Unplug the system and remove the battery. Hold the power button for 30 seconds. Then try powering up -- if it won't, you've damaged the mainboard, and you'll need to replace it.
Had a similar problem, except it was "Level [01]". Ran the diagnostics and found that the HD has issues. Was able to get out of manufacture mode by pressing/holding the "fn" key and tapping the "x" key, during start up, while the "manufacturer mode...." message was still displayed at the top of the screen.
I had been the BIOS a few times, and the fn-x didn't help at that point. Neither did a flash. Last thing i did was move boot from HD to the bottom of the list (I'm going to try booting from CD to clone the failing HD to a new one)
While in mfr mode, the laptop (XPS L501X) had the following symptoms:
1. "Manf Mode..." (instead of the Dell logo) displayed at POST
DP2GQ
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December 12th, 2009 15:00
What hapent here their is no one in the Dell comunity ever heard of this problem?
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December 12th, 2009 15:00
Unplug the system and remove the battery. Hold the power button for 30 seconds. Then try powering up -- if it won't, you've damaged the mainboard, and you'll need to replace it.
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May 27th, 2013 08:00
Had a similar problem, except it was "Level [01]". Ran the diagnostics and found that the HD has issues. Was able to get out of manufacture mode by pressing/holding the "fn" key and tapping the "x" key, during start up, while the "manufacturer mode...." message was still displayed at the top of the screen.
I had been the BIOS a few times, and the fn-x didn't help at that point. Neither did a flash. Last thing i did was move boot from HD to the bottom of the list (I'm going to try booting from CD to clone the failing HD to a new one)
While in mfr mode, the laptop (XPS L501X) had the following symptoms:
1. "Manf Mode..." (instead of the Dell logo) displayed at POST
2. Fan running full bore constantly.
3. Key presses produced beeps