What is an Intel PXE ROM?

Where do I find out more information about the "Intel PXE ROM"?

Every now and then I get a boot error referring to an "Intel PXE ROM". The
error always goes away upon the next boot so the boot problem isn't what
I'm asking here. I just want to know what this "Intel PXE ROM" is.

I googled for "What is Intel PXE ROM" and found many people had problems
with this 'thing' but I did not find an explanation of what it actually is.

Do you know what an Intel PXE ROM is? What does it do?

If it matters, here is the boot error I get every once in a while on my
Thinkpad laptop running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (the message isn't the
question though).

Do you know where I find out more about what a "PXE ROM" is?
Ilena
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Intel(R) Boot Agent Version 4.0.22
Copyright (C) 1997-2001, Intel Corporation
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Intel Base-Code, PXE-2.1 (build 083)
Copyright (C) 1997-2001, Intel Corporation
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CLIENT MAC ADDR: (long number) GUID: (long number)
PXE-E53: No boot filename received
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PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Operating System not found
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(Again, the question isn't about the error because it goes away when I
reboot. The question is where can I find out what an Intel PXE ROM is?

Thank you,
Ilena

It's a ROM that goes on a socket on a lan card which enables booting
from a "boot server" over a network, instead of booting from any local
drive. Motherboards and laptops that have lan ports on the motherboard
(in the laptop) normally have this code internally in the bios.

The message suggests that your machine is trying to boot up over (from,
really) the network. This may be an indication that it's attempt to
boot up from the hard drive failed.


Ilena Rose wrote:
> Where do I find out more information about the "Intel PXE ROM"?
>
> Every now and then I get a boot error referring to an "Intel PXE ROM". The
> error always goes away upon the next boot so the boot problem isn't what
> I'm asking here. I just want to know what this "Intel PXE ROM" is.
>
> I googled for "What is Intel PXE ROM" and found many people had problems
> with this 'thing' but I did not find an explanation of what it actually is.
>
> Do you know what an Intel PXE ROM is? What does it do?
>
> If it matters, here is the boot error I get every once in a while on my
> Thinkpad laptop running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (the message isn't the
> question though).
>
> Do you know where I find out more about what a "PXE ROM" is?
> Ilena
> ---
> Intel(R) Boot Agent Version 4.0.22
> Copyright (C) 1997-2001, Intel Corporation
> ---
> Intel Base-Code, PXE-2.1 (build 083)
> Copyright (C) 1997-2001, Intel Corporation
> ---
> CLIENT MAC ADDR: (long number) GUID: (long number)
> PXE-E53: No boot filename received
> ---
> PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
> Operating System not found
> ---
> (Again, the question isn't about the error because it goes away when I
> reboot. The question is where can I find out what an Intel PXE ROM is?
>
> Thank you,
> Ilena