Just as did a whole long thing with dell with sending id and all this crap cause I know pc isn’t in the black market.. just a company shut down and employee sold me the micro 5000 but they want to know the at least a company name.. sorry do not have.. fast forward a year later.. they Ota update bios now won’t boot or can’t load windows.. where previously I did and installed 10 pro.. now newer bios won’t even load a boot menu outside of bios.. rather loads bios first then needs password to change anything.. either the pc is bricked which I don’t really care about or I can use it if I can get a windows to reload for some reason I don’t even think it sees the windows partition for a boot because I set the sdd into another pc and it booted into the same windows… but on the dell it wont.. any advice ? Here is the service tag 9rx78v3 (OptiPlex 5000 Micro)
Edit by Fernando:
Thread moved into the “BIOS Problems” Category and title customized
File Format: This file format consists of a BIOS Recovery image file. This file is used for the System BIOS Recovery process to recover a system from a corrupted BIOS.
File Name: BIOS_IMG.rcv
1.42.0 10 Sep 2026 File size: 48.74 MB
- Once the BIOS is upgraded, you cannot downgrade the BIOS to versions earlier than 1.38.0
So, it should be used the same recovery version that was on the system before the WU/OTA update.
If the recovery option doesn’t work, it needs manual re-programming the bios IC(s).
How to Recover BIOS on a Dell Computer After Boot or POST Failure | Dell US
This article applies to OptiPlex 5000 Micro
Okay will give it a try thank u
Still prompts for the flash.. eh.. any buyers lol
Consult a repair shop for firmware service recover.
or
Local repair shops may do an offer for it or sell in used marketplace.
Good luck.