Dell 3040

[JMacavali]

I’ll work on all this and post back tomorrow with results. Thanks again for all this help.

[jburleson]

@JMacavali I can confirm that the Dell Optiplex 3040 works with the latest kernel 4.6.2. Here is my server info:

OS: Ubuntu 16.04
Fog:
Running Version 8515
SVN Revision: 5882

I was able to inventory, register, and deploy an image using uefi boot (secure boot disabled). However, after the it finished deploying the image and rebooted it got stuck in a boot loop. Switching EFI Exit types did not have an impact either. Changing back to legacy boot did fix the issue.

I did also try updating the 3040 bios to the latest version available on the Dell site but it did not change the uefi booting issue.

My recommendation is to disable secure boot and switch to legacy boot. If you do that then it should work fine. I have imaged 3 OP3040s with these settings.

[JMacavali]

[kusan]

Try to image your device with below given steps:
Log on to Windows as an administrator
Open Dell Backup and Recovery by clicking Start, pointing to All programs and clicking Dell Backup and Recovery
Click Restore System
In the Restore System window, select the backup file you want to use to restore your system in the drop-down menu and click Next
In the Confirm window, read the caution message and click both check boxes to confirm that you want to overwrite your computer’s operating system with the selected backup file, and that the restore process cannot be interrupted or undone
Click Start. Your computer will restart into the Windows Recovery Environment. Dell Backup and Recovery will first erase your operating system partition and then install the selected backup
When the process completes a success message appears. Click Finish.
You can also take help from Dell Latitude 3450 Manual.