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Posted on Jul 03, 2009

Computer locks when starting

I go to f12 and see that it gets to pxe-e61 media test failure check cable then pxe-mof exiting pxe rom and locks up. tried to load from disk got all the way throught to setup is starting windows locks up again

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I cannot be sure, but I think that this problem has something to do with having "boot from network adapter" enabled in your BIOS. If this is not the problem, then it might be another malfunctioning device, in which case, you will want to go into BIOS and disable everything except for what you need to get through the restore process(Disable USB ports, network adapter, PCMCIA card slot, etc.)

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