I've never heard of this.
So, it won't get past loading the BIOS. Correct?
Did you try entering a bootable CD (Windows or SuSE)?
Maybe you should contact Gateway to send you a flash BIOS replacement disk.
I have a Gateway 300S with Windows XP. I tried to install SUSE Linux Personal 9.1 on it. Well the installation went through. But when it tried to boot up the screen stays on the Gateway boot screen and I can not get into the BIOS for my system, or get Windows XP to load. I kinda regret installing the Linux on my system. Can someone out there help me.
Thanx!

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