On Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 12:25 irixuzer <[email protected]> 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 < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On 19. Jun 2022, at 15:28, [email protected] <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]: > >> > >>> 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 < > [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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > openindiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss < > 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
