Posted October 1, 200816 yr "JAD" <nottoday@spamer.com> wrote in message news:YmFEk.4507$Zf2.3712@newsfe09.iad... > > "Wog George" <wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com> wrote in message > news:DbEEk.2117$sc2.54@news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> >> "(!)" <Hypoid90@btinternet.com> wrote in message >> news:vu6dnQiLiprWkX7VnZ2dnUVZ8uqdnZ2d@bt.com... >>> >>> "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
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