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Old 21 March 2011, 09:43 PM
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We bought our daughter a Toshiba Satellite C650 laptop running windows 7 OS for Xmas. All has been fine up until today when she started her laptop up.

After the Toshiba splash screen she got the following message;

For Atheros PC1E Ethernet controller v2.0.1.9 (12/15/09)

Check cable connection!

PXE-M0F Exiting intel PXE ROM

No bootable device -- insert boot disc and press any key
I've brought it down to have a look and now after the Toshiba splash screen I just get a constant (not flashing) curser on the top left side of a black screen???

I've entered setup and the boot order is;

1. HDD/SSD
2. CD/DVD
3. FDD
4. LAN
5. USB

Any ideas?

Its still under warranty........
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The HDD is knackered
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Or she's formatted it !

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Originally Posted by Ant
The HDD is knackered
What would cause that though? Its only 3 months old....

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Or she's formatted it !
Don't think she'd know how to do that................
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Originally Posted by hutton_d
It's "electric" init! Seriously, these things can go t!ts-up at any time, but as it's 3 months old you've got a warranty.
Yeah, bloody new fangled 'electric' things.....

Just been on to Toshiba tech support, seems HDD failure is the culprit Getting collected by UPS tomorrow.
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It's not a table-tennis bat...

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