I cleaned out the fan yesterday and now when I turn it on I get a "PXE-E61 media test failure" error message! Anyone know how to resolve this? I've been told to check the connection to the hard drive, but I can't get at it! The system also says there is no hard drive attached! Ideally, if someone knows how to remove the hard drive this would be a great help!
2006-10-19 01:04:09 · 5 answers · asked by babyeddieuk 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
For the benefit of stephangie2001de, I'm on my WORK computer... and the reference to the fan was simply that it was the last thing I did before it packed up!
2006-10-19 01:27:43 · update #1
Oh, and thanks D, but the front won't come off when I unscrew it. Does it lift out or slide out? It seems to be attached inside and doesn't want to come out!
2006-10-19 01:28:41 · update #2
There is no direct connection between the fan and your disk drive, but it is not unusual that a cable could have come loose while you were in there. Unplug it, open it back up, find the disk drive, and make sure the cables are tight.
If you are out of your depth, you might want to call a technician.
2006-10-19 01:10:12 · answer #1 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your system should be covered under warranty, especially if it's a work-supplied computer. It's rare that a business will spend that kind of money to get a system like the NX9010 and not drop a few extra bucks on the upgraded warranty.
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Good luck!
2006-10-19 11:53:46 · answer #2 · answered by MegaNerd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pardon?!
so before i can answer your question i need to know from where you logged yourself in on yahoo? 2nd. if you logged on the net via your pc then you must have a harddrive not to say that your pc operating system must have found it..3rd. it doesnt make any sense - a fan is there to cool the pc and your harddrive! and the error message has nothing to do with that you cleaned the fan so no harddrive beind found? Did you take the fan out and cleaned it? a harddrive mostly is being placed above or underneath the dvd or cd drive. what i reckon is that you damaged the connection during you cleaned the fan... (do you clean your fan with a vaccum cleaner)?
2006-10-19 01:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by stephangie2001de 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard drive is located at the front of the laptop turn it upside down and the screws at the front centre will be the hard drive
2006-10-19 01:22:16 · answer #4 · answered by D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this mate!
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=PXE-E61+media+test+failure&fr=FP-tab-web-t340&ei=UTF-8&meta=vc%3D
Seems your not the only one!
2006-10-19 01:10:15 · answer #5 · answered by danny w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋