im building a computer from scratch im using athlon 64 x2 in a ecs kn1 lite motherboard, and is using a maxtor sata 300gb hard drive. im using a geforce 4fx graphics card. during the booting process i run into "media test failure" problem PXE-E61. im using nvidia boot agent 212.0491. using motherboard disk version 2.4pv
2006-06-17 16:28:18 · 4 answers · asked by Ming 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Adrienne is correct...the system is attempting a PXE boot. If you go into your BIOS settings you can alter the boot device order...change it to the HDD...if this is already the default, then 1 of 2 issues are most likely...1. You do not have a valid OS installed on the HDD and the next boot device, after a failed HDD / CD-ROM boot is the PXE (LAN) device...or, and very likely, 2. The HDD is configured as a Slave device and should be confiured as a Master (stand alone or 1st connected IDE / S-ATA device)...to change your HDD configuration, follow the jumper settings located on the back of the drive, near the power connector. Hope that helps and good luck.
2006-06-17 16:46:58 · answer #1 · answered by Computers 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure, but I suspect the machine is configured to attempt a network boot. You can change this setting in the bios. Basically, it tries to actually boot off of a network drive. If there is no media plugged in to the NIC, it will error. Just a guess though, I've seen IBM's do it before.
2006-06-17 16:34:03 · answer #2 · answered by Iamnotarobot (former believer) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the O/S is looking to boot from the network. change your bios setting to boot from the HDD.
2006-06-17 20:28:11 · answer #3 · answered by late_sleeper35 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd start at this web seach.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=media+test+failure&btnG=Google+Search
2006-06-17 16:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋