Graphic card

[rex1995]

Hello ,

I Have a

HP Compaq Elite 3300 SFF, 8 GB RAM, 

processor - intel i5 3470 CPU, 3.20 GHz 4 core 

Operating on Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. 
I installed a Nvda GeForce GT 1030 2 GB DDR4 3.0 Graphics Card single fan. 

After I updated my BIOS. I went to NVDA website to download the drivers . However, the installation failed and my PC went blank. 

On my Device manager section, I tried uninstalling my intel graphics card , this didn’t help as well. 
 When the card is inserted into the PCI  slot, my computer won’t boot. 
I could see the fan running for graphics card and for the other parts of the CPU. 

I am having issues. Please help me out so that I can fix this issue . I bought this card to play Dota 2.0 on my computer . 

[NonSequitur777]

@rex1995,

Welcome to our HP Community forum!

The GT 1030 is technically compatible with older systems (as shown by this UserBenchmark result), but compatibility is inconsistent on legacy BIOS OEM machines like the HP Pro 3300 SFF.

Some GT 1030 cards include legacy support and work fine as shown -but many do not or fail to initialize properly on older HP firmware.

Since your system won't even boot with the card installed, this isn’t a driver issue -it's a BIOS-level incompatibility.

The HP Pro 3300 SFF uses a legacy BIOS, whilst most GT 1030 cards expect UEFI to initialize at boot. Because of that mismatch, the system can't POST properly with the card installed, which is why you get a blank screen or no boot.

Unfortunately, a BIOS update won't fix this -legacy BIOS systems cannot be upgraded to UEFI.

Realistically, your best option is to use an older, legacy-compatible GPU (e.g., GT 630/730 or GTX 650/GTX 660 Ti), or move to a newer UEFI-based system.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777