[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Read this:

http://www.electrictoolbox.com/linux-grub-boot-loader-options/

It might be something as simple as removing hiddenmenu from your grub.conf. And pressing any key (not the any key :) ) in a short time window to get to the boot menu.

[Bikkuri]

I think that something somewhere is actually looking past (skipping) grub :/

I never even see grub come up; post boot.. Windows.. all within about 8 seconds :/

Full log-in to windows about 28 sec

I am missing something here.. This is a fresh install of Windows.. and immediately after, the install of Ubuntu...

something is screwy here (btw, it took me 1 1/2 days just to figure out how to get the boot on my new SSD, first time experience with SSDs.. what a pain in the azz >.<

Love the SSD, but I am wondering if it has anything to do with the prob (personally, with my PC experience, it doesn’T have anything to do with it.. but.. in the PC world, we never know :p )