[OpenIndiana-discuss] dell 15810 bricked after latest update

Sun Jun 19 18:23:19 UTC 2022

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 12:25 irixuzer <irixuzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well I tried a straight dvi cable, no joy. ( vga was useless)
>
> With the hard drive disconnected I get the UEFI, I think,  I’m using a
> mouse when navigating in the sucker……
>
> Other people have noticed online that they also couldn’t get past the
> manufacturer logo — when their hard drive had died!  Could this be a dead
> hard drive?
>
Sounds quite plausible.

>
> -Matt
>
>
> > On Jun 19, 2022, at 6:10 AM, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss <
> openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 19. Jun 2022, at 15:28, stes at PANDORA.BE <stes at telenet.be> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I have no problem booting UEFI with Dell Precision
> >>
> >> http://docs.openindiana.org/community-hcl/systems/#workstations
> >>
> >> I originally had BIOS 1.2 and updated without problems to BIOS 1.8.   I
> can boot UEFI.
> >> (thanks to the Illumos and OpenIndiana developers who make this
> possible, by the way).
> >>
> >> In my case the integrated graphics Intel UHD 630 does NOT work,
> >> and just a thought : the Dell BIOS has a concept of "primary display",
> >> which is the display adapter that it has to use for the BIOS I think
> >> (sorry, this may be an incorrect description, but the Dell docs are
> unclear about,
> >> primary display is for their BIOS, and they claim the option is only
> relevant for Microsoft Windows).
> >>
> >> So what may be happening (I have no idea), is that you get a "black
> screen of death",
> >> because the system is displaying the BIOS on a different graphics
> adapter than the one you think it should be using.
> >>
> >> For systems with many graphics cards and many monitors attached, this
> may be a problem,
> >> I remember that there was a report a year ago of someone who
> explicitely some sort of DP (display port terminator) to make the system
> think a monitor was attached to a specific DP (display port).
> >>
> >> Is your system using VGA, DP, HDMI ? How many monitors ?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> David Stes
> >
> >
> > hi!
> >
> > Lets try t establish the facts there.
> >
> > 1. when powered on, can you enter bios setup?
> > 2. Is it set up to boot with UEFI or BIOS? If it is using UEFI, can it
> be set to boot with BIOS (UEFI CSM)?
> >
> > Yes, with UEFI it is possible we do get GOP handle which does not show
> us output. To understand if this might be the case, we would need to check
> exactly which version of boot loader is installed in ESP (that is, assuming
> this system does UEFI boot). If BIOS boot is available, it should be boot
> via BIOS boot, and then you can use installboot -i to detect the loader
> version.
> >
> > rgds,
> > toomas
> >
> >
> >>
> >> ----- Op 19 jun 2022 om 1:36 schreef irixuzer irixuzer at gmail.com:
> >>
> >>> 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:
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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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