Nvidia GT 710 card not working with Pavilion P7-1226

[sjtemp]

I installed an EVGA Nvidia GT 710 graphics card in my Pavilion p7-1226s, and when I turned on the PC, it stayed at the HP startup screen and did not load any further. It would also give a single beep every so often. I cannot enter Startup Options by pressing ESC. I removed the card and the PC worked fine again. I checked the card before removing it and it was seated properly.

I had previously installed a 430W power supply, so wattage is not the issue.

I researched the issue online, and it seems like the problem may be with the HP PC motherboard (IPISB-CU), not the card. Can anyone tell me how to get this card to work with this PC, please?

Thank you!

[Jay_101]

Greetings,

You are correct.

The 700 series cards require UEFI BIOS.

Your PC will run Nvidia 600 series cards.

There is no fix for this problem.

Jay

[old_geekster · Accepted solution]

SJTemp, welcome to the forum.

The GT 730 video card requires UEFI in the motherboard instead of a standard / Legacy BIOS.  HP didn't begin using UEFI until mid-October, 2012.  There is no way to upgrade the BIOS to UEFI.  I suggest that you contact EVGA's Tech Support (1-888-881-3842) to see if they can help you make the card work.  Otherwise, the last 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.

[sjtemp]

Okay, thank you both for the response. I appreciate the help.

[old_geekster]

You are very welcome.  I hope all goes well.

[Fisher15]

So this card isnt a hybrid. Cause I though I saw somewhere that this card is a hybrid. So it would support UEFI and Legacy bios.

[old_geekster]

@Fisher15, you are posting on a thread that is over 2 years old.  A lot of things change in technology in that period of time.  It would not be strange for a manufacturer to upgrade their product to work with older computers.