cassidy

@cassidy@blaede.family

Building useful, usable, delightful products that respect privacy.

:eos: Partner success at https://floss.social/@EndlessOS Foundation
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Previously: co-founder and CXO at elementary OS, UX architect at System76.

Frequently posting about #OpenSource, specifically in #GNOME and #Flatpak realms. I also enjoy #StarWars, #LEGO, #3DPrinting, and #SmartHome.

I have a background in UX architecture, open source, product design, & communication.

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cassidy, 5 months ago to random

Love to lose half my working day because my laptop decided to corrupt its own BIOS. Again.

This is the second or third time I’ve had this issue on the Dell XPS 9310, and it’s a huge pain every time. Their forums and support site are full of incomplete information, wrong information, and steps that seem more like a seance than documentation. It seems to be triggered when the battery is low, but I’m not 100% sure.

Here’s how I recovered it, in case anyone else has this laptop and hits the issue…

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cassidy, 11 hours ago

I had to do this yet again, so I’ve documented these steps in a blog post—along with the near-superstitious-level tips that I’ve learned along the way.

The next time your Dell XPS laptop won’t boot, give this a try and let me know if it works?

https://cassidyjames.com/blog/dell-xps-13-9310-boot-bios-recover/

💬 Note: I’ve enabled comments on this blog post, so replies here on Mastodon will show up on the blog post.

#Dell #DellXPS #DellXPS13 #XPS13

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