, keyboard, mouse, and a single monitor
   9. Attempt to boot into the Dell Diagnostic USB linked to above



On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 2:31 PM irixuzer <irixuzer at gmail.com> wrote:

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> John, Gary, and everyone,
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> I’ve tried f12- it tells me that it’s setting up a one time boot menu-
> then black screen of death.  I had used
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> $ sudo pkg update -v
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> afterwards it told me that I needed to reboot.
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> I shutdown via the MATE menu.
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> When I tried to boot again, I keep getting the Dell logo screen then a
> black screen of death.
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> Could trying a vga cable instead of the dp/dvi adapter cable i’m currently
> using?  I have a NVIDIA Quadro K620.
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> -Matt
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> > On Jun 16, 2022, at 5:01 PM, Gary Mills <gary_mills at fastmail.fm> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 06:15:28PM -0700, irixuzer wrote:
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> >> I’ve been updating and going since 2019 *I think*.  Now after the
> >> latest update, my Dell t5810 is bricked I cannot go past the dell
> >> screen,
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> > What did you update, OI or the BIOS?
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> >> I’ve tried to downgrade the bios,
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> > Many systems no longer support BIOS downgrades.
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> >> no luck cannot go past the
> >> dell screen no matter which f key I push, Rescatux is useless.
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> > --
> > -Gary Mills-          -refurb-                -Winnipeg, Manitoba,
> Canada-
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