I recently got a Maxtor D740X-SL 80 GB hard drive. I installed in properly, or so I think. After installing the drive I booted up my PC and it gave me the following message:
PXE-E61 - Media test failure, check cable.
I think it is referring to the cable connecting the hard drive to the motherboard, but the cable is newly purchased. I'm pretty sure that I have the ATA PCI adapter card (how do I know I do for sure?). I've tried switching the jumper from Master to Cable Select but to no avail. I am also certain that the drive is getting power and is spinning. When I boot the PC up, I don't hit F1, I just let it boot by itself. Do I need to press F1 to enter BIOS? Should I be using MaxBlast to boot, and if so, where do I get it? I've used two different data cables and get the same results: nothing.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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