After working out the problem with the help of a forum member on this site regarding the pxe-e61 error. it turned out to be a failing hard drive. after replacing with a new unit everything was running fine.
the battery life was not always great before i started getting the pxe-e61 error but now seems really bad. if i surf the net or do word processing the batterymon reports 2 hours remaining but as soon as i start taxing the system with programmes the battery drops dramatically and loses all charge within 3-4 mins
the system just turns off becuase of it, wonder if this would cause the original hard drive to develop faults that led to the pxe-e61 failure in the first place...
i guess it is new battery time but with the price of a new battery a new laptop may be in order
any ideas..............
the battery life was not always great before i started getting the pxe-e61 error but now seems really bad. if i surf the net or do word processing the batterymon reports 2 hours remaining but as soon as i start taxing the system with programmes the battery drops dramatically and loses all charge within 3-4 mins
the system just turns off becuase of it, wonder if this would cause the original hard drive to develop faults that led to the pxe-e61 failure in the first place...
i guess it is new battery time but with the price of a new battery a new laptop may be in order
any ideas..............