Alienware X51 R2 Fails to boot after Bios Update

Aug 24, 2018
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Hello. Two days ago I attempted to update my BIOS from version A07 to A10 since my GPU (Nvidia GTX 1050) itself couldn't update properly (Error Code: 43). The update seemed successful, however upon the automatic reset my computer would no longer POST check, no longer displays and instead gives 1-1-1 Dell beep code (bios corruption, I've read).

I've done some looking around and found a few 'solutions': I attempted to reset the CMOS (which was apparently successful since the LED display on the case changed colors), purge the system of charge for 30 seconds, and tripped the CMOS jumpers by changing the plastic cover from position 1-2 to position 2-3 (Which I was told would work; however my particular motherboard has another set of pins right next to the 'traditional' three pin jumper and I couldn't find anything definitive online regarding those pins; which actually have their own plastic cover); and I'm not even sure if any of those 'solutions' would even theoretically fix my problem.

I've read that if I can load a bios version into a USB I can boot from there, but most of the tutorials I've found seem to be for WIN98 systems (unless I could be misinterpreting that).

If anyone can help my with my problem I would very much appreciate it, I have only a layman's knowledge of PCs. I'm sure there's something obvious that I'm not seeing.


 


Are you the same person who posted on reddit? anyways, sounds like you bricked the board if the bios is corrupt.
 
Aug 24, 2018
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No, I haven't posted on Reddit. Everything else on the board seems to work, can you explain how the board is "bricked"?
 


You bios update somehow failed. You can't reflash the bios unless you get into the bios which is impossible because it's corrupt.