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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Melissa777 on February 01, 2008, 08:49:47 PM

Title: FOR THE LOVE OF PETE HELP - COMPAQ PRESARIO V5000
Post by: Melissa777 on February 01, 2008, 08:49:47 PM

MY SCREEN SAYS THIS ---                                      WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?


Intel  UNDI , PXE-2.0 (build 082)
Copyright C 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

For Realtek RTL8139 (X)/8130/810XPCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (020326)
PXE-E61 : Media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF : Exiting PXE ROM.

Please help. I am a single mom and I use my computer to talk to family. I need to try to get this fixed. Pleaaaaaaaaaaase. Thanks a bunch. ;D

Title: Re: FOR THE LOVE OF PETE HELP - COMPAQ PRESARIO V5000
Post by: Soviet_Genius on February 01, 2008, 08:51:44 PM

You need to give us more info. Computer specs, when did this start happening, did you install or remove any software and/or hardware?

Title: Re: FOR THE LOVE OF PETE HELP - COMPAQ PRESARIO V5000
Post by: Dusty on February 01, 2008, 11:43:12 PM

Hello Melissa - welcome to the CH forums.

Here (http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000706.htm) is the CH article on the error you posted.  Is the error message complete or is there just one more line?

Title: Re: FOR THE LOVE OF PETE HELP - COMPAQ PRESARIO V5000
Post by: Soviet_Genius on February 03, 2008, 12:56:06 PM

There might be something wrong with your hard drive. Try another hard drive, or if you don't have one available, download a live CD of linux, and see if you can read the drive. I suggest Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download). Download the .iso and burn it onto a CD. Then put the disc into the computer, it will boot off of it, so it doesn't need the hard drive. There should be a shortcut on the desktop to the hard drive. Try to read the hard drive.

Title: Re: FOR THE LOVE OF PETE HELP - COMPAQ PRESARIO V5000
Post by: patio on February 04, 2008, 09:08:22 AM

Did you recieve a CD titled "Drivers" with this HP ? ?
If so you may need to re-install the motherboard drivers which will include the Ethernet controller...there should be a Read Me file on the driver CD with more info.

Title: Re: FOR THE LOVE OF PETE HELP - COMPAQ PRESARIO V5000
Post by: jensloser on October 08, 2008, 04:52:55 PM

help would be appreciated.

I just started having this psame problem

I was having problems w/ my compaq Laptop fan

I decided to open it up see if I needed to clean or replace it
 just needed cleaning..    Fan works fine now but I am getting this code

Title: Re: FOR THE LOVE OF PETE HELP - COMPAQ PRESARIO V5000
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on October 09, 2008, 03:08:33 AM

Please start a new topic.

Also, we need more information. Please look here:
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,33586.html

Title: Re: FOR THE LOVE OF PETE HELP - COMPAQ PRESARIO V5000
Post by: Broni on October 09, 2008, 01:27:49 PM

Go to BIOS. Make sure, that the boot order reads: floppy, CD, HD
Disable Boot from Network (wording is different on every machine, may say Integrated NIC, Network, PXE-xxxxxxx)