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    OCZ Whitebook "Media Test Failure"

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Adrenaline222, Oct 23, 2008.

  1. Adrenaline222

    Adrenaline222 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My OCZ whitebook just came in today, I ordered mine without any OS, but I received one wifi disk driver and I'm guessing a motherboard driver disk (blank).

    When it starts up I get a "media test failure". Pressing delete does not bring me up to BIOS either.

    I have tried the blank disk it came with
    A windows XP disk
    A vista disk
     
    Adrenaline222, Oct 23, 2008
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    your going to need to get into the bios to boot from cd...

    could be:
    delete
    esc
    f1
    f2
    f10
    to invoke the bios
     
    Johnksss, Oct 23, 2008
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    F2 will bring you into the bios, once in there check the boot order of the devices.
     
    [email protected], Oct 23, 2008
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    I've tried all of those.
     
    Adrenaline222, Oct 23, 2008
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    F2 will get you in, you have to hit it very quickly or you will miss the bios prompt.
     
    [email protected], Oct 23, 2008
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    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    try download a disk diag app. and running that.
     
    yuio, Oct 23, 2008
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    done that, did not work.

    edit: I got my windows xp to load up. When XP boots up (first time) I get a blue screen every time now.

    Okay now the laptop will not even turn on now, start button simply flashes when pressed. The computer is plugged into the charger..
     
    Adrenaline222, Oct 23, 2008
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    Media Test Failure is probably due to having network booting enabled in BIOS. I get that message when my BIOS defaults (this is an M9750). I would say disable it in the BIOS, but it seems that you have a new issue. Try reseating the memory if that doesn't void whatever warranty you have.
     
    ichime, Oct 23, 2008
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    try holding the button down for 4 to 8 seconds to see if it resets.
     
    Johnksss, Oct 23, 2008
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  10. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    Adrenaline222? where did you buy this from, and don't they have a tech suport number?
     
    steveninspokane, Oct 23, 2008
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    update: I was able to install vista on it, but XP always results in a bluescreen. The ocz drivers disk that was included is for 64 bit...

    The laptop wouldn't start because its overheated. Works now though
     
    Adrenaline222, Oct 23, 2008
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    I see what they mean now when they say that XP is not supported by this system...

    Weird that the system would do that regardless...
     
    ichime, Oct 24, 2008
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  13. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    your saying that xp cant be instaled on the whitebook?
     
    steveninspokane, Oct 24, 2008
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    XP can be installed but is not currently supported by OCZ. You have to load the RAID driver during XP setup and you will not get the bluescreen crash.
     
    [email protected], Oct 24, 2008
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    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    does that mean i've got to buy a second hardrive?
     
    steveninspokane, Oct 24, 2008
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    NO

    The notebook by default is in AHCI mode and cannot be changed to IDE mode, XP cannot use the hard disk in this mode unless you load the intel raid driver during XP setup. Once you load the driver you can install XP on a single disk.
     
    [email protected], Oct 24, 2008
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  17. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    I see. thanx
     
    steveninspokane, Oct 24, 2008
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    Your the second person here who said they received a notebook without complete drivers, where did you purchase yours from?
     
    IDOXLR8, Oct 24, 2008
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    Thanks for the help, but where can I get these RAID drivers? Is it a generic for intel or specific for models?
     
    Adrenaline222, Oct 24, 2008
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    I may be wrong, but aren't RAID drivers on the XP cd? (havent done this in a LONG time) I think I remember seeing it ask if you wanted to setup raid before all the xp stuff gets loaded when you boot from disk
     
    4649, Oct 24, 2008
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  21. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    He got it from XoticPC.
     
    steveninspokane, Oct 24, 2008
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    can someone please point me out to the drivers...
     
    Adrenaline222, Oct 26, 2008
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