Severe and seemingly rare problem. I NEED HELP!!!!

[Daltonwade17]

its a model p6126f. how do i get a discrete video card?

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

What bios level is your PC at? Look at the HP blue screen when you boot up. Bios version 5.22 is latest level posted by HP.

I noticed that your model PC has a motherboard with not so good of a reliability record.

[Daltonwade17]

Three things. 1. the problem is back just like it was before. 2. what do i press during boot up or what section is it in? and finally 3. can i upgrade the motherboard or bios level without having to buy software or a new computer? like can i download a free program off of nvidia or something?

[Big_Dave]

The bios update is free and is the NVIDIA driver update.

Try this procedure:

Unplug the PC and open it up. Clean out all the dust. Carefully remove and replace all the cables going to the motherboard one at a time. Do the same for the memory dimms and the video and sound cards if you have any.  You might want to buy a can of compressed air to blow the dust out of the CPU heat sink.  Plug your PC back in and give it a go.

[Daltonwade17]

ok so open it up, used compressed air to get the dust out, unplug all cables to the motherboard, and replace them. so i need to get new cables or just unplug and put them back in.

[Big_Dave]

Just unplug the cables one at a time then reconnect it.  This will make sure that there is a good connection. Sometimes the connector contact points will become high resistant and will no longer pass current properly.  The same issue can happen with cards and memory dimms.

[Daltonwade17]

Is it possible htey could've come loose? cause that would make sense to me, im always accidentally kicking my computer cause of where it is.

[Daltonwade17]

Ok, tired the opening up the computer and whatever with the cables and it seems to have worked, im going to try out the games progressively over a week and see if it worked