I have an Acer Aspire 5100 running windows xp, it has been running well for 18 months now. A few days ago, the computer gave a BSOD saying something about a memory dump. After that, every time i start the computer, the BIOS loads up and then i get the message “realtek media failure, check network cable”. I had the impression the hard drive was corrupt. So i dwnlded a diagnostic tool from Hitachi’s website and ran it. It said my hard disk had a few corrupt sectors, and then it fixed them. Even after that, i still have the same message flash up on booting up. Its like the bios does not see the hard drive present. I removed the hard drive once and cleaned its connector and replaced it. After it the computer ran like magic for 5 hrs after which i recieved the same memory dump error and then when i tried to boot it again, it gave me the message “realtek media failure, check network cable”.
Could there be something wrong with the connector? how do i fix this?
