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‎06-08-2016 10:10 AM

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Product: HP Pavillion h8-1132sc
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Hey.

 

I just bought a new graphics card (Geforce GTX 960) for my computer. After replacing my old one and booting up my pc, i'm stuck at the HP blue screen, with 1 beep and later 3 beeps and nothing happens.

 

From what I can google myself to, several people are talking about the BIOS (which I upgraded to 7.12), but it still wont work...

 

Anyone?

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‎06-08-2016 04:06 PM

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Taxbo, welcome to the forum.

 

Your problem is, the GTX 960 requires UEFI in the motherboard instead of a standard BIOS.  HP didn't begin using UEFI until mid-October, 2012.  There is no way to upgrade the BIOS to UEFI.  The last video cards that didn't require UEFI are the GT 640's.

 

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.



I am not an HP Employee!!
Intelligence is God given. Wisdom is the sum of our mistakes!!

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‎06-08-2016 04:06 PM

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Taxbo, welcome to the forum.

 

Your problem is, the GTX 960 requires UEFI in the motherboard instead of a standard BIOS.  HP didn't begin using UEFI until mid-October, 2012.  There is no way to upgrade the BIOS to UEFI.  The last video cards that didn't require UEFI are the GT 640's.

 

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.



I am not an HP Employee!!
Intelligence is God given. Wisdom is the sum of our mistakes!!
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