I finally got a new hard drive and yes, now my machine works as desired.
Thanks to all involved. —Matt > On Jun 19, 2022, at 11:23 AM, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss > <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> wrote: > > > >> On 19. Jun 2022, at 20:24, irixuzer <irixu...@gmail.com >> <mailto:irixu...@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? >> > > It could. The question is, does this defect also appear when you have HDD > connected but also cd or usb stick. This kind of test assumes removable > device being higher priority than hdd and the bios probing the hdd would > survive the bad disk…. > > rgds, > toomas > >> -Matt >> >> >>> On Jun 19, 2022, at 6:10 AM, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss >>> <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org><mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org>>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 19. Jun 2022, at 15:28, s...@pandora.be <s...@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 irixu...@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 >>>>>> <judahrichard...@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 <irixu...@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_mi...@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- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> openindiana-discuss mailing list >>>>>>>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>>>>>>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> openindiana-discuss mailing list >>>>>>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>>>>>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> openindiana-discuss mailing list >>>>>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>>>>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> openindiana-discuss mailing list >>>>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>>>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> openindiana-discuss mailing list >>>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> openindiana-discuss mailing list >>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> >>> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org>> >>> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> >>> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org>>> >>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>> <https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss><https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>> >>> <https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss>><https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>> >>> <https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss><https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>> <https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> openindiana-discuss mailing list >> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> >> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org>> >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> <https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss> >> <https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> <https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss>> > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > <mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > <https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss> _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
