Download the Intel Proboot utilities here:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_ ... PrdMap=412

I formatted a bootable floppy as stated and the IBAUTIL was created on disc.

once you get through the floppy boot and the program creates your R: drive for the cdrom (drive letter may be different in some cases), switch to R and run the following command:

IBAUTIL -DEFCFG

(or IBAUTIL.EXE -DEFCFG)

solved

Alex

Have same problem with my T60 -- the earlier message says that I should get Intel® Boot Agent PROBOOT.exe version: 11.2 -- but I can't find that version there (see http://mysearch.intel.com/support/Defau ... portSearch)

is there another version that will work?

with thanks

coldwombat

I had successfully remove the error message but my Ethernet card didn't work.
So I called the Lenovo Support and they replaced (for free under guaranty) the motherboard.

Getting the motherboard replaced (as suggested by gpmoo7) seems more time consuming and excessive if the problem can be fixed via a download.

My question remains: Is there a later version of Intel® Boot Agent PROBOOT.exe other than version: 11.2 (which no longer seems to be available) that will fix this problem?

If IBM prefer to replace the motherboard instead of just use a PROBOOT.exe, there is a reason.

I'm sorry for kicking this thread again, but I'm having the exact same problem with my 2007 T60P. I wondered whether someone found the download to fix the problem,
the link on the previous page doesn't seem to work anymore

It's not a problem to keep 'escaping' the error away everytime I start up my thinkpad, but it starts to get annoying after 6 months or so

Suddenly had that problem today, too.
...from one minute to the next (at next boot).

I'd be thankful for a resolution!

Best wishes,
Felix

This solution seems to have fixed the failure for me...!

--> http://www.matinfo.ch/blog/archive/2007 ... error.html

Best wishes,
Felix

sorry for bringing up such an old thread, thought it less messy than starting a new one

this boot problem.....i have the very same thing and it started last night.....

Id like to ask you guys can you just forget about it and use the computer as normal? I mean all it is is that you have to click escape and then it boots fine...almost not worrying about. Or is it something that ought to be rectified?

anyway............heres the thing. My previous T60 (now deceased) also had exactly the same problem, but i didnt think it was worth worrying about...anyway it sort of died 8 months later....The final verdict was that a band of renegade ants got inside and messed things up (no joke) but im not fully convinced this was what caused my old t60s demise. I mean this boot thing appears to be connected to the main board, and apparently it was my main board that was decreed useless in the last one.. Could it be that this problem left unchecked can lead to permanent damage of some kind or other?.

Im stubborn as hell when it comes to thinkpads and after my old T60 died I wound up buying two second hand t60s rather than getting a brand new T500 with 3 year warranty for the same money ( )......so needless to say I'll be repeatedly kicking myself hard in the groin if these replacement T60s end up going the same way as the old one.

any info well appreciated

I don't think the error will cause any permanent damage, and it is so simple to fix that the question is irrelevant. Just fix it ...

ah...harry C to the rescue once again...nice one man

it might be easy for you harry, but definitely isnt for a layman like me. Having said that I might give it a go

These instructions still work. The link was broken, so I fixed it. You'll need a bootable diskette drive. USB external will work.

Download the Intel Proboot utilities here:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_ ... iid=dc_rss

I formatted a bootable floppy as stated and the IBAUTIL was created on disc.

once you get through the floppy boot and the program creates your R: drive for the cdrom (drive letter may be different in some cases), switch to R and run the following command:

IBAUTIL -DEFCFG

(or IBAUTIL.EXE -DEFCFG)

Works like a champ - but Intel updated the Utility (took me awhile to figure it out).

Running PROBOOT.EXE creates a directory (Intel16.8 is default) wherever you specify. Within that directory is an APPS directory with BOOTAGNT, BootUtil, EFI, FCOEBOOT, and iSCSI. Bootutil is what we want. Under Bootutil Intel gives us directories for each OS you could use the utility under. I chose DOS and copied the executable BootUtil.exe to my DOS boot diskette. The utility has different names for the different OS subdirectories.

Running BootUtil.exe was painful as I ran from a floppy (it had to read a 500M file each time I used it). After running BootUtil -? several times (to understand all of the options), I ended up using the following:

1: BootUtil -p (to find the NIC port number needed in the next command)
2: BootUtil -nic=1 -defcfg (port 1 was the NIC port determined from step 1)

Success!!
Bob

I have a T60 and suddenly started experiencing the error described in this thread. In addition, my ethernet wasn't working (wifi was fine).

The updated solution provided by BobA worked for me.

To make the DOS boot disk step easier, you can download and install unetbootin, which will allow you to quickly and easily create a bootable USB thumb drive (just run it, select FreeDOS from the pull-down menu, and select your flash drive letter).

Press the Thinkvantage menu on reboot, select the usb drive you just made, and run FreeDOS in safe mode (no drivers).

Now if only I could figure out how the EEPROM on my ethernet card was corrupted in the first place. I'm tempted to blame my employer's network.

I have these exact same symptoms/error messages on a T42. Any danger of applying these T60 fixes to a T42? Thanks.

due to the pxe-e05 error on my T60, i went to:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_ ... ldID=19186

and downloaded the "PROBOOT.EXE".

after extracting files, it appears that "bootutil" is the successor to "IBAutil" . . .

after booting with Hiren's BootCD (release 14.0) and selecting windows XP, under a command prompt (cmd), under "win32" i used "bootutilw32 -?" to see all the commands . . .

entering "bootutilw32 -defcfg -all" seemed to put good things in the right place and now the error does not appear.

good luck.