I have a lg pentium 4... when i turn the computer on, all i get is a black screen , with curser flashing top left corner... when I F10 the bios page appears. i have no idea what all the settings should be set at. Is there no way to start the computer is safe mode?. All i want to do is try & get my photos off the system, is there any way I can?.

If its only 3 mnths old should still be under WARRANTY take it back
if its not under warranty

Turn Off the computer now as soon as you hit the power button, keep on holding Alt key & keep on tapping F10 key ie: Alt+F10, it will open the recovery console select full factory restore and follow on screen instruction. (Note:this will erase all datas on the computer) or

During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually delete or the F2 key this will differ depending on which bios you have

Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys you can load failsafe defaults or load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart

hope it helps

open f10 go to diagnostics 10008 bios code means the hard drive is fried new one for cq 60 160gb hard drive 90 dollars but might as well upgrade 500gb only 115 i would think the cq 56 should be about the same price

Try hitting f12 or f10 at bootup this should give you bootup repair options

The clicking is coming from the hard disk - it has died - so the BIOS is signalling that the OS is missing - cursor flashing in the top left corner.
Replace the hard disk and reinstall Windows.

the windows operating system is corrupt, you need to get a technican to repair the OS or lets chat so that i can give you step by step how to go about it.

Hello there
first unplug the computer then open the case
now look at all connections and make sure that they are all seated really good
locate the power supply cord that hooks to the mother board and disconnect it
now press in on the power button for 30 seconds
now wait 1 minute and reconnect the power supply to the mother board and reconnect the power to the computer and restart you may have to go back into bios and make sure that the hard drive is set to be the master ok
Hope this is very helpful for you
Best egards Michael

Update Bios...Had same problem on Dell GX270 Bios Ver. A02 updated bios to Ver. A07 and problem solved.

Hold the power button down and let it fully power off then boot it back up. If you get a prompt saying Windows did not shut down normally, select Last Known Good Configuration.

option f2, go into bios setup and see if the hard drive is listed or detected. Auto detect hard drive save and exit. System will reboot if the same error occurs then the hard drive master boot record is probably corrupt or the hard drive has totally failed.

Its probably not the BIOS but the board warping beneath the CPU Socket or similar.. Dont flash it (BIOS) or it will probably kill the chip. Let me look up the model number...