Laptop Hardware Experts Pls help....

[dragos]

I am going crazy, tried to boot up my laptop yesterday and got this error..

PXE-E61:Media test failure, check cable

PXE-M0F:Exiting PXE ROM.


the message just loops and loops...


And when I enter into Bios.....

It indicates that I have No C Drive!!!!!!!!!!!

What is wrong? Any gurus here?

:cry:

 

[blizzy]

ur harddisk not connected to mobo? =)

 

[dragos]

PC, I can fix...but laptop leh.....how to dismantle???

 

[pegasus1010]

is it a IBM laptop?

 

[dragos]

nope....toshiba satellite...

:cry:

 

[maddog]

if ur gungho whip out ur screwdriver otherwise get it serviced.

 

[dragos]

possible that the connections came loose??

where is the harddisk located for laptops?

 

[teowws]

Originally posted by dragos
I am going crazy, tried to boot up my laptop yesterday and got this error..

PXE-E61:Media test failure, check cable

PXE-M0F:Exiting PXE ROM.


the message just loops and loops...


And when I enter into Bios.....

It indicates that I have No C Drive!!!!!!!!!!!

What is wrong? Any gurus here?

:cry:

Looks like a network adapter problem to me. PXE is for booting up from network, should turn this function off and try booting it. You can turn off the onboard ethernet adpater by going to bios and turn off ethernet and DHCP. Hope this helps.

 

[Wai]

Originally posted by dragos
PC, I can fix...but laptop leh.....how to dismantle???

pass me a screw driver and i can dismantle it totally for you, i opened dozens of laptop so far, and all still survive after that.

no gurantee that i can put back everything in one piece thou

 

[dragos]

me solved it liao....

used the screw driver.....opened out.....secured the HDD.

copied a few files from my desktop and presto...

ok liao....