[BrianUMC]

Originally Posted by CiPNET

Unfortunately this did not work for me. But thank you. I think this thing is damaged beyond any technique. I just get a sqeal from the speakers after pressing the power button. Floppy does not resume.

I get teh same squeel from my speakers. I can't get any response from any key combinations! I hope I can get this resolved. Thanks!

[CiPNET]

Originally Posted by BrianUMC

I get teh same squeel from my speakers. I can't get any response from any key combinations! I hope I can get this resolved. Thanks!

I was really looking forward to the fix by brainiac88 to work.

Wonder why it does not work on our units.

[shahrzad_jon]

Hi Guys..

I Did the update via Win 7 yesterday A04 to A05 .. and the same story .. the mini 10 dead after all ..

I try the Fn+B with usb floppy drive but nothing happened...

as I live in iran and here we don`t have any dell support ... is there any soloution like dell mini 9 ? the new key combination for exp ?

thanks ..

[heta]

hi guys
i tried all these stuff ..no thing work with my dell mini 10
fn & b or & end..nothing
o reflashed the bios chip using my flash programmer with the .rom file
then same issue the mini10 didn't work ..do u think there's another flash upgrade required for kbc or 24 series eeprom internal or something like that?..any ideas?
best regards

[BrianUMC]

I ended up sending it to aqstech.com they repaired the BIOS for $69 + shipping. I'm back up. only took a couple of days.

[shahrzad_jon]

I`m Still Hanging Around To Find Soloution ... Any Ideas ?

It Should Be Sth Like Mini 9 . !

[shahrzad_jon]

I Email Dell Support About This And No Luck At The End..

Could Someone Please Give Some Help ?

It Should Be Diffrent Key Combination !

Could Removing The Setup Battery Help ? Bring Back Mini To Life ?

It Worked For Pc`s Mainboard Setup While Bios Updating Failed .

[micattack]

Hi, just to report back from just lurking here.

On Saturday I tried the A04 Bios Upgrade. My keyboard froze up. My external mouse still worked. I tried shutting down all aps, tried exiting windows, but coudn't. When I did a hard-reset, nothing happened. I had succesfully bricked my Dell Inpiron Mini 10.

I downloadedes somms files from (
http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/dell...html#post80875 )

I tried around with an USB flash-drive first. I tried everything (Making my own FDD-Image and putting it on the flash-drive with unix-tool "dd"). It didn't work. So give up trying with flash-drives.

On monday I bought a usb-floppy drive. They even gave me a disk for free (yay!). I made the floppy-disk, then used brainiac88's instructions with FN + END ( http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/dell...tml#post108045 )

And I am writing this posting on my Dell - Mini again.
Here are the instructions again, slightly modified.

1) Check if you can potentially unbrick your dell. Take out the battery. Pull the power plug. Press FN + End and hold it. Put the power plug back. The power LED should flash shortly. Press the Power button. The power LED should stay on.
2) Get a USB FDD and connect it to a PC with a 32-bit OS. 64-bit does not work due to the MAKEBOOT.exe. I used a Y-E Data 4x FDD and Win7 x86.
3) Download and Run as Administrator the file from SOMMS in post #4. Start the CRISDISK.BAT
4) Plug the USB FDD into your dead Mini10 and remove its battery.
5) Press Fn + END and plug in the DC power.
[Yes it is difficult to reach the END key. Try this: Plug the power adapter into a power strip and make sure the power strip's switch is OFF. Plug the DC jack into the Mini10. Press Fn + END. Use your toe to power on the power strip.]
6) Power LED will flash. Press Power Button without releasing Fn + END. FDD will read once, stop, then read continuously because it is booting from it. Release Fn + END.
7) Mini10 will beep intermittently and annoyingly for several minutes. DO NOT DISCONNECT POWER. It will reboot itself after one final long-ass BEEEEEP.
8) Your Mini is now unbricked

If it helps you, attached is floppy-disk-image. You can copy it directly to a disk with dd chrysocome.net - dd for windows and the line "dd if=image.fdd of=\\.\a: bs=1440k"

[shahrzad_jon]

I Think Fn+End Just Works For Mini10 (1010) Not For Mini 10v (1011)..

any ideas ?

My Mini10v Is Still Bricked . . .

[micattack]

Well, yes, I unbricked a Mini 1010 with FN + End.
I don't know if that shortcut is in any official Dell manual?
It it is, we would just have to find the corresponding manual for the 1011.
Sorry that I cannot be of more help.