AMD FirePro W7000 4GB Graphics Card & HP Z220 CMT Workstation

[deanieabiepeple]

Hi Hewlett Packard, I Have just Received my AMD FirePro W7000 4GB Graphics Card from eBay.

What I Want to know is, Do I Have to do a BIOS Update on the HP Z220 CMT Workstation? for the Graphics Card to work.

I Power on the HP Z220 And there's No Display on the Monitor.

CPU: intel Xeon E3-1270V2 3.5Ghz

Memory: 6 GB RAM DDR3 1333mhz NON ECC Buffered Dimms.

Graphics: AMD FirePro W7000 4 GB Graphics Card

Storage: 2x 1TB HDD SATA III

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 January 2024 ISO x64

Monitor: HP 1366x768 VGA

Power Supply: 400W PSU

[NonSequitur777]

@deanieabiepeple,

Welcome to our HP Community Forum!

Since a Xeon E1270 v2 lacks integrated graphics, a separate graphics card is needed. Anyway, there is no particular reason I know of why your AMD FirePro W7000 4GB shouldn't work -at least with an MS default graphics driver, at which point you should download/install the correct driver found here. HP Z220 CMT Users have been able to make many graphics cards work, as you can see here: UserBenchmark: HP Z220 CMT Workstation Compatible Components.

Let's go over the following.  Install a working graphics card, and please go to HP's drivers & software link: HP Z220 Convertible Minitower Workstation Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Support, and ascertain that you got the latest BIOS version (01.87 Rev.A), and why not allowing HP to check your system for any other driver & software upgrades: "Let us detect the drivers you need for this HP PC":

The W7000 requires one 6-pin PCIe power cable. Please make sure that your PSU's PCIe power cable is plugged in securely. Observation: your RAM is on the low end. I would recommend a minimum of 2 x 8GB of DDR3 PC3-12800, 1600 MHz, Non-ECC, Unbuffered, DIMM (UDIMM), 240-pin RAM (such as this quality 2 x 8GB dual rank (2Rx8) RAM kit purchase option: Timetec 16GB KIT(2x8GB) DDR3L / DDR3 1600MHz (DDR3L-1600) PC3L-12800 / PC3-12800 Non-ECC Unbuffered ...), but 6GB shouldn't be an issue per se.

Here is a somewhat related discussion link that may be useful: https://community.amd.com/t5/drivers-software/firepro-w700-drivers-install-fails-quot-failed-to-crea....

Hope this was helpful.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[deanieabiepeple]

Dude The PC Doesn't display anything at Boot UP It's Got NOTHING To do with the Drivers..... THE GRAPHICS Card is NOT Showing ANYTHING at Boot Up!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

[NonSequitur777]

@deanieabiepeple,

This "dude" understands perfectly and doesn't appreciate your denigrating language.

Let me repeat what I said in my previous post: you will need to try again with a different graphics card precisely because you got no display.  There are no magic buttons you can push to make the W7000 work.

[deanieabiepeple]

Do I Have to Do A BIOS Update? The Release Date of the Graphics card is the day after The HP z220 CMT Workstation was released!

[NonSequitur777]

First post, quote: " Install a working graphics card, and please go to HP's drivers & software link: HP Z220 Convertible Minitower Workstation Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Support, and ascertain that you got the latest BIOS version (01.87 Rev.A), and why not allowing HP to check your system for any other driver & software upgrades."