[Lancaster] Toshiba Satallite

Rik Boland Rik_Boland at Btinternet.com
Sun Aug 16 11:06:31 UTC 2009


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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