pc won't reboot after bios flash, needed for upgrading CPU

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bulevardi

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Hi, I need help dealing with upgrading a CPU.

PC is 7 years old now, with the following specs:
Current OS: Linux Ubuntu Studio
Motherboard: MSI Neo P35 F
Old still working CPU: Intel Core 2 duo 2.13 Ghz, E6420
New CPU I wanted to install: Intel Quad Core Q9650

The PC didn't boot anymore after installing the new CPU, with the old one, it did again.
I read about upgrading the BIOS, so the new CPU would get recognized.

Yesterdaynight, I flashed the bios. (I put FreeDOS on a USB stick, and the Flash Utilities from the Mobo Manufacturer).

Got this picture after flashing:
BIOS Flash by Dirk Desmet, on Flickr
Seems like it worked out great...

But after rebooting, went into BIOS, set Optimized Defaults, then the system rebooted automatically...
And then... the screen stayed black, no beep, no cursor, no keyboard numlock light. Couldn't get into BIOS anymore,... Tried different reboots.

This morning pulled out the CR 2032 battery out of the Mobo for a while.
At some point, Ubuntu started... could get acces to my hard drive files, ... but when rebooting the pc, the problem continued;
I now can get into BIOS again, or I get a menu screen titled "GRUB Version 2...." with a possibility to select:
- Ubuntu (low latency)
- Ubuntu
- Memory test...
- Other Memory test
- ...

Each option I select: the screen just goes black with a flickering cursor.
Can't go further than that.

Anyone an idea what I should do now? Change some settings in BIOS? How to avoid GRUB pops up instead of booting ubuntu right away?
Reïnstall Ubuntu via a Live CD I have?
When I ever get Ubuntu started again, should I set some settings right somewhere?

Thanks in advance!
bulevardi
 
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I don't know how to resolve your issue with the updated bios, but is it at all possible to flash back to a previous version via FDD? then at least you could get a bootable system i assume.
 
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bulevardi

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Don't have the previous version anymore.
And if I would have it, it won't solve my problem: I need the new bios version to recognize the new CPU I want to install.

 
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bulevardi

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He mostly won't boot anymore after changing stuff in the BIOS setup, like the boot sequence,... then I put the battery in/out again to make it work again.

Today I could get further and got Linux started somehow.
Read about GRUB Customizer, and try to fix it with this program. Didn't work.
Now pc boots with specific screen with texts like:
"gave up waiting boot device", "missing modules", "ALERT", "dropping to a shell".
"BusyBox v1.21.1" and then a commandline kind of program kicks off with <initramfs>.


Now I read somewhere I could fix this by "chrooting from a live cd", like this:
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/how-to-fix-non-bootable-ubuntu-system.html

Or here, this "bug" is mentioned too, but not with lots of unclear solutions for it:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/360378

Don't know yet what I'm going to try first.
Does not matter for me if I have to reïnstall Ubuntu again and copy my harddrive files back from my backup harddrive.
 
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bulevardi

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I cannot find AHCI as an option, anywhere in the BIOS menus.

It's this Motherboard:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/artic...ard-Review/460

It says: "... controlled by a Marvell chip. This chip controls a parallel ATA port, since Intel P35 chip does not support IDE devices"
In my BIOS, (advanced settings), I found "On Chip IDE Controller", I can only choose between IDE and Default.
I read somewhere that I maybe need to change the jumpers of my HDD to correct this or change cables slave/master. But before it worked... so I think they're good?
Otherwise, I should unplug harddrive, ram etc... plug back in and test again? I see no other solutions anymore.
Anyone else had this problem? Can I fix the IDE controller on my Motherboard?

Anyway, yesterday I found out that I maybe had wrong partitions and maybe no good boot mount.
I ran the live CD, started Gparted, formatted everything, and create a new good partition table with the right partitions for root, boot, swap and home.
Reïnstalled Ubuntu Studio.
Rebooted, and the screen stayed black again.

So I can only restart again when pulling out the battery again.
Or should I try the reset jumpers on my Motherboard (resetting CMOS?).
 
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