Keyboard Stuck after removing CMOS battery

[mkbean]

I removed the CMOS battery to see if that would reset the settings to assist with a memory issue I asked about earlier. Now when it boots up the keyboard is locked and this is the screen. I have tried another known working keyboard and nothing. It was working just fine prior to this.

 

[itsmyname]

Can you remember what the next line of white-coloured text previously was?

Was it a mention of detecting the CD/DVD device? Or, announcing the disk-drive? Or, the network adapter?

I wonder if any of those components have "failed", and the motherboard is waiting-and-waiting for the failed device to respond?

How many minutes have you been waiting, for any "next" message?

[mkbean]

Nothing it comes up at that and just freezes. 😞

[itsmyname]

You seem to have one stick of RAM, but placed into the 3rd socket. 

What happens if you move that stick into the 1st socket?