HELP my PC HAS DIED

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

Hi all you nice folk out there I seem to have a problem with my computer and was wondering if any of you nice people out there could help.
I was trying to install a second hard drive and now disaster has struck - the machine isnt working i think the computer cant acces the hdd properly now it gives me the warning

"*for realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet controller V2.13(030129)
*PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
*PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
*DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"

I know my wy roughtly of a computers components but this problem has me flumexed anyone have any ideas how to remedy this problem?
i was thinking i may have damaged the motherboard or something thanks

[DB]

Have you tried flashing the CMOS and rechecking your jumper settings of all drives?

I know this is very basic but its a good start to check if your mobo is ok.

[Swiss Tony]

sounds like you've made the new one the master and your boot disk the slave !

Maybe try changing the boot disk selection in the bios and as dappa says check the disk drive jumpers and ensure your old disk is marked as primary and the new one as slave.

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

The jumpers are set so that the hdd is the primary dtrive, nut i have'nt tried flashing the cmos is this easy to do?

[blacksheep]

does it work if you remove the new drive?

[Swiss Tony]

cmos is a last resort mate..... Some motherboards require the cable to be in the primary hdd first and then in the secondry one, so try putting primary hdd into the first cable slot after it comes out of the M/B

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

with or without the HDD ot still gives the same message

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

its only got the original drive which was working prior to me trying to insall the second drive. i have my very old hdd drive but thats what im using just now in order to try and fix my comp

[DB]

with or without the HDD ot still gives the same message

If your getting the same message after removing the new drive then i think the CMOS reset is the only option.

It couldnt be easier m8, check your manual to locate it, some are different, it will be a jumper or switch. If its a jumper it will be sitting on a set of 3 pins. All you do is move the jumper from the 2 pins its on to the opposite pins, so you are moving it from pins 1 and 2 onto pins 2 and 3, then move it back again.

Hope that makes sense?

[criminalben]

Check the bios still sees your original drive, if not you might have knocked a cable loose or possibly killed the drive. Try moving the drive to the Secondary IDE port to see if that makes a differenceor try feeling the drive when you switch the PC on to see if it's still spinning.

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

im affraid the manual is lost and as i saythe only real stuff ive done inside a pc is very basic so ive never had to learn about it. i done a wee bit about cmos in uni but not really hands on so not too sure what to look for

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

the drive is spinning as i can fell the vibration i was thinking it may be the cable but i tried using the one on the old pc (the one im using now) i put this really old pc in earlier and it seemed to do something saying something about windows, does this sound like the hdd on the other comp is buggered

[akimba]

Take out both the IDE cable with the HDD's on and put just your main HDD onto the other IDE cable boot into BIOS and set all to automatic see if HDD gets picked up, you must be able to get into BIOS as it is trying to boot from HD.

If you get this to work try putting this IDE cable in the other port and repeating the pervious step. I think your cable is faulty. other thing is the ethernet controller sowin in your error could show IRQ issues but doubt it very much and would boot further.

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

it seems to see the hDD as it tells me its capacity but cant seem todo anything with iti tried swapping the IDE1 and 2 so i assume the problem isnt the motherboard as the dvd drive seems to be working but same error message as ever is there. I'm thinking the hdd is buggered is there anyway to salvage it?

[akimba]

best thing to do is take it round ur mates house and stick you main HD into his comp as a slave.
a. you will be able to copy all the data to his HD
b. do a Error Check (right click, properties, tools, error check).

The second has saved me in the past.
I dont think you have a motherboard/major hardware issue just seems weird that your main drive crashes at same time you put new drive in, when you boot the comp does the drive still spin up ok?

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

i put my hdd in my old comp and saved all my files and docs and i'm doing error checking at this very mement so ill give it a bash. thanks

[akimba]

if the old comp has picked it up and is running with it I would seem to me that hardware wise there is not much wrong, especially with the drive.
In your old pc it would be worth taking out the main drive and putting the one you are having issues with in as the main drive to see if it will boot on that pc, this will tell you either some hardware gone in other pc or that the files are corrupt on this disk.

Main thing is tho least you got chance to back your porn up ;-)

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

I'll try that after im finished work. I'm affraid the porn was not salaved just musoc and docs - can always dload more! cheers fot tne help ill prob be on here again 2moro with more silly probs adios.

[mr_mojo_risenuk]

hi there kids it seems the problem is with the hdd's as i now have my newer comp up and runing using my very old 20 gig hard disk.
so i was wondering it there was anyway of salvaging the newer drives, I was wondering how to go about flashing the bios or is this pointless?
thanks

[blacksheep]

I guess the old one is IDE? are the new ones IDE or sata?

If they are all IDE then there is no point in flashing the bios as if the controller on the motherboard is working for one drive it should be for another.