So i dropped my laptop, and now this message comes up. what do i do? is the hard drive blown?
Save your self a lot of reading, do this first.
Check in BIOS rom for start up sequence and check if there is an
asterist (!) in front of the hdd. If there is, it’s disabled. Select
the hdd and press shift key plus “1′ This removes the ! and you can
then use the hdd to re-format or….
Getting media test failure, check cable error when computer boots.
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-061: Media test failure, check cable. PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM. Answer:. This issue is often caused by ...
Click on the link above and follow instructions, Good Luck should get ya back up and going.
Dont for get to Vote, Thank You.
Thanks for trying ----
I learned it means a dead hard drive.
Just HOPE you have things backed up -
I did not & LOST TONS..... :(
SOURCE: PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
your e-machine is set to boot from the network (PXE = Netboot)
go to your BIOS and make sure you boot from your hard drive
SOURCE: Error Message: PXE-E61 Media Test Failure Check Cable
Not always the Hard drive, boot into the bios setup utility and de-select network bootfrom the boot options. If it tries to network boot first you will always get that failure.
SOURCE: PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
check your harddrive, is it detected in bios ?
if no, it could be motherboard or hdd, but most of the time is hdd problem, so just replace it.
if yes, your operating system is corrupt, so you can reload your operating system.
SOURCE: Trying to start my computer
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm has a Disc Fitness Test programme. It produces a floppy to boot from DOS into Windows. My Satellite 1110 has the same error message, PXE-E61. The BIOS shows "no HDD". The DTF found no fault on the HDD. (full test took 45minutes) Give it a try. I know, you need a working computer to down load it-- and DOS and a floppy drive on the faulty one. There are USB adaptors for floppy drives. Tomorrow I prise the 1110 apart and will clean all the cable and connectors. Good luck. Bryan
SOURCE: Toshiba satellite L455D-S5976 PXE-E61 media test failure...brand new hard drive What do I do???
You need to boot from an installation CD for the operating system, or the Toshiba restore set. New hard drives are completely blank when you purchase them. The computer is looking for something to boot from and cant find it, so it trys to boot from ethernet. Check your bios set up for boot order and boot devices. You might try disabling boot from network.
Hope this helps
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I have this same error!
But it appears I can not reset BIOS -----
Can you give me any more info on that?
I try to do what it says to go to defaults -
or default & save - but it just won't do it.
It just sits there!
Nor will it print any sort of report. No response.
This puter had been working.
Nothing particular happened = Just started doing this one day.
I have to totally take power off & remove battery to even get the CHANCE to reset BIOS.
I did get it back to working normally on Windows & the net for a few days - but I open it up again this morning & it's that same Looping PXE error!!!
:( What to do!!!????????? thanks!
Hi, I have the same problem!!!!!!!!!!!
And I haven't got any backup.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It says:
Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082)
- (C) Intel Corporation
For realtek RTL8100E/8101E Fast Ethernet Network Adapter v1.0.1 (051222)
PXE-E61 and blah, blah.
I don't know what to do.
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