diff --git a/plugins/computers/frontend/views/PCForm.vue b/plugins/computers/frontend/views/PCForm.vue
index ab141dcc..2278f3ab 100644
--- a/plugins/computers/frontend/views/PCForm.vue
+++ b/plugins/computers/frontend/views/PCForm.vue
@@ -573,12 +573,14 @@ onMounted(async () => {
       operatingsystemsApi.list({ perpage: 100 }),
       computersApi.protocols.list(),
       businessunitsApi.listAll(),
-      // Handles its own failure: a site without printers still gets a form.
     ])
 
     pcTypes.value = ptRes.data.data || []
     statuses.value = statusRes.data.data || []
-    vendors.value = vendorRes.data.data || []
+    // listAll() pages past the server's 100-row cap and returns the ROWS, not
+    // an axios response, so these are read directly. Reading .data.data here
+    // throws and takes the whole form down with it.
+    vendors.value = vendorRes || []
     models.value = allModels
     locations.value = locRes || []
     operatingsystems.value = osRes.data.data || []
@@ -636,7 +638,11 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     }
   } catch (err) {
     console.error('Error loading data:', err)
-    error.value = 'Failed to load data'
+    // A client-side TypeError has no err.response, so apiError() would report
+    // only the fallback and hide which field broke. Name it either way.
+    error.value = err?.response
+      ? apiError(err, 'Failed to load data')
+      : `Failed to load data: ${err?.message || err}`
   } finally {
     loading.value = false
   }
diff --git a/plugins/machines/frontend/views/MachineForm.vue b/plugins/machines/frontend/views/MachineForm.vue
index bce1693a..f7b21a89 100644
--- a/plugins/machines/frontend/views/MachineForm.vue
+++ b/plugins/machines/frontend/views/MachineForm.vue
@@ -591,14 +591,14 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
     machineTypes.value = typesRes.data.data || []
     statuses.value = statusRes.data.data || []
-    vendors.value = vendorRes.data.data || []
-    locations.value = locRes || []
-    models.value = allModels
-    businessunits.value = buRes.data.data || []
     // listAll resolves to the ARRAY, not a response: fetchAllPages already
     // unwrapped every page. Reading .data.data off it threw, and the whole
     // parallel load went to the catch - so every dropdown on this form came up
     // empty and the machine's own values never loaded.
+    vendors.value = vendorRes || []
+    locations.value = locRes || []
+    models.value = allModels
+    businessunits.value = buRes || []
     pcs.value = pcsRes || []
 
     // Load relationship types separately
diff --git a/plugins/measuringtools/frontend/views/MeasuringToolForm.vue b/plugins/measuringtools/frontend/views/MeasuringToolForm.vue
index 5b18eb76..2ca95eec 100644
--- a/plugins/measuringtools/frontend/views/MeasuringToolForm.vue
+++ b/plugins/measuringtools/frontend/views/MeasuringToolForm.vue
@@ -187,8 +187,11 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     ])
     types.value = typesResponse.data.data || []
     statuses.value = statusResponse.data.data || []
+    // listAll resolves to the ARRAY, not a response: fetchAllPages already
+    // unwrapped every page. Reading .data.data off it throws and takes the
+    // whole parallel load into the catch.
     locations.value = locResponse || []
-    businessunits.value = buResponse.data.data || []
+    businessunits.value = buResponse || []
 
     const assetType = (assetTypesResponse.data.data || []).find(a => a.assettype === 'measuring_tool')
     assettypeid.value = assetType ? assetType.assettypeid : null