"when i reboot it completely shuts down my computer...
i went to power management and to see if it was something in there that is shutting it down but i didn't see anything...
anybody else have this problem??"
You should open an account with Novell and search the OpenSuSE bugzilla database for your problem. Either bugzilla has a fix or you can submit a bug report.
http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/Submit_a_bug
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Steve Stites