[rshaffer61]

Bios update won't fix the problem like you think. A bios update normally adds options like making your USB 2.0 instead of 1.0
It may add some functionality like allowing for a usb drive like a thumb drive to be a bootable device.
In most cases what we see if the system can't boot to a hard drive due to a failing or failed drive so it goes down the line till it finds what it thinks is a bootable device. In your case in your boot sequence there would be a entry for a network boot.

Edited by rshaffer61, 10 February 2010 - 07:57 AM.

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So my only solution is to buy a new macbook pro next week?

[ceezo66]

So my only solution is to buy a new macbook pro next week?

[rshaffer61]

If you go into the bios and highlight the network boot option and click enter does it give you any additional options?
Try clicking the space key once it is highlighted as this sometimes is the key to disable the network boot.

[TheodKn]

BSOD is a hardware problem and can not be solved by software methods. I insist: Replace the memory.

[rshaffer61]

TheodKn the memory has already been tested and has returned with no errors. It is not a memory problem it is a problem with the bios or the hard drive itself.
This type of error message is common to any system trying to boot to a network which is not present or intentionally setup to boot that way.

[dkshlkkjd]

DLGLICE.TXT

Hey, anybody that cares, I found a possible workaround to the frustrating
"Cannot locate DLGLICE.TXT" error that some people (me) have been getting when they try to run Western Digital Lifegaurd Diagnostics for DOS off a bootable CD.

The Solution:

1. After the computer starts booting from the WD Lifegaurd CD, the screen will go blank and eventually you will get a message to the effect that the file DLGLICE.TXT could not be found, and the program will terminate, kicking you back to the DOS prompt.

2. At the prompt type "dlgdiag5.exe /?"
After a second, the computer will display a list of command switches you can type after "dlgdiag5.exe"

3. Take note of the switch corresponding to the test you want to run, and type it at the DOS prompt after
"dlgdiag5.exe", for example I wanted to write zeros the my drive, so I typed "dlgdiag5 -WRITE"
thus, the command prompt looked like this (for me) "a:\> dlgdiag5 -WRITE" (no quotes). Interestingly,
running the test from the command line using switches bypassed the program's check for DLGLICE.TXT.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Don't type the -WRITE switch unless you want to erase everything on the drive, -WRITE
was just the example I used.

To sum it up, just type "dlgdiag5 /?", find the test you want in the list, then add the switch after "dlgdiag5" at the prompt.

PS: To release a buggy diagnostic and not fix it (for years) is inexcusable, particularly when it comes from probably the biggest hard drive manufacturer in the world. SHAME ON YOU, WD!