This same kind of thing happened to a family member several years ago on his Dell Inspiron 3650 minitower. Dell’s automatic updates installed a BIOS update (3.9

This same kind of thing happened to a family member several years ago on his Dell Inspiron 3650 minitower. Dell’s automatic updates installed a BIOS update (3.9.0) that bricked the computer. It would just power off and on automatically forever, no way to even access the BIOS. A bunch of other people online ran into the exact same problem. I ended up reflashing the 3.9.0 BIOS to the flash chip and it fixed it [1]. Later on, people discovered that changing an Intel ME-related jumper on the motherboard also fixed it - a much easier fix. It seems crazy to me that manufacturers include BIOS updates as part of automatic updates, especially for out-of-warranty systems. [1] https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2019/06/fix-dell-inspiron-3650-wont-boot-powers-itself-on-and-off-every-5-seconds/ https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2019/06/fix-dell-inspiron-...