#1 2006-08-06 06:54:12
Boot problem...PXE-E61 media error
Hello all,
I have an IBM S50 running XP. When starting the PC I get a PXE-E61 error code, which I understand is an attempt to boot using a network. I have gone to BIOS and changed the boot up to removable, cd and harddisk. I still cannot get the machine to boot up. The PXE code is now gone but I am ready to take a hammer to the thing. I have replaced the harddrive with no luck. System will not boot with the recovery disk in the cd. I removed the battery and tried starting fresh, no joy. I used a Win 98 disk to boot from cd. PC sees the D drive and the DIR shows the setup and autorun files from my recovery disk in the cd drive but will not execute the files to recover. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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#2 2006-08-09 01:34:10
Re: Boot problem...PXE-E61 media error
That sound very strange......Initially I was going to say that your hard drive is dead but you say even with new hard drive is does the same thing !!!!Puzzling !! Can you by any chance disable the Network card from BIOS, or change anything in BIOS that says Network....See if that gets you anywhere ?
You said, you have removed the BIOS battery in hope of reset.....Isn't there an option in BIOS says "Restore Default" , have you tried that, or look at the jumpers on the Motherboard, you will find Jumper to reset the BIOS.
Good Luck
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#3 2006-08-10 01:45:50
Re: Boot problem...PXE-E61 media error
I will look for the jumper. I did the BIOS reset to defaults with no joy. I am also going to try another hard drive swap. I may not have swapped it prior to one of my config changes to BIOS. Thanks for the help.
Disabling the network card option was nowhere in the BIOS. I believe the network is built into the motherboard.
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