2430-101 stops at Toshiba-Logo (BIOS-Setup/Boot-Selection produce deadloop)

Hello there.
I have a really serious problem with my Satellite 2430-101:
The system stops on boot after reaching the TOSHIBA-Logo. Pressing F2/F12-keys pops up the common waiting messages ("entering BIOS-Setup"/"entering Boot-Device-Selection-Menu ..."), but then the system hangs up in a deadloop (you can hear the fan rotating after some seconds). Rebooting the system with Ctrl+Alt+Del works perfectly but as soon as it reaches
This is what happened before the last shutdown:
I simply rebooted the system (OS: Novell/SUSE Linux 9.3, Kernel 2.4.xxx) and the usual shutdown messages appeared. Then there were some strange messages, looking like BIOS-outputs (I'm sure these were no Linux-messages) - I can only remember something about "PXE boot" and that it was an error message. After waiting a while (about 15 minutes) I rebooted manually by holding down the power-button.
I tried unplugging anything that was connected to the system (inlcuding ModularBay-devices) - with no results. I use the old BIOS 1.10 because there are no BIOS-updates for the 2430-101 available in the downlads (maybe this was the problem). I also tried to take out the hdd - even without harddisk the system shows the same behaviour (so the hdd isn't the problem)...
I hope anyone can help me with this, because I need my laptop for my work...
thank you
Message was edited by: rpfaus

Hi Rico,
It is highly unlikely that your CPU has been damaged by just shutting down the system. However, it does seem likely that you have some problem with your motherboard which is preventing the system from completing the boot process.
You could isolate individual components to confirm that they are not implicated in the problem, e.g. remove the CD-ROM, Hdd etc. The system should still boot to the point where the removed device is needed. You could also try re-seating you RAM to make sure that there is no problem there. If you have 2 ram cards try removing each in turn to isolate them as a possible cause.
Failing all of the above, I suspect a trip to you nearest Service Partner is called for.
best of luck

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