Laptop starts with blue screen error after memory upgrade
Problem description:
The laptop starts with a blue screen error after memory upgrade.
Possible cause:
1. Memory not seated correctly.
2. Bad memory module.
3. Bad memory slot on motherboard.
Laptop starts with blue screen error after it was dropped
Problem description:
The laptop starts with a blue screen error after it was dropped.
The laptop turns on as normal, starts loading Windows, displays a blue screen error and reboots on its own.
Possible cause:
1. Memory module popped out from the slot.
2. Hard drive got disconnected from the motherboard.
3. Hard drive failed.
Tags: Laptop doesn't start, Laptop gives error message, Laptop was dropped
Laptop starts loading, gives blue screen error and reboots
Problem description:
The laptop starts loading Windows, gives a blue screen error and reboots by itself. On the next start the same problem occurs again.
Possible cause:
1. Software related failure.
2. Faulty memory module.
3. Faulty hard drive.
No bootable device found or detected message when laptop starts
Problem description:
No bootable device found or detected message appears on the screen when laptop starts.
Possible cause:
1. Hard drive disconnected from motherboard.
2. Hard drive is blank.
3. Failed hard drive.
4. Motherboard failure.
Tags: Hard drive failure, Laptop doesn't start, Laptop gives error message
Laptop starts with PXE-E61 Media test failure error
Problem description:
The laptop starts with a PXE-E61 media test failure error on a black screen. The operating system will not load.
Possible cause:
1. Hard drive is blank.
2. Poor connection between hard drive and motherboard.
3. Failed hard drive.
4. Failed hard drive controller on motherboard.
Tags: Hard drive failure, Laptop doesn't start, Laptop gives error message
Non-system disk or disk error on startup
Problem description:
Non-system disk or disk error message appears on the screen when you start the laptop.
Possible cause:
1. The hard drive is blank. There is no OS installed.
2. Bad connection between hard drive and motherboard.
3. Failed hard drive.
4. Failed motherboard.
Tags: Hard drive failure, Laptop doesn't start, Laptop gives error message
Laptop displays S.M.A.R.T. error on startup
Problem description:
The laptop displays S.M.A.R.T. error on startup. You can bypass the error message by pressing the F1 key and load the operating system, but on the next reboot the S.M.A.R.T. error appears again.
Possible cause:
Hard drive is failing.
