Hi. I just installed openSUSE 12.3. Everything seemed to go smoothly until I tried to reboot at the end for the first login. I can't reboot, can't enter the one-time boot menu to boot from a rescue CD, and can't enter my BIOS setup to do anything there... So unless someone can help, I think this thing is bricked and I have to buy new hardware. Needless to say, I'm not happy at the moment. I'd really appreciate any help you can give me.
Details:
openSUSE 12.3 x86-64
Mobo: GA-P35-DS3L
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3 GHz
RAM: 2x DDR2-400 1024 MB A-Data DQVE1A16
GFX: Nvidia 8800GT
I turn on the power, get the BIOS POST screen that asks me to press different keys in order to enter BIOS setup, on-time boot menu, BIOS flashing utility, etc. I can press the keys and (depending on my choice) get acknowledgement of my choice. But before it honors that choice there's an intermediate step. It says "Please wait. This may take a few seconds." and I think it does some kind of hardware detection, though I'm not sure. Normally this step completes and I'm taken to whatever option I picked at the POST screen (or it boots from the hard drive if I didn't pick anything), but now after installing 12.3 it hangs at the intermediate step, and I can't do anything.
I can't boot from the hard drive or CD or USB or anything else.
I can't enter the BIOS setup or the BIOS flashing utility, or otherwise make any changes to anything at all.
It seems that any software based solutions are out... I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to fix this?
Will removing the mobo battery for a while help? IDK what settings that preserves. Is there a jumper I can use to reset things to a working state? I'll take any ideas here, cause I'm stumped, and I really don't want to buy new hardware.
Details:
openSUSE 12.3 x86-64
Mobo: GA-P35-DS3L
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3 GHz
RAM: 2x DDR2-400 1024 MB A-Data DQVE1A16
GFX: Nvidia 8800GT
I turn on the power, get the BIOS POST screen that asks me to press different keys in order to enter BIOS setup, on-time boot menu, BIOS flashing utility, etc. I can press the keys and (depending on my choice) get acknowledgement of my choice. But before it honors that choice there's an intermediate step. It says "Please wait. This may take a few seconds." and I think it does some kind of hardware detection, though I'm not sure. Normally this step completes and I'm taken to whatever option I picked at the POST screen (or it boots from the hard drive if I didn't pick anything), but now after installing 12.3 it hangs at the intermediate step, and I can't do anything.
I can't boot from the hard drive or CD or USB or anything else.
I can't enter the BIOS setup or the BIOS flashing utility, or otherwise make any changes to anything at all.
It seems that any software based solutions are out... I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to fix this?
Will removing the mobo battery for a while help? IDK what settings that preserves. Is there a jumper I can use to reset things to a working state? I'll take any ideas here, cause I'm stumped, and I really don't want to buy new hardware.