Boot Failure: System Halted

[HELPIneedSomeone]

When I try to start up I get this message:

*******PXE-E61:Media Test Failure, check cable******
*******PXE-M0F:Exiting Intel PXE rom**************
*******Boot Failure: System Halted****************

I'm lost and can't find an answer.

I have a koolance machine w/2 120gig hdd on a raid card
Pentium 4
Intel Desktop Board D850EMV2
Bios Version MV85010A.86A.0060.P22
512 MB
3.06 GHz
............If any one can Help.........Thanx...........

[LeftCoast]

Welcome to Techimo.

Is this a fresh install? Was the computer working? What precipitated the boot failure? What type of raid? Raid drivers installed?

[Omardeth]

my guess is the ide controller is bad or the cable is bad .

when it stops does it also say "hit f1 to continue" if so do it and see if it boots up . i am not sure what "pxe " means but it says media and rom so i am thinking it is the ide controler that the cdrom is on . check the cable to the cdrom .


there should be a setting in the bios that says errors . it is default on "all errors " change it to disable or none . then it won't stop when u get an error

[HELPIneedSomeone]

Hey Thanx
It was workin just fine, but from one day to the next I got the mssg.....
RAID = Sil 0680 ATA/133 Medley RAID Controller BIOS Version 3.093

[HELPIneedSomeone]

It tells me to hit F3 to enter setup for the raid..... I do that but it only shows 1 hdd.....and its sitting in slot #2......theres nothing on 0, 1, 3.
in the bios i can see 1 hdd..... and both cdroms.....

[HELPIneedSomeone]

do you think that the cmos batt.....is bad......

[Omardeth]

i don't think the cmos battery would do this . did you check the cable for the hd's . they can go bad . try reinstalling the raid drivers also

[HELPIneedSomeone]

i can see the 2 cdroms and 1 hdd through bios.......but not the second hdd
you think that......2nd one burned out.......

[FreakyOCR]

Dude, you are loading from the Pre-eXecutionEnvironment. AKA your NIC is trying to find where to load off of the network. This is what is used for RAS installs and such, but is useless to you.

Make sure that network or nic or whatever in the bios is NOT in the boot order.

[HELPIneedSomeone]

FreakyOCR...........
i disabled evrything but the Hard Drive.......still get Boot Failure: System Halted......