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  1. cajunmom

    Unable to get to bios, have installed new hd.

    I am in the process of installing windows 98se, My XP bit the dust so I have to get another one. I got a floppy boot disc and got into the bios, changed the boot sequence and even had to swap out cd drives because the one that was in it wouldn't work. It booted to the windows CD and it looks...
  2. cajunmom

    Unable to get to bios, have installed new hd.

    i HAVE ONE WORKING PC (510S). THE ONE THAT IS DOWN IS A 500(e3200), ALSO AN OLDER ONE, 500eSSENTIAL. YES THE GATEWAY I'M TRYING TO FIX HAS A FLOPPY AND CD DRIVE. ALL MY PC'S ARE GATEWAYS. mY NEWEST PC HAS NO FLOPPY DRIVE. JUST CD/DVD DRIVE & BURNER.
  3. cajunmom

    Unable to get to bios, have installed new hd.

    The harddrive was purchased to fix the boot problem. The Media test failure message was what prompted me to check out the old drive, then finding out it was not any good I installed the new one. One day when I turned on my pc the message: PXE_E61, media test failure, came up.
  4. cajunmom

    Unable to get to bios, have installed new hd.

    I have used another ide cable, tried to start it without the harddrive connected. Still unable to get into the bios. My pc is a gateway. I tried the old drive in my older pc that had no harddrive in it and was able to get into the bios when it was hooked up and not connected. I am unable to...
  5. cajunmom

    Unable to get to bios, have installed new hd.

    Just the message I stated in my first post.It stays on the screen. I get a beep but then that's it.
  6. cajunmom

    Unable to get to bios, have installed new hd.

    In my pc it is the F2 key and having tried it right off the bat it still would not open up for me.
  7. cajunmom

    Unable to get to bios, have installed new hd.

    If you mean whether this is a slave drive or not, it is the master drive. I will check to see if the drive is making any sound and post back later...
  8. cajunmom

    Unable to get to bios, have installed new hd.

    I get error message #m4001, PXE-E61, Media test failure, check cable. I have replaced the original harddrive with a Western Digital 80gb ATA 100 ide. I cannot get to the bios. I don't have the installation cd that came with it. But I do have the drivers on a cd...Need some advice which way to go.

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