PXE Boot error - Latitude E6320
Booting to the KBE for a Windows 7 32bit gives an error on the laptop:
Not enough memory to load specified image.
Loading memdisk
Then boots back into the KBE & keeps looping with same error message
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Answer Summary:
Completely rebuild the KBE, after uploading a new version of the OS.
Completely rebuild the KBE, after uploading a new version of the OS.
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Posted by:
jverbosk
12 years ago
I just ran into the same issue on a new batch of Latitude E6420 laptops, and it turned out to be an issue with the BIOS version (A13). Downgrading to earlier versions (A08 or A12) fixed the issue. Nothing else did.
John
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I just had this same problem with one of our E6420's and I have imaged about 20 of these in the past couple of months with no problem. I did notice that there was a new BIOS update that most of my machines don't yet have, but I'm sure the one that is giving the error does as I just got it yesterday. Thanks for the help guys! - horstj 12 years ago
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sparksnz
12 years ago
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The KBE is only 182MB, so no idea why this message comes up? - sparksnz 12 years ago
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I've had this happen once on another model. I rebuilt the KBE and it worked. Not sure if it can help this problem. - dugullett 12 years ago
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Used a bootable CD & got round this problem. - sparksnz 12 years ago
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Reseat your ram try again if it reoccurs try running the dell diags to see if it is a hardware problem. if it has 2 ram chips swap them, I had a bad chip once and had same type of symptoms - SMal.tmcc 12 years ago
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Some more information on how the Windows Preboot Environment works is here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709665(v=ws.10). I would have to agree this is likely a memory issue with the machine itself. You shouldn't have to use a bootable CD, and modern machines should come with plenty of memory to hold the Windows PE ramdisk. We do have E6320s that work. - philologist 12 years ago
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Yep, worked when I totally rebuilt the KBE, after uploading a new version of Windows 7 X64. - sparksnz 12 years ago
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Hi everyone, I have recently received a shipment of DELL E6420 Latitudes and experiencing the same error as displayed in the screenshot above. I have rebuilt the KBE without any success. Has anyone found a solution which does not involve downgrading the BIOS? - repsorp2010 12 years ago
Posted by:
SMal.tmcc
12 years ago
Is it just one machine doing this?
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We've only got 1 of these to trial on KACE at the moment, first time we've tried to image one of them. - sparksnz 12 years ago
Posted by:
RandomITPro
12 years ago
Can we get a screenshot of the message. From what I've noticed my images are not kind enough to say they don't have enough memory and just randomly lock up.