My computer wont boot. help!?

Question

My computer slid off my nightstand and hit the floor now it won't boot and its saying PXE-E61: media test failure,check cable
PXE-MOF: exiting PXE ROM.
Can anyone tell me what to do? I'm not good with computers so if u could explain in easy terms for me to understand id appreciate it. I have an hp pavilion laptop if that makes it easier. Thanks.

Answer 1

Press f2 on start up before you get the PXE messages. In the BIOS see if you can find something like Devices, SATA operation or Harddrives and see if it is picking yours (HDD) up. Most likely it will be device 0 with the manufactures name on it



PXE is used to boot a PC/laptop from a sever or form of network environment with the Intel chipset. Sounds like the laptop isn't even trying to, or can't, boot to the Harddrive so it is trying to run PXE.

Answer 2

well this site seems to have to same problem.

http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/3247.shtml



IDK if smacking your computer would work but you could try that haha

"I thought tapping/bashing/hitting...whatever you want to call it was a joke, but it actually worked. I usually set my laptop on a side when I don't use it, so I gently turned the other side and tapped it against the floor a few times and magically it worked"



but this guy might know what hes talking bout:

"1.Go into bios and load defaults (usually hit F1)

2.Go into bios and set the boot sequence as HDD number 1

3.Go into bios and disable network PXE boot if possible.

4.Now retry

5.No success press F12 and choose HDD as boot up

6.Now retry

7.No success then remove the HDD clean the contacts and reseat

8.Now retry

9.No success open the laptop lid locate which part of the laptop the hdd is located and just give the laptop a tap in that corner and abit of a push (with the laptop turned OFF) Ive successfully fixed 2 of my IBM's doing this.

10.Still no success try changing the HDD and reformating a fresh

11.Still no success i would open the laptop up completely remove the motherboard and oven bake your motherboard and 375f for 10 minutes BUT BE WARNED DO A GOOGLE SEARCH BEFORE DOING THIS!. This method can also repair other faults such as GPU faults, Memory faults..ect. "



Good luck!

Answer 3

That sounds like a simple fix. If you look on the back of your laptop. You hard drive will be under one of the panels that have screws in. It's made to be a serviceable part, so don't worry about breaking anything. In short it sounds like you just need to rehouse your hard drive. IE, just push it back into the slot. As it sounds like its come loose. It might have taken your hard drive out and killed it. But I'd be looking at that before I paid for a PC repair guy to look at it.



Good luck

Answer 4

Did you check all the cables and make sure everything is plugged in "Inside" the case? make sure you unplug the power first. I have bad feeling about this though. oh a laptop hmmmm.....ROM. Well only thing i can think of is to check and make sure the CD-ROM is all the way pushed in. Otherwise i would recommend a disassembly

Answer 5

if it has a warranty(unlikely they would take it though cuz ur at fault) i would suggest sending it back. seems like this is some deep **** problem mate