Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

[Paul678]

Ok, I tried installing Windows XP on a 40 gig HD on
this unit, but when I try to boot the harddrive,
it gives me this screen:



Then when I press CNRT+ALT+DELETE, it shows
a "Initializing MBA" screen, followed by a
"Pre-Boot" screen, which says "PXE-media cable
test failure".

And then it shows, "Operating System Not found".

Then another reset sends me to the same green screen.

This is strange, because I have never seen this green
screen of death before, and I'm certain the Windows
XP installation disk saw the hard drive, so I'm not
sure what is happening here.

Any advice greatly appreciated......

[Radio Fox]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

It looks like the laptop is trying to boot from a network. Check the BIOS boot sequence to make sure "network" or "other device" is not at the top of the list. Even if it's at the bottom, try disabling it & see what happens.

Also check that the HDD can be seen by the BIOS in the IDE section.

Does it still boot from the CD/DVD drive? If so you could try a Linux Live CD/DVD (my favourite is Knoppix) to check the HDD is being detected.

[toddstidham1]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

While in the BIOS look for an integrated devices section then network or NIC, see if it allows you to turn off PXE on the NIC/Network card. Otherwise, as radio fox stated, disable or move network boot from the boot menu.

[datapersada]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

LDVS connector or cable error and bad caps near on PL

[Paul678]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

While in the BIOS look for an integrated devices section then network or NIC, see if it allows you to turn off PXE on the NIC/Network card. Otherwise, as radio fox stated, disable or move network boot from the boot menu.

The the BIOS main, it shows "Internal Hard Disk [None]".

Under "Tools", the hard drive self test shows, " Test Status: No IDE
Device".

There are 4 items on Boot list:

1) CD-ROM
2) Hard Drive
3) Removable devices - Legacy Floppy drives.
4) Built-in LAN

It doesn't seem to allow me to remove the last two items.


The strange part is that the 40Gig HD shows up in Knoppix 6.7, and
I can see the windows folder. All this while the BIOS screen shows
no hard drive????

And for some strange reason, I wasn't able to use Gparted in Knoppix
(I'm not able to open the "start" menus).


?????

[jetadm123]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

Since the bios is not seeing your hard drive, that's probably why your laptop is trying to boot off the network. Is this the original drive? Did you install XP because you were having prior problems? If the drive is one you just installed, remove the connector to make sure no pins are bent. If you have another drive, install it and check the bios to see if it's listed.

[Paul678]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

Since the bios is not seeing your hard drive, that's probably why your laptop is trying to boot off the network. Is this the original drive? Did you install XP because you were having prior problems? If the drive is one you just installed, remove the connector to make sure no pins are bent. If you have another drive, install it and check the bios to see if it's listed.

This is not the original drive.

What I don't understand is how the BIOS can say it doesn't
see the drive, while the Windows XP installation disk does,
and so does Knoppix.

I'll try another drive and see what happens.....

[Radio Fox]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

The the BIOS main, it shows "Internal Hard Disk [None]".

Under "Tools", the hard drive self test shows, " Test Status: No IDE
Device".

There are 4 items on Boot list:

1) CD-ROM
2) Hard Drive
3) Removable devices - Legacy Floppy drives.
4) Built-in LAN

It doesn't seem to allow me to remove the last two items.


The strange part is that the 40Gig HD shows up in Knoppix 6.7, and
I can see the windows folder. All this while the BIOS screen shows
no hard drive????

And for some strange reason, I wasn't able to use Gparted in Knoppix
(I'm not able to open the "start" menus).


?????

I vaguely remember many years ago playing around with a laptop's BIOS which allowed you to enable/disable the HDD by highlighting it & selecting on/off or yes/no.

When in the BIOS, if you can find a page where you can scroll down to the HDD try the above. It may be on the main page, boot options page, or on the IDE page etc.

While removing the HDD it may be worth giving the contacts a clean with a small amount of IPA if you have any.

[Paul678]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

Opps!! The hard drive was jumpered as a
Slave, not a Master!! ha!

It's booting into XP now. Shit!

Amazing how a small inconsistency can mess
up a computer! And of course, it's too stupid
to tell you the obvious.

It's interesting that the BIOS cannot see a Slave
drive.

Sorry folks, Thanks for your time.....I'll try
to be a bit more thorough next time.....and
I'll keep you posted in case I run into more problems
on this unit.....

[selldoor]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

Is it that the hard disk doesnt have anything on it that is bootable?
If you havent been able to install windows that would explain why the bios cant boot from it and why windows cd an knoppix can see it. Its there but not bootable.
If you google pxe bbot there is a few places telling you how to get rid of it. 1

Power on or restart the computer, and then press the hotkey to enter the BIOS setup. Common keys are "F2" and "Del."
2

Navigate to the "Integrated Peripherals" section with the arrow keys on the keyboard.
3

Toggle the "LAN BOOT ROM" option to "Disabled." Your motherboard may refer to this as "PXE" instead.
4

Press the "F10" key to save the settings and exit the BIOS. The computer no longer attempts to boot from the network.


Read more: How to Remove the PXE Boot | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_8751812_remo...#ixzz25EP5I57J


EDIT - Too late as usual!! and not even the correct answer

[Paul678]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

Is it that the hard disk doesnt have anything on it that is bootable?
If you havent been able to install windows that would explain why the bios cant boot from it and why windows cd an knoppix can see it. Its there but not bootable.
If you google pxe bbot there is a few places telling you how to get rid of it. 1

Power on or restart the computer, and then press the hotkey to enter the BIOS setup. Common keys are "F2" and "Del."
2

Navigate to the "Integrated Peripherals" section with the arrow keys on the keyboard.
3

Toggle the "LAN BOOT ROM" option to "Disabled." Your motherboard may refer to this as "PXE" instead.
4

Press the "F10" key to save the settings and exit the BIOS. The computer no longer attempts to boot from the network.


Read more: How to Remove the PXE Boot | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_8751812_remo...#ixzz25EP5I57J


EDIT - Too late as usual!! and not even the correct answer

Thanks anyways for your time.

Part of the problem is that this is my first IDE laptop
drive. All my other drives have been SATA, so never had
to worry about Master/Slave settings.

Also, very, very few laptops have more than one
hard drive (I actually have one!), so it's not usual
that even an IDE drive would be set to Slave.

I'm not sure why this used unit was set to Slave,
but perhaps it came from a rare, dual-drive laptop.....

Funny!

[crtfool]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

A lot of laptops with IDE drives will have the HDD jumpered as a Master, and the CD/DVD drive jumpered as a Slave. I have seen this configuration very often.

[Paul678]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

Ok, got this unit working decently.

There is still a minor problem: When I first boot
up Windows XP, the mouse cursor blinks and flashes
like crazy, which is really irritating.

Only when I press the ESC button (or any other keyboard
button), does the flashing stop, and then it seems to work
normally for a while, but the flashing eventually returns.

I already un-installed the mouse driver (it re-installs
on bootup), but that didn't solve it. I also re-seated the
touch-pad ribbon, and tried using an external mouse,
but the problem is still there.

?

[selldoor]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

Have you tried Control panel/ mouse/ pointers/ browse in case a flashing mouse. ani has been selected.

Please can you update your profile with country and voltage.

[Paul678]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

Ok, for some reason the problem has stopped.

It may have been one of the Windows updates that did it.

Thanks everyone for their help......

[toddstidham1]

Re: Green Screen of Death on Compaq nx9010?

With laptops, it's often very important to install the manufacturer drivers for chipsets, video, audio etc, first before updating them to a generic one. Often times they will have some proprietary hooks in those drivers for manufacturer specific functions (like volume buttons and the like). For example, many dell laptops (and even some desktops) need the dell intel chipset drivers installed or certain audio cards will simply not work.