Bios not loading up menu so I can boot in safe mode

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I got a new graphics card yesterday and installed it fine and everything was working good until I had to restart my computer because of drivers.. Now im stuck in a reboot loop where I just have a black screen with a cursor. I was reading some stuff and it seems like I need to go into safe mode to disable the old drivers or integrated drivers. The problem is when im in bios and I press the fkeys I get this http://imgur.com/gallery/U6kjF. Ive pretty much been stuck in this same situation for a day so anything helps.. thanks
 
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F8 isn't a bios setting, thats why it doesn't show on that page. Also, F8 doesn't get you into safe mode anymore on Win 10.

I don't think its your graphics card, though odd it happened. See if booting into safe mode fixes it, sometimes it can. Running start up repair might as might fixing MBR as that looks like what this is.

On another PC, download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB << its just a boot disk

change boot order in bios so USB is first, hdd second

boot from installer, on 2nd screen after languages, choose repair this pc, not install
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose start up options
hit the restart button
choose a safe mode (it doesn't matter which) by using number associated with it.
Pc will restart and load safe mode

you could try this in safe mode to fix gpu if it is cause: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2767677/clean-graphics-driver-install-windows.html

if Start up options isn't available, try a start up repair, it is on same menu. It might fix this as well. It will ask for login info


How to fix MBR (Start up repair can do this):
Another choice is:
change boot order so USB is first, hdd second
boot from installer
on screen after languages, choose repair this PC, not install.
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
We need to use the Bootrec.exe tool. Click on command prompt and type in the following commands, one after the other:
bootrec /RebuildBcd
bootrec /fixMbr
bootrec /fixboot
Exit
Now go ahead and reboot your system. In some cases you may need to run some additional commands.
bootsect /nt60 SYS or bootsect /nt60 ALL
 
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Thanks so much for the help. At first I didn't have the start up options, but I used the second thing and was able to get start up options. From there I could go into safe mode but I was still getting the black screen with cursor.. At least made some progress though. Any more help would be greatly appreciated..
Edit: Maybe it has something to do with boot order.. Do I need to change boot order agian or something?
 
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At that screen you showed with menu options, click END key. this should show boot order, if you haven't already make USB first and try start up repair or try to fix MBR as its possibly one of these 2 that will help.

If you have already swapped to USB, press END again and put Windows Boot Manager or normal boot drive as top and see if it helps.
 
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stay away from qflash as its for replacing the bios software.
Is this a custom PC or brand name? If custom, what motherboard? If brand name, what make/model?

Is LS120 your hdd? that should stay at top if you want to boot off drive. Otherwise is there a choice in the listing below USB-HDD for USB Key?

you not dumb, if you don't use this before, how you expected to know what to do :)
 
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Im pretty sure its a custom build. I bought it from a friend before he went to university a couple years ago for like 200$.. The motherboard is a gigabyte ga-m68mt-s2, ls120 is the hdd I think. The only 2 options below USB-HDD are Legacy lan and Disabled

 
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hmm, did he upgrade it to win 10 or did you?

I wonder if its revision 1.3 or 3.1 of the motherboard, the difference is 1.3 only supports win 7, 3.1 supports win 8 which is slightly closer to win 10. Not a big problem until you need to reinstall windows 10.

try plugging a USB drive in before starting PC and see if USB key is a choice then.
 
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Ok. So I found a DVD I could burn it onto and I tried booting with CDROM and USB-CDROM and I in both I still got the black screen with cursor. Is there something else I need to do? Also if theres a way I can go back to windows 8 im fine with that also. I just wanna use my computer agian haha..

 
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I missed this. So yesterday it booted off the same USB and now it won't? So this is a fresh install? what motherboard drivers did you install?

I think only way to go back to win 8 is buy it. That could cost more than the 200 you paid for it.

 
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Yup. It booted off the same USB yesterday. I was installing gpu drivers since I just got a new one. I should have booted into safe mode in the first place to remove the old drivers but I didnt

 
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if the boot order in picture was what it was before i got you to change anything, try reversing the items in top 2 postilions. as one of them is clearly the USB if it worked yesterday?

did PC have a GPU before you installed new card? Motherboard only has VGA connection. I don't think the black screen with cursor thing is related to the cards being swapped, or you wouldn't get any pictures at start
 
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