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November 15th, 2006 08:00

IDE device failed

Hi all,
 
Having a problem with inspiron 6400, laptop is very slow to boot up and will not load windows all the time, just a blank desktop,
BIOS scan detected
Error Code: 0F00:136C
Message: IDE device failed: Blank media or no media is present in optical drive. Test requires media with data (resource CD, installation CD).
 
The laptop shipped without resource CD & installation CD and DELL warranty has run out!!
Does anyone know what is wrong with laptop & more importantly how to fix it,
 
Tahnks in advance,
 
Ronoc.

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November 15th, 2006 10:00

The error means you ran the diagnostics without a writeable CD/DVD in the drive.

Re-test, this time focusing on the hard drive.

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