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Re: Did I kill my C drive?
"JAD" <nottoday@spamer.com> wrote in message
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> "Wog George" <wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com> wrote in message
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>> "(!)" <Hypoid90@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Wog George" <wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com> wrote in message
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>>>> "(!)" <Hypoid90@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:WN6dnZEb-oYMZn_VnZ2dnUVZ8uGdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> "James" <muzician21@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:8e408361-1f70-417b-92dd-d490778e7765@v15g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>>I was futzing around near the tower of my XP machine and accidentally
>>>>>> banged the corner on the front of the tower with my knuckles which
>>>>>> amounted to a half-hearted punch pretty much straight on while it was
>>>>>> playing an audio file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The audio app immediately seized, mouse and keyboard wouldn't
>>>>>> respond.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hit the reset button to attempt to reboot and I get the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PXE-E53: No boot filename received
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE Rom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected
>>>>>> boot device and press a key.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does it sound like I've killed my C drive? I didn't think it would be
>>>>>> that susceptible to shock.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sincere thanks for all assistance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://forums.techguy.org/windows-95-98-me/371345-solved-pxe-e53-no-boot.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I saw that but promptly dismissed it due to the apparent root cause of
>>>> the problem, ie an impact. While magnetism and impact don't make good
>>>> bedfellows, I considered that a decent whack would be unlikely to
>>>> change the bios. Stranger things have happened of course...
>>>>
>>>
>>> is this a new class............dellweight, computerweight,
>>> pcweight.......sounds like it was a KO in the first, with a blow to the
>>> temple.
>>>
>> It was a blow to the OP's aspirations of using his PC.
>>
>> Despite my physical dimensions, the best I've ever been able to
>> accomplish by punching a computer is a bruised knuckle. That was when I
>> fought in the no-name-clone-weight category.
>
> check the cabling
>
My knuckle wasn't cabled at the time, and has since recovered.
--
George
"If I was a towel, why would I be wearing this hat and this fake
moustache" - Steven McTowelie - 19 April 2006
"JAD" <nottoday@spamer.com> wrote in message
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> "Wog George" <wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com> wrote in message
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>> "(!)" <Hypoid90@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:vu6dnQiLiprWkX7VnZ2dnUVZ8uqdnZ2d@bt.com...
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>>> "Wog George" <wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com> wrote in message
>>> news:_dDEk.2108$sc2.1287@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>>
>>>> "(!)" <Hypoid90@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:WN6dnZEb-oYMZn_VnZ2dnUVZ8uGdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> "James" <muzician21@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:8e408361-1f70-417b-92dd-d490778e7765@v15g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>>I was futzing around near the tower of my XP machine and accidentally
>>>>>> banged the corner on the front of the tower with my knuckles which
>>>>>> amounted to a half-hearted punch pretty much straight on while it was
>>>>>> playing an audio file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The audio app immediately seized, mouse and keyboard wouldn't
>>>>>> respond.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hit the reset button to attempt to reboot and I get the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PXE-E53: No boot filename received
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE Rom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected
>>>>>> boot device and press a key.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does it sound like I've killed my C drive? I didn't think it would be
>>>>>> that susceptible to shock.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sincere thanks for all assistance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://forums.techguy.org/windows-95-98-me/371345-solved-pxe-e53-no-boot.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I saw that but promptly dismissed it due to the apparent root cause of
>>>> the problem, ie an impact. While magnetism and impact don't make good
>>>> bedfellows, I considered that a decent whack would be unlikely to
>>>> change the bios. Stranger things have happened of course...
>>>>
>>>
>>> is this a new class............dellweight, computerweight,
>>> pcweight.......sounds like it was a KO in the first, with a blow to the
>>> temple.
>>>
>> It was a blow to the OP's aspirations of using his PC.
>>
>> Despite my physical dimensions, the best I've ever been able to
>> accomplish by punching a computer is a bruised knuckle. That was when I
>> fought in the no-name-clone-weight category.
>
> check the cabling
>
My knuckle wasn't cabled at the time, and has since recovered.
--
George
"If I was a towel, why would I be wearing this hat and this fake
moustache" - Steven McTowelie - 19 April 2006