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    I think my hdd may be dead

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cradle_emperor, Dec 10, 2011.

  1. cradle_emperor

    cradle_emperor Notebook Consultant

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    My week old lotus p150hm just BSODed, then rebooted, and kept showing this message
    PXE-E61 : Media test failure , check cable
    PXE-M0F : Exiting PXE ROM.
    And it wont boot.

    When i check the bios it doesnt seem to recognize the HDD in the sata port.

    Are there some things i can try before i send back to malibal?
    I swapped out my odd for a caddy so i cant boot from disk

    I tried turning it on again after 10 minutes and now the drive is detected, and shows up to the "starting windows" screen with the windows logo,
    And then hung for about 5 minutes then bsoded again. The bsod said something like
    "Bad system config info" not 100%sure as it disappeared quickly
    Then it rebooted and the drive is undetectable again
     
    cradle_emperor, Dec 10, 2011
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  2. fleeon

    fleeon Notebook Guru

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    Virus? Corrupt Files? Bad Model?

    Send it back to where you got it if you have warranty.
     
    fleeon, Dec 11, 2011
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  3. Abidderman

    Abidderman Notebook Deity

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    Reseat the drives and reinstall windows, then retry booting.
     
    Abidderman, Dec 11, 2011
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