Freeze at Boot..plz help

[pesmaniac]

hey,

My PC freezes on booting after showing the manufacturer's logo(i can't access bios when this happens)..if i wait for 2-3mins i get a black screen with this message:

 

Intel UNDI,PXe-2.1(build 0.82)

...

for realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X

PCI Fast ethernet controller v2.20 (060711)

PXE-E61:Media test failur,check cable

PXE-MPF:Exiting PXE ROM

DISK BOOT FAILURE,INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

 

I can boot the comp after restart(after seeing the msg.)...

 

Is this a hard disk error..??

plz help..:confused:

 

one more thing:

I have a XFX Nvidia 8500GT graphic card..when i play a game(like PES 2010) it runs fine for 5-10 mins..then it freezes and makes a loud noise and i have to reboot..plz help..

[Jelly Bean]

Hello and welcome.

 

Please restart the computer and enter Setup/BIOS and load defaults then set first boot device to hard drive,second to CD/DVD rom and turn boot from LAN off as in disable.

 

Save and exit now will the computer boot?

 

Try speedfan to test the temps of your GPU:

 

SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer

[pesmaniac]

Thanks for replying Jelly Bean,

I did as u said..the computer boots but,when i play any games or high resource consuming app,my ccomp freezes and i have to restart..my GPU temp is around 50C when idle and goes to around 60c when playing a game..

[Dalo Harkin]

when you go back into the BIOS set the first boot device to HDD and disable the rest.

I would say that you have an HDD issue, run a chkdsk

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, one more thing if you can please, you say the game runs for maybe ten minutes, then makes a loud noise! is this noise coming from your loudspeakers, or is it coming from inside the case?

This will help us decide if there is a hardware problem or not.

Nev.

[Dalo Harkin]

I think the loud noise will be the system crashing, could just be for some thing simple like the sound card/ onboard sound drivers

[Plastic Nev]

Or it could be the hard drive read/write head crashing into the stop, or even the disk, it can be a loud mechanical noise.