[OpenIndiana-discuss] dell 15810 bricked after latest update

[irixuzer]

I was finally able to enter BIOS.  I unplugged the hdd, and booted without a drive.  I went through and selected it to use UEFI instead of legacy, and setup time, date and went back to defaults .  I plugged in the hard drive and got the black screen of death even when trying to access the BIOS.  This is progress though I guess.

Still not able to boot an os.

-Matt

> On Jun 17, 2022, at 12:37 PM, Judah Richardson <judahrichardson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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,
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> $ sudo pkg update -v
>> 
>> afterwards it told me that I needed to reboot.
>> 
>> I shutdown via the MATE menu.
>> 
>> When I tried to boot again, I keep getting the Dell logo screen then a
>> black screen of death.
>> 
>> Could trying a vga cable instead of the dp/dvi adapter cable i’m currently
>> using?  I have a NVIDIA Quadro K620.
>> 
>> -Matt
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 16, 2022, at 5:01 PM, Gary Mills <gary_mills at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 06:15:28PM -0700, irixuzer wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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,
>>> 
>>> What did you update, OI or the BIOS?
>>> 
>>>> I’ve tried to downgrade the bios,
>>> 
>>> Many systems no longer support BIOS downgrades.
>>> 
>>>> no luck cannot go past the
>>>> dell screen no matter which f key I push, Rescatux is useless.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> -Gary Mills-          -refurb-                -Winnipeg, Manitoba,
>> Canada-
>>> 
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