Cannot access the start menu

I have a HP Pavilion m7590n. It was in the light of household use for about 4 years and finally the master hard drive died.  I thought that I would put in a new drive and while I'm at it install windows 7 as well.

The problem is that none of the F keys seem to work. I can't access all the settings of the bios or boot menu for I can boot from a CD.

The blue screen of the HP says that esc = Boot Menu F1 = Setup F10 = system recovery

None of these keys work. I tried every other F key without success and some good faith 4 different keyboards, including the USB one supplied with the computer. No idea what is the problem? Or what I am doing wrong?

I just need to boot from the windows 7 CD so I can install the operating system on the new hard drive.

Thanks for any help on the subject.

Hello

You should be able to access the bios without a hard drive.  I disabled the sata ports in the bios for hard drives and I can always access the bios.

Try this procedure:

Disconnect the PC and open it. Clean all the dust. Carefully, remove and replace all the cables towards the mother board one at a time. Do the same for memory DIMM and the video and the sound of cards if you have a.  You can buy a can of compressed air to blow the dust out of the heatsink from the CPU.  Plug your PC back in and give it a go.

Try this procedure and see if you can locate the problem. Troubleshooting problems of energy supply. Do not skip steps.

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