topic VGC-LN1M No boot device in PCs & Accessories https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/vgc-ln1m-no-boot-device/m-p/329319#M9665 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi I have a VGC-LN1M / PCG-2E1M - occasionally when I turn it on it is unable to detect the hard drive as it says Operating System not found.</P><P>I have tried a different hard drive (with a clean OS install) and a different SATA cable and the same issue still occurs.</P><P></P><P>Does anyone know if there is a firmware/BIOS update that could address this issue?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 May 2012 10:29:40 GMT mike_coreit 2012-05-30T10:29:40Z VGC-LN1M No boot device https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/vgc-ln1m-no-boot-device/m-p/329319#M9665 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi I have a VGC-LN1M / PCG-2E1M - occasionally when I turn it on it is unable to detect the hard drive as it says Operating System not found.</P><P>I have tried a different hard drive (with a clean OS install) and a different SATA cable and the same issue still occurs.</P><P></P><P>Does anyone know if there is a firmware/BIOS update that could address this issue?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 May 2012 10:29:40 GMT https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/vgc-ln1m-no-boot-device/m-p/329319#M9665 mike_coreit 2012-05-30T10:29:40Z Re: VGC-LN1M No boot device https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/vgc-ln1m-no-boot-device/m-p/329320#M9666 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Your steps are correct. I'm seeing the motherboard to have potential issues here. Search here for VGC-LN1M</P><P></P><P><A class="loading active_link" href="http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/product/VGC-LN1M/updates">http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/product/VGC-LN1M/updates</A></P><P></P><P>Hopefully it does have a BIOS update. How old is this PC? <IMG alt="https://imagicon.info/cat/12-13/vmware_happy.gif" class="jive-image" src="https://ip2.i.lithium.com/a09ce7ea05b72bb55e0e753ceffeae8f8960cbd8/68747470733a2f2f696d616769636f6e2e696e666f2f6361742f31322d31332f766d776172655f68617070792e676966" /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 May 2012 19:22:03 GMT https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/vgc-ln1m-no-boot-device/m-p/329320#M9666 mithcd 2012-05-31T19:22:03Z VGC-LN1M No boot device https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/vgc-ln1m-no-boot-device/m-p/329321#M9667 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have updated my BIOS version from R0241T3 to R0242T3</P><P></P><P>The problem has not occurred since - though it was very random before so I will keep an eye on it.</P><P></P><P>Edit: This did not resolve the issue. I believe there is a fault with the hard drive controller.</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: mike_coreit</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:05:14 GMT https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/vgc-ln1m-no-boot-device/m-p/329321#M9667 mike_coreit 2012-06-06T11:05:14Z