Dell Optiplex GX620 hangs after firmware update... help

[Michael E Brown]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 11:55:36PM +0200, davide rossetti wrote:
> dear all,
> I'm so sad :( I ruined my GX620 using formware tools.... I know it's
> beta but please help me to get out of it...

Next question:
    -- How long had the box been "on" prior to this update. Ie. how long
    has it been since the box had been physically power cycled?

    -- Can you open up the case and look at all the capacitors to see if
    any are blown: http://www.badcaps.net/ (see some of the pictures for
    reference)
--
Michael

> 
> I followed the instructions on
> http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Oss/Firmware_Tools/announce
> 
> I did:
> 1) yum install $(inventory_firmware -b)
> it found a brand new firmware (A11, old was A03)
> 2) apply_updates --yes
> 3) apply_updates --yes
> 4) apply_updates --yes
> 
> yes, I did it 3 times as the apply was so quick that I thought there
> was some error somewhere...
> Then I did a power-down
> Then a powen on
> and now I'm in the situation that the PC stops during BIOS:
> - LCD stay in power-save
> - a bunch of beeps are played, then it goes silent
> - led panel has network,3 and 4 leds ON
> I'm stuck! how can I get out of this situation ???
> thank you in advance
> davide
> 
> -- 
> davide.rossetti at gmail.com ICQ:290677265 SKYPE:d.rossetti
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