[Lancaster] Toshiba Satallite

andy baxter andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
Sun Aug 16 13:53:28 UTC 2009


There should be a cable going between one set of pins on the motherboard 
to a similar set of pins on the drive. What kind of cable depends on 
what kind of drive you bought - could you look at it and say what the 
connectors (at one end) look like? (or else send a photo to the list, 
showing the drive and the motherboard of the laptop.)

andy

Rik Boland wrote:
> It makes one big beep?
>
> What r the cables when I put the hard drive in it just had pins!
>
> Shalom
>
> andy baxter wrote:
>   
>> At a wild guess it sounds like you need to check your hard disk cables 
>> ('Media test failure...'), but I'm no expert on hardware, and someone 
>> else might have a better idea. Does the machine make a beeping sound 
>> when you turn it on? sometimes you can learn something from the pattern 
>> of the beeps - e.g. one short, two long might mean a problem with the 
>> video card (just an example - it varies between machines).
>>
>> andy
>>
>> Rik Boland wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Got new hard drive and put it in now a message comes up
>>>
>>> Bad check sum (ROM)
>>> Check system. Then press {F1} key
>>>
>>> When I press this I am sent to BIOS the machine resets itself and reads
>>>
>>> Intel(r) Boot Agent Version 4.1.03
>>> Copyright (c) 1997-2002, Intel Corporation
>>> PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
>>> PXE-MOF:Exiting Intel Boot Agent.
>>> Insert system disk in drive.
>>> Press any key when ready....
>>>
>>>
>>> When I do the same message appears.  Any idea's PLEASE!
>>>
>>> Shalom
>>>
>>> Rik
>>>
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