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    Arghh! What does THIS mean?

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by BaroqueJim, Sep 18, 2005.

  1. BaroqueJim

    BaroqueJim Notebook Geek

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    Upon booting (after the Averatec logo)

    (Black DOS screen)

    CLIENT MAC ADDR (then some hex numbers)

    DHCP (more numbers)

    PXE-E53: no boot filename received
    PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM

    Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key


    So I have to CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart and boot again, after which time it usually boots fine

    This same thing happened to me a while ago and a factory restore cured it. Now it's happeneing again!

    Any ideas?
     
    BaroqueJim, Sep 18, 2005
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    jedisolo Notebook Deity

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    Go into your bios and go to the boot options and make sure the first boot device is the HD. On some bios you can boot from the network. That's what's happening somehow you accidently turned off the HD as the first boot device and made it boot from the network.
    -Andrew
     
    jedisolo, Sep 19, 2005
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  3. BaroqueJim

    BaroqueJim Notebook Geek

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    AHA! Thank you. I went in the BIOS and the "1st boot device" was set to "removable device", the 2nd to "CD ROM" and the 3rd to "Hard drive". God knows how, because I've never screwed with the BIOS up until this point. The fact that it keeps happening a couple of weeks after a factory restore is strange as well. I wonder if I keep getting the same virus or something? Something that survives a format (I've heard such things exists).

    New problem this time - Windows won't save my mouse wheel settings and I have to reconfigure it every time I boot. Arghhh!
     
    BaroqueJim, Sep 19, 2005
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    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    Reinstall the mouse drivers for that issue.
     
    Brian, Sep 19, 2005
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    BaroqueJim Notebook Geek

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    I'm on the case!
     
    BaroqueJim, Sep 19, 2005
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    Hah. Installed the latest drivers for my Logitech mouse only to find they have no option for setting the number of lines scrolled with each notch of the wheel. So I just removed all mouse drivers.......and everything works perfectly.
     
    BaroqueJim, Sep 20, 2005
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    I'm glad everything is working out for you and you don't have to send your lap top to get repaired.
    -Andrew
     
    jedisolo, Sep 20, 2005
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    Thanks. Fingers crossed this time.....
     
    BaroqueJim, Sep 21, 2005
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