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| 1362244 | 2013-12-10 23:18:00 | hard drive failure? information on the screen is, press f2 or f11 but the system wont boot, not even from the OS disk. after a few minutes - "client MAC address" followed by some numbers, and "GUID" and more numbers and - DHCP......_ (revolving line above the dash). That's how it stays this is my semi- retired XP system, used for a few games and access to the web so is not important now, I'm just curious and if practical I'll get it fixed |
jayal (1291) | ||
| 1362245 | 2013-12-10 23:40:00 | hard drive failure? information on the screen is, press f2 or f11 but the system wont boot, not even from the OS disk. after a few minutes - "client MAC address" followed by some numbers, and "GUID" and more numbers and - DHCP......_ (revolving line above the dash). That's how it stays this is my semi- retired XP system, used for a few games and access to the web so is not important now, I'm just curious and if practical I'll get it fixed You have set you'r optical drive as first boot device in bios when attempting to boot from the OS disk? |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1362246 | 2013-12-10 23:44:00 | Try unplugging/re-plugging the IDE cable. Does it sound like the drive is spinning, or any clunking sounds? | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1362247 | 2013-12-10 23:53:00 | Sounds like something's gone wrong, it can't boot from any local media so as a last resort it's trying PXE. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1362248 | 2013-12-11 00:37:00 | 1st boot is floppy,then CD, then HDD, changed them around but no good took it right out then replaced, still no good - no noises except a very quick one wnen the button is pushed, sounds like an electrical fault(doubt that, no smell etc) what's PXE? |
jayal (1291) | ||
| 1362249 | 2013-12-11 00:58:00 | PXE has something to do with a network I think. See if there's a PXE or network boot option in the BIOS. If its there disable it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1362250 | 2013-12-11 03:00:00 | you're a bloody legend Speedy, there's a network option, changed boot order to hard drive first, got that characteristic "beep" and away it went - by the way, how to enable/disable? all the options were in parenthesis, [ ] - thanks heaps | jayal (1291) | ||
| 1362251 | 2013-12-11 03:34:00 | Sweet ! I think if you set it as the main bootdisk , or if its selected, you'll get that error. Just as long as it's on something else it should boot Is this a gigabyte mobo?? I've seen that message appear on GB mobos more than any other mobo / system |
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