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    Jun 2, 2012, 04:56 PM
    Desktop compaq presario 5000 pentium 4 will not boot help
    When powering on my compaq presario 5000 tower I get a black screen with one of these - flashing up left hand corner and on the bottom it just says F10 setup or F12 network boot setup but won't do anything else what do I do?
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    Jun 3, 2012, 12:53 AM
    Check f10 and make sure the BIOS is loading as expected and "seeing" your hardware.
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