Tried both of Judah Richardson’s procedures. No luck. However, I did see an "auto detect" screen after the dell screen after I unplugged all cables; removed the battery for 30 seconds.
I’m going to find an old vga cable to see if that would work… -Matt > On Jun 17, 2022, at 12:37 PM, Judah Richardson <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> openindiana-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> openindiana-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
