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dflohr · **Mini9 w/ 10.5.8 stopped working. Hardware Failure? -** 11-10-2009, 11:57 PM

Please help with some guidance.

Mini9 has been working perfectly with 10.5.8

Just turned it on and did not get anywhere near booting OSX

Black screen:

Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

For Realtek RTL8101E/8102E PCI-E Ethernet Controller v1.08 (080408)
PXE-E61:Media Test failure check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE-ROM
Operating System Not Found

Gulp.

Hardware failure?

Thanks

Dan

camueller · 11-11-2009, 01:10 AM

It's attempting a PXE boot, which tells me most of the hardware is ok. I'd hit 0 at boot, and see if you can select the hard drive to boot from. If not, you may have a failed hard drive.

underwhelmed · 11-11-2009, 02:17 AM

If the SSD volume is not correct in the BIOS, it is an SSD failure.

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camueller Junior Member Posts: 3 Join Date: May 2009	11-11-2009, 01:10 AM It's attempting a PXE boot, which tells me most of the hardware is ok. I'd hit 0 at boot, and see if you can select the hard drive to boot from. If not, you may have a failed hard drive.

underwhelmed Guru Posts: 1,375 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas	11-11-2009, 02:17 AM If the SSD volume is not correct in the BIOS, it is an SSD failure. Mini 9 \| OS X 10.6.7 \| NBI 20100616212351\| BIOS 05 \| 32 GB Runcore \| 2 GIGS RAM 10V \| OS X 10.6.7 \| NBI 20100616212351 \|BIOS 06\|160 GB\|1 GIG RAM\| 6 Cell Dell Battery Functioning Hibernation Back up Mini 9\| OS X 10.6.7\| NBI 20100616212351\| BIOS 05 \| 32 GB SuperTalent \| 2 GIGS RAM

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