Lenovo u410 Bios issue

I have a Lenovo u410 i5 Laptop with the following issue
-On Power on: I can hear the fan spinning, along with the hard drive, but screen doesnt post anything (blank)
(It is not a hardware issue, because the screen backlight is on, and it's blank)
-On NOVO power on: Posts: NOVO button menu, followed by the options: Normal startup, BIOS setup, Boot menu, System recovery. Regardless of which option is selected, it posts blank screen as described in first scenario.
I have tried removing hard drive, Flashing BIOS with 4GB flash drive and PHOENIX WINCRISIS, but still nothing.
There is currently no HDD or USB flash stich with an OS that have successfully booted.
PLEASE HELP

The Issue is not the screen or the graphics cards. As I mentioned earlier, upon booting via NOVO button, it posts a menu where I can select one of the following options: Normal start up, Bios set up, Boot select, System recovery.
Regardless of which option i select, it goes to blank (black screen, but the backlight of the screen is on) and nothing posts on screen. I need a detailed step by step description of how to reset BIOS via USB flash drive.

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