Thinkpad bricked after fwupdmgr update

[u/LostinaLieee]

Hi everyone! I use a t14 gen1 with no screen on (it broke) as a minecraft server (I am on Debian 13). Yesterday I was prompted to update some firmware by using fwupdmgr. I ran the commands (get-updates & update) then I went to sleep. In the morning, I couldn't log back in the computer and when I tried to forcefully turn it off and on again it made weird small but regular beeps as if there was a critical error. Anyway I thought i'd come here ! Thank you in advance :)

[u/noojingway]

what is the beep pattern? here's what i can find:

• one short, one long - CPU error
• three short - memory test failed (you should run memtest)
• four short - gpu/video failure
• continuous beeping - power-rail/voltage issue
• five short + pause - boot manager error

are you able to get into the bios at all?

[u/LostinaLieee → u/noojingway]

It's a continuous beeping, so i guess it's a voltage issue, but i'm powering it with the stock charger and it didn't have any problem at all before the update. and no I cannot get into the BIOS

[u/noojingway → u/LostinaLieee]

have you tried using the tiny reset hole on the bottom of the case? press and hold for 15 seconds. this will reset the embedded controller and force a new hardware poll.

[u/LostinaLieee → u/noojingway]

i did try that yeah! but no change :( I'm gooing to retry now, the normal way, see how it goes (maybe i'll get a blessing from the Omnissiah)

[u/LostinaLieee → u/LostinaLieee]

OKAY I connected it to a screen, then let it cry all its beeps out. After it did some bios self healing things, i am now here. I notice it's stuck to the bluetooth, maybe it's because the bluetooth antenna got munched when the computer broke?

[u/noojingway → u/LostinaLieee]

ah unfortunately i'm not sure, i'm still very much a linux baby but hopefully you can navigate from here! try reinstalling the drivers?

[u/LostinaLieee → u/noojingway]

ok so i think i need to do a bios update (mounting the iso with rufus as we speak) and then i'll do the updates!

[u/noojingway → u/LostinaLieee]

did it end up working?

[u/LostinaLieee → u/noojingway]

hi yes! so turns out my fwupdmgr was borked so i had to install using the lenovo iso, and change my grub config to reboot in efi to prevent it from blocking when restarting

[u/noojingway → u/LostinaLieee]

makes sense... glad you got it resolved!

[u/frac6969]

Sorry can’t really help you out, and I don’t know about update, but I know several ThinkCentre devices can’t be updated if there’s no screen attached. Don’t ask how I found out.