Windows doesn't boot up.... Shows boot failure,PXE-E61:media test failure, check cable
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Colif
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It seems at one stage the PC was attached to a network:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards/000005740.html
Now can you tell us what type of pc it is and maybe we can give you directions as to how to do this fix
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards/000005740.html
Now can you tell us what type of pc it is and maybe we can give you directions as to how to do this fix
Colif :
It seems at one stage the PC was attached to a network:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards/000005740.html
Now can you tell us what type of pc it is and maybe we can give you directions as to how to do this fix
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards/000005740.html
Now can you tell us what type of pc it is and maybe we can give you directions as to how to do this fix
In BIOS Main
Processor Type-
Intel(R) core(TM)2 CPU
E7400 @ 2.80GHz
Intel(R) EM64T capable
Colif
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Ok, you have an Intel board, I can tell from searching that code.
I think it should something like this: https://www.overclockers.ru/images/lab/2007/10/12/pic23-big.jpg
Now that is tab you need to be on, you need to set boot order very similar to that. If it is already, then its looks like your hdd isn't working and its going straight past it in boot order.
I think it should something like this: https://www.overclockers.ru/images/lab/2007/10/12/pic23-big.jpg
Now that is tab you need to be on, you need to set boot order very similar to that. If it is already, then its looks like your hdd isn't working and its going straight past it in boot order.
Colif
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AA code matches Motherboard: http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Intel/DG31PR.html
This is the CPU: http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Celeron/420.html
All not really helpful. Bios screen was all I needed
This is the CPU: http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Celeron/420.html
All not really helpful. Bios screen was all I needed
Colif
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if its not booting, you would need to get a new hdd and then install win 7 on it again
it seems it takes pci hdd. I can't offer prices as good chance you can get better (I live in Australia)
another take on motherboard: http://ark.intel.com/products/50375/Intel-Desktop-Board-DG31PR
I have to go now but will look at this in morning
it seems it takes pci hdd. I can't offer prices as good chance you can get better (I live in Australia)
another take on motherboard: http://ark.intel.com/products/50375/Intel-Desktop-Board-DG31PR
I have to go now but will look at this in morning
Colif
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If its the original hdd that came with pc, it is 9 years old. That is a fair life span for anything, yet alone something with moving parts like a hdd.
I would get a sata hdd from either Western Digital or Seagate, the size is up to you but you don't need a big one, anything you get now will be bigger than what you had. I know board accepts sata drives according to that ark link above.
Once you get the drive, post again and we can help you installing win 7 - I assume you have install discs... we will worry about that later
I would get a sata hdd from either Western Digital or Seagate, the size is up to you but you don't need a big one, anything you get now will be bigger than what you had. I know board accepts sata drives according to that ark link above.
Once you get the drive, post again and we can help you installing win 7 - I assume you have install discs... we will worry about that later
WTF is a pci hdd?
First of all you should check your BIOS to see if the hard drive is detected.
Next, change the boot order so that the hard drive is first and disable network boot.
The reason for "PXE-E61:media test failure, check cable" is simply that it's trying to boot from the network.
Colif
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I might let tman1 help with hdd, he knows win 7 better than I do.
I wonder, is that actually showing hdd is there or just the boot order it should be using? I seem to remember hdd used to show on front screen.
Either way its not doing anything when you boot. I would have expected some life out of it, even if windows is not booting. Instead it goes straight through to Ethernet
About the ram, your motherboard can only support ddr2 and a max of 4gb, so save that money.
I wonder, is that actually showing hdd is there or just the boot order it should be using? I seem to remember hdd used to show on front screen.
Either way its not doing anything when you boot. I would have expected some life out of it, even if windows is not booting. Instead it goes straight through to Ethernet
About the ram, your motherboard can only support ddr2 and a max of 4gb, so save that money.
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