Computer freezes before BIOS after arch linux install

This is my first time installing arch linux, I followed the beginners install guide word for word. However, after the install, my computer gets stuck before the BIOS. It identifies the RAM, GPU, and harddrive (all Diagnostic lights are ok on my MOBO). Before the install it booted fine, but now when I boot it up it wont go to the BIOS screen no matter how many times I press delete. However, when I remove the harddrive it boots to the arch linux install screen on my USB drive perfectly.
I know it is not my hardware because I did many different tests (mem-test, swapped out harddrives, tried 1 stick of RAM in different slots, etc). More importantly, my harddrive is brand new so I know it isn't dead because I could partition it when I was installing arch linux.
Computer specs:
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+
DFI LANPARTY nf4-d
ATI Radeon x800
2 GB DDR RAM
160 GB SSD
I have no idea what the problem is, I must have screwed something up with the bootloader or something. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Try clearing the CMOS settings either by removing the motherboard battery for some minutes or by using the relevant jumper on the motherboard. Check the manual of your motherboard for details.
Last edited by Foucault (2013-07-03 16:19:41)

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mibadt wrote:
Thanks,
But:
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2. I'd rather not use Windows boot loader.
Any more tips?
Thanks
You don't need to use the Windows bootloader, you only need to fool Windows into thinking it is the primary drive in the boot order, by adding:
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
per the Wiki section I linked to. Windows throws a fit when it knows it is not the 1st thing in the bootorder in the BIOS.

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03:00.0 Network controller : Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
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Hi,
well, my oldish non-UEFI system boots by 6.02 from CD-RW:
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Quad-Core
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http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/archlinu … 1-dual.iso
Put on CD-RW the image boots for me to a menu, where i select
"x86_64". Then a kernel comes up with normal messages and
finally i get a shell prompt for root.
"ISOLINUX 6.02 ETCD" shows up swiftly before i get the menu.
Details about the image:
It bears El Torito with BIOS boot image
/isolinux/isolinux.bin
and EFI boot image
/EFI/archiso/efiboot.img
MBR marks the whole image as partition 1 and the EFI boot image
as partition 2 (i.e. inside partition 1).
There is also a GPT.
I brought it onto CD-RW by:
$ xorriso -as cdrecord \
-v dev=/dev/sr2 blank=as_needed \
archlinux-2013.11.01-dual.iso
The CD-RW is mountable and all file content is readable without
i/o errors. MD5 matches 2013.11.01/md5sums.txt
$ dd if=/dev/sr2 bs=2048 count=264192 | md5sum
2535d1308fcc4f12420433dba039b3b6
$ strings /mnt/isolinux/isolinux.bin | grep ISOLINUX
ISOLINUX 6.02

Computer freezes before BIOS after arch linux install

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