Media Test Failure- Check Cable

[garyiskidding]

Hi All,

My PC was working fine... since a long time, but lately, I've been getting this error while starting up my PC:

"Media test failure, check cable". And the PC fails to boot up.

I've tried changing my cables, and tried getting a new hard disk too. Tried checking my network cable also, but the problem seems to be something else.

Any ideas what else could be wrong here?

Thanks in advance.

-Gary

 

[Alvin Smith]

Strange ... huh ... I'm just going to "guess-around", a little, if you don't mind.

... But, first ... I just want to ask ...

You said "..., but lately, I've been getting this error ... " ...

Every time?

Cold boot?

Reset after power-up? (let all fans and drives reach full speed and THEN hit the reset switch ... what happens? )

Does it EVER boot ok? ... Any "circumstantial consistencies"?

Always/sometimes/never ?

Can you see how knowing this might help us ?

= Alvin =