Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 9:47 AM Jeremy Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 2018-12-29 10:39 a.m., Kumonie Williams wrote: > > ... > > Though, I do have a question I was hoping you'd be able to answer: > The Dell OptiPlex 7010 has a service mode jumper, and, from my > understanding, > two ROM chips for two firmware images, the primary one used when the > service mode jumper is not set, > and the secondary one used when the service mode jumper has been set, > with an immutable firmware image. > My question is, given I only have one PC at the moment, my OptiPlex > 7010, if I, say, flash a coreboot image that won't boot, > would it be possible for me to simply set the service mode jumper from > that point to safely use the second ROM chip? > If so, it would make testing much easier. > > FYI, I have a 7010 that I bricked doing a Dell firmware update. The > jumper didn't help me recover (yet?). I have one other that updated > successfully. > > I did notice that Linux failed to set a hi-res text mode properly, there > was a kernel error message, and Linux thought there were more lines than > actually got displayed... you could work on a "hidden" part of the > screen below the monitor! That was the motivation for the firmware > upgrade. If anyone has a fix for either issue, let me know. > > Regards, > > Jeremy > _______________________________________________ > coreboot mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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