Error message - PXE-E61:Media Test Failure, Check cable
Toshiba Satellite A85 S107 has the following message:
"Windows Root>\System32\NTOSKRNL.exe.
Re-install a copy of the above file."
Can't get into Safe Mode or Setup and it will not boot to cd rom.
Took out the HD and it's readable as a slave.
Put it back in and now getting the following message:
For Realtek RT8139(X)/8130/810X PCI FAst Eathernet Controller V2.13 (020326)
PXE-E61:Media Test Failure, Check cable
PXE-M0F: Existing PXE ROM
Did I screw something up when I took out the HD, battery.......?
PXE ERROR SOLVED (for myself)
For the first 2 weeks I got the error off & on and at times I was able to get into windows off and on, but the laptop would go off after a few moments. Then my a/c power adapter started going bad. So now I had 2 problems.
I knew this because my Gateway M675 has a fan in the a/c adapter and it started making a funny noise. After 1 week of this, the adapter finally stopped. Finally found a genuine Gateway adapter on ebay and 6 weeks later my problems was solved. Gateway adapters have to be original, even if you find a generic one, as I did, the tip was different. I bought 2 generic's before I found the original one on EBAY.
My thoughts are there must have been a short or broken wire buried somewhere within the wiring of the adapter that I could not see. I knew this because when I jiggled the adapter line, the pc would go off. BTW, my pc would stay on with my battery but I didn’t realize the PXE problem as being the adapter because I only had 20 minutes of battery left and once the battery was dead I could not charge it without having the ac adapter. This PXE problem must have something to do with the electric power NOT getting through the pc. My problem was in the adapter but if yours is not, I would bet its got something to do with yours too. The PC must not be able to maintain its power on at some point from the adapter to the motherboard.
Hope this helps.