Dell R740 Won't Boot, Stuck at Boot Driver Config (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Dizzy149@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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LOOOOONG story short, I killed my HBA. I have a spare so I popped it in, and now I'm getting

https://preview.redd.it/f343fjokrozb1.jpg?width=2283&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af883bba0a71a575034221ac89e6018716872a75

Not sure why, but that's why I am getting. I hit a key and go into the config, then click on the LSI Driver listed and then I get

https://preview.redd.it/giost43prozb1.jpg?width=2283&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f985e6a3bbdac8bf79bed6f5c6955a72e1dd9bd

I can't do anything with the keyboard here. The only thing I CAN do is to hit Default, so I do, then save changes and it tells me it's ok now.

https://preview.redd.it/zetarwuurozb1.jpg?width=2283&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11ffb899a38662f7971ed8187abbc5ff9fc821ca

I exit out and it takes me back to this screen

https://preview.redd.it/kvzms2twrozb1.jpg?width=2283&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cb0c5ba529296b41c96a4e9e2d3ed47820fb0aa

I can't get past it. If I turn it off and back on, it goes to the first screen. I'm stuck in a loop and have no idea what to do!

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[-] johnnybinator@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Here's a possibility: In the lifecycle controller, there's a place to reset the machine to factory defaults. I suppose I should say that it will clear EVERYTHING. Do not do this if you're tryina save data/configs. But if you're at last resort and don't care about data/configs, this has helped me in the past.

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/dell-lifecycle-cntrler-2-rel-v1.4.0/lc2%201.4.0%20gui%20ug/deleting-configuration-and-resetting-defaults?guid=guid-ceeed1e9-b730-4530-96fc-c9d5f5b5f8f7&lang=en-us

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