The media-test failure means that the bios had errors concerning the HD check Hard Drive cables (IDE cables) and reseat them if necessary... if that doesnt work, try setting the HD Pre-Delay (found in your BIOS settings) to a higher number and if your computer is dusty, try using some canned air on it or a PC Vaccuum, or even clean out the pin holes on the cables since it doesnt happen EVERY time you boot, i doubt your IDE cables are bad... did you add new hardware (such as a cd rom or hard drive)? if yes: what configuration do you have them on? give me these: the board has IDE0 and IDE1 printed on the board next to the connections. MotherBoard ************* IDE1....IDE0 |||........||| |||........|||=________(Device1, might have "Slave" printed on the cable) (stock cofig: open or 2nd HD) |||........||| |||........|||=________(Device0, might have "Master" printed on the cable) (stock cofig: main hard drive) ||| |||=====________(Device1, usually "slave") (stock config: varies, usually a second CD/DVD drive) ||| |||=====________(Device0, "master") (stock config: CD/DVD-ROM or burner) EDIT: if we cant figure it out, i will ask my A+ teacher what might be wrong