How To Fix Black Screen (no PBA) on XPS Precision Laptops - Drive-Trust-Alliance/sedutil GitHub Wiki

To Fix Black Screen (no PBA) on XPS/Precision Laptops Note: The Samsung PM961 NVME drive cannot support OPAL encryption, so you need a new drive if you have this one. The Samsung 960 EVO/PRO and SM961 all work.

1. Follow steps to install sedutil and set up the PBA
2. Completely power laptop off
3. Boot into BIOS (press "f12" at the Dell logo just after powering the laptop back on)
4. Under "Boot Sequence", select "Add Boot Option", and add a boot option name (I use "PBA")
5. Select "Add Boot Option", and navigate to the installed PBA. I used "\EFI\boot\bootx64.efi"
6. Select "OK"
7. Power laptop off, then restart. You should get the PBA screen now
8. After unlocking the laptop, you'll see the Dell logo again. Press "f12" to boot into BIOS
9. Under "Boot Sequence", select "Add Boot Option" again
10. Add a "Boot Option Name". I used "grub"
11. Navigate to the directory to use by pressing the three dots on the "File Name" entry. If you only see "\EFI\boot[entries]", that means that the unlock failed. Try repeating from step 7 again. Add your entry where grub/windows is located if successful. My file name is "\EFI\gentoo\grubx64.efi"
12. Power laptop off, and try booting into the PBA. If successful, you should boot into your OS