Ran a new Toshiba C55-A5245 notebook on openSuse 13.1 and Win7 dual boot, in openSuse for weeks. Shut down a day. On powering up, the screen halted with "GRUB" in the UL corner. Got into BIOS and changed to quick boot--mistake. Machine after power cycle or D-A-D reboot remained blank, not even a Tosh logo or GRUB. The "hold ESC for 3 second" trick (immediately after bootup) recommended by Toshiba did not get to the BIOS config, nor did holding F2. Found a posting on a Toshiba forum that said to disconnect any external peripherals, remove the battery and line power, then hold down the power button for 1 minute. That revived the screen and allowed the machine to boot--once. Tried all the various methods to reach BIOS config, all failed. Had to remove the battery each time to get any visibility on the screen for the next attempt. Fortunately the BIOS was set to boot first from the CD/DVD drive which allowed a new install of 13.1 from DVD. On the first reboot, Win7 showed up in two partitions :-o
Seems to be OK now. On to the online updates...
Seems to be OK now. On to the online updates...