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‎06-19-2016 05:35 PM - edited ‎06-19-2016 05:54 PM

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Product: p6-2285eo
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Hello.  My friend has a p6-2285eo desktop. It works fine and all. However, he would like to upgrade his gpu, since the GT 640 is detremental to his performance in games.  Hence I sold him my old R9 280X (XFX model). And I got him a new power supply, an Antec 700w (80 plus bronze certified).  But for some reason his motherboard (Hp Pavilion 670960-001) will not work with his new gpu. Everything but the gpu turns on.

 

Do you have any ideas about what is wrong?

 

-Sumsar

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‎06-19-2016 07:05 PM - edited ‎06-19-2016 07:05 PM

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Hi,

 

The AMD R9 280X is an UEFI enabled graphics card. Windows 7 will typically not run in UEFI mode unless you take special steps during installation and also if the BIOS has a compatibility support module (CSM) that will allow Windows 7 be be supported as an "other" OS type so that UEFI can be enabled for the W7 installation. This is not a straight forward process.

 

I suggest that you try a NVIDIA GTX 660.

HP ENVY 6055, HP Deskjet 1112
HP Envy 17", i7-8550u,16GB, 512GB NVMe, 4K screen, Windows 11 x64
Custom PC - Z690, i9-12900K, 32GB DDR5 5600, dual 512 GB NVMe, gen4 2 TB m.2 SSD, 4K screen, OC'd to 5 Ghz, NVIDIA 3080 10GB

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‎06-19-2016 07:05 PM - edited ‎06-19-2016 07:05 PM

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Hi,

 

The AMD R9 280X is an UEFI enabled graphics card. Windows 7 will typically not run in UEFI mode unless you take special steps during installation and also if the BIOS has a compatibility support module (CSM) that will allow Windows 7 be be supported as an "other" OS type so that UEFI can be enabled for the W7 installation. This is not a straight forward process.

 

I suggest that you try a NVIDIA GTX 660.

HP ENVY 6055, HP Deskjet 1112
HP Envy 17", i7-8550u,16GB, 512GB NVMe, 4K screen, Windows 11 x64
Custom PC - Z690, i9-12900K, 32GB DDR5 5600, dual 512 GB NVMe, gen4 2 TB m.2 SSD, 4K screen, OC'd to 5 Ghz, NVIDIA 3080 10GB
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‎06-20-2016 12:32 PM

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Thanks for the help!

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