I turn it on and the first boot screen comes up with the loading bar halfway full. It just stays there and doesn't move. What makes this especially tricky is I can't get to the BIOS or safe mode or anything like that. So really my only options are to work with the hardware. I tried resetting the CMOS, unplugging everything and plugging it back in, and restarting the computer (of course). I don't really know what else to do. I am not sure exactly what type of computer I have, and I would look into it but I don't have the documentation it came with and I obviously can't figure it out on the computer so I just don't know for right now. Please help, this is very frustrating and I don't know what else I can do. Posted here because something I read online suggested it might be a bad motherboard but I'm not sure.