[Matt Devo]

I think I dug myself a hole I can't get out of...

I attempted the OpenELEC/ChromeOS dual boot setup and ended up stuck at the "Booting from Hard Disk" issue I have read so much about. I ran the setup several times more with no luck.

$1 says you didn't do the factory reset beforehand.

At this point I should have jumped on here and asked some questions but I wanted to solve this on my own and didn't think I would ever use ChromeOS so I went ahead and tried the OpenELEC standalone setup.

After flashing the firmware and creating the OpenELEC installation USB stick I rebooted and was presented with the "ESC to boot from USB" prompt but the escape key didn't work and I ended up back at the "Boot from Hard Disk" message.

so try another keyboard, like the wiki suggests

I rebooted hoping I would get the "ESC" prompt again but no luck I can only get to the "Boot from Hard Disk" message.

I can't seem to do anything at this point. I can only see the "Booting from..." message almost instantly after turning on the machine.

I think I bricked it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

no, you just have a regular PC with no bootable OS installed.