damazz17

i have a dell inspiron 1000 and it will not boot past the splash screen. when i try to hit f2 or f12 it says entering setup or boot menu but will not go further. i was told to try and let the computer force boot to cd but the comp will freeze on the splash screen. i also was told to flush the bios. if anyone cn tell me how to flush the bios or any other ideas please help