dell venue 7 (retail) unbrick?

tried to post in the venue area but got a pop up saying i had to post here. so, heres the situation.

i have a retail dell venue 7, i dont know the model as i cant boot in to it (thus the problem) i did "not" try to root the device, 1.5 years old, checked some messages, locked it, came back later, it wouldnt unlock, did a hard shut down, went to start it up and it just sits at the dell logo. so heres what ive tried so far.

1. if i power on i get a quick USB logo flash.
2. if i power on with usb cable hooked to pc the USB logo stays on the screen.
3. if i go in to droid boot and try recovery it reboots to the dell logo and just sits there.

im legally blind and am having a bit of trouble getting around here but ive tried the "IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015"
using the above, if i boot in to droid boot it shows up as "android phone" i have to install the adb driver each and every time (windows 8.1) i dont mind that. the above sees the tablet and even issues commands. the tablet reboots and i get a logo with a hat, but it goes no further. if i hold power up and connect to the pc it shows up as a "CloverviewPlus Device" under intel Soc.

this is what "IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015" shows when i try to do a "5 cwm" then a "T3"


************************************************** *********************
FASTBOOT TETHERED RECOVERY LAUNCHER 07-24-2015
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DEVICE STATUS: FASTBOOT-ONLINE

DEVICE INFORMATION: DellVenue7000143194 fastboot

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copy needed files to our device
target reported max download size of 1322942464 bytes
sending '/tmp/recovery.zip' (3623 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.887s]
writing '/tmp/recovery.zip'...
OKAY [ 0.686s]
finished. total time: 1.573s
target reported max download size of 1322942464 bytes
sending '/tmp/recovery.launcher' (704 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.604s]
writing '/tmp/recovery.launcher'...
OKAY [ 0.686s]
finished. total time: 1.291s
target reported max download size of 1322942464 bytes
sending '/sbin/partlink' (349 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.571s]
writing '/sbin/partlink'...
OKAY [ 0.687s]
finished. total time: 1.259s

issue fastboot oem "stop_partitioning" command to start cwm recovery:
...
(bootloader) Stop partitioning

(bootloader) Stop partitioning
A
FAILED (unknown status code)
finished. total time: 0.635s
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at which point the tablet reboots, but just sits there with that hat thing.
i dont care if i loose data, id just like to get this tablet back in working order. unfortunitly i have no idea how to do that. im comfortable with the command line but may need a bit of hand holding (i.e. step by steps, ive looked at the wiki but i cant figure it out sadly)