Can't get into BIOS, motherboard bad?

andersonviola

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Computer screen was blinking last night, apps were disappearing, task manager would come up fine. Assumed windows was acting up, decided to reformat but cannot access BIOS. When I restart i get a black screen until home creen, badly blinking. Unplugged HD to prevent windows from causing problems, still no information comes on screen when I reboot. Is this a bad bios or motherboard?
 

dlerious

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Could it be the graphics card or monitor (or cable between them)? Are you holding down the DEL key or whatever combination your motherboard is looking for?
 

sm625

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When I restart i get a black screen until home creen, badly blinking.

When you say "home creen" I assume you mean the windows desktop. Do you have just one display? If not, then configure your setup so it only has one display. Either way, verify your displays settings shows just one display.