On 04.11.2017 19:20, Jay Talbott wrote:
Ok, I tried XIP. It stopped at some ddxx post code this time (should have wrote it down). I power cycled to see if it was repeatable, and now the board doesn’t boot at all. It powers on (LEDs, CPU fan, …), but the post code display remains blank, and it doesn’t appear to be doing anything, as if it’s otherwise dead.
Furthermore, restoring the factory UEFI BIOS no longer boots either.
Now what? Any suggestions?
Yes, tell us what you do about the other (non-host) firmware components in your flash chip (e.g. Firmware Descriptor, ME Firmware). And the tool (command line if you use flashrom) you use to flash. Often the culprit is a broken descriptor.
If you are sure that everything in the flash chip is perfectly fine (to be sure, ME firmware should be a fresh image that wasn't ever altered during runtime (ME does that), i.e. not a dump of an ever run firmware), I'd suggest to remove all power, take a break, eat a Pizza or watch a movie and try again later.
Nico
PS. Please stop top posting (i.e. replying above the original message). If there is anything in the original message that you refer to, reply below it. Also, please don't send HTML messages. Your MUA somehow generates an additional text version that is less readable (e.g. lots of empty lines).