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chiv
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 Posted: Tue, 1st May 2007 13:03 Post subject: PXE-E61 media test failure error |
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new pc, plugged in all the parts, turned it on, goes to booting from cd then gives me the pxe-e61 media test failure error - can anyone help me resolve it? whats causing it?
in the bios, ive had a look at the drives that are detected, and yes it is finding the drive, it is also detecting the other 3 hdd's that are connected. id really appreciate some help if anyone can provide it. thanks.
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| Posted: Tue, 1st May 2007 14:41 Post subject: |
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Could be wrong, but isn't PXE-E61 relating to an onboard NIC? If so, is your BIOS set to boot from the NIC before your HDD? Adjust your LAN settings to correct.
I was going to suggest you had your IDE devices set incorrectly to say master/master but if your BIOS is detecting them then ...
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deelix
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yeah, iv got that before. Googled it and figured it out. Not that I remember what I did.
PXE is networkboot, but not in this case.
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| Posted: Wed, 2nd May 2007 13:10 Post subject: |
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ok i disabled the network boot from inside the bios, and now when i try booting, i get 'boot disk failure'. im trying to boot a winxp disc so that i can install windows, and common sense would suggest that ive either not connected the disc drive properly, or its broken, but like i mentioned before, if i go into the bios and check ide drives, i can see the disc drive listed, so it IS being detected...
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| Posted: Wed, 2nd May 2007 13:59 Post subject: |
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Make sure your boot device priority BIOS setting is set for CD first then HDD.
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chiv
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yep i have done that as well.is it possible that while the drive is operational, the lense inside might be stuffed so while the drive is detected, its still actually broken?
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but atleast ive loaded windows, and now im in familiar territory.
