BIOS will not load!

[tommyers]

Hi,

I have recently built an AMD 64 bit quad core on an ASUS motherboard. I have been running dual boot XP and openSUSE. I was in openSUSE the other night and had problems turning off my machine. I went for the kill switch! :confused:

Today I have come to use it, and it will not boot! When I initially turn it on I get the opening flash screen saying press <del> for bios - but then it just goes black screen.

I have reset the CMOS RAM - I now get a different flash screen

I then tried running it with no HDD, then with no HDD and the battery removed ... still the same!

What have I done and can I correct it?

Regards,
Tom

[Paul Komski]

Can you press del and successfully get into the BIOS setup?

If so is the HDD identified in the BIOS setup?

If so can you boot to a boot floppy diskette or boot CD??

If so then run the HDD maker's diagnostics or run partinfo (http://paulski.com/zpages.php?id=2103) and post the results back here.

Were you using Grub or Lilo or a 3rdParty boot manager to organise your dual boot.

[tommyers]

Hi,

No I cannot enter the BIOS setup - whatever I do it ignores me and proceeds to a blank black screen.

Regards,
Tom

Edit: No I was using the default grub for dual boot.