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‎12-08-2018 10:55 AM

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Product: Pavilion Elite e9120f Desktop
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have a Pavilion Elite e9120f Desktop. (still works fine for my household documents and web browsing) The graphics card fan is toast. Looks like it's easier to replace the whole card. Any recommendations?
An upgrade would be great if the power supply can handle it.

 

Best

 

John

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‎12-08-2018 12:22 PM

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@JohnLF,

Congrats.  My HP 9000 series is also still humming along. Your unit is circa 2009, so it has the following stipulations.

1) Legacy BIOS (nnot the newer UEFIvBIOS)

2) Restricted to GPU cards manufactured prior to Sept 2012.  The last known workable high end would be the GTX 660, but that does require a new PSU rated at 450W-500W.  Don't exceed 600W.

3) Staying within your 300W PSU range restricts you to the same HD4350 (20W) low power card.

https://www.ebay.com/p/VisionTek-ATI-Radeon-HD-4350-900270-512MB-512MB-max-DDR2-SDRAM-PCI-Express-x1...

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‎12-08-2018 12:22 PM

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@JohnLF,

Congrats.  My HP 9000 series is also still humming along. Your unit is circa 2009, so it has the following stipulations.

1) Legacy BIOS (nnot the newer UEFIvBIOS)

2) Restricted to GPU cards manufactured prior to Sept 2012.  The last known workable high end would be the GTX 660, but that does require a new PSU rated at 450W-500W.  Don't exceed 600W.

3) Staying within your 300W PSU range restricts you to the same HD4350 (20W) low power card.

https://www.ebay.com/p/VisionTek-ATI-Radeon-HD-4350-900270-512MB-512MB-max-DDR2-SDRAM-PCI-Express-x1...

This system is feedback driven thru Solution and Kudo flags. It's the only means of knowing if you have been served. Please click Accept as Solution, if your problem is solved. To say THANK YOU, press the "thumbs up symbol" to render a KUDO. You can render both Solution and KUDO..

HP Envy 8 5010 Tablet
(2) HP DV7t i7 3160QM 2.3Ghz 8GB
Printer -- HP OfficeJet Pro 8620 Legal
Custom Asus Z97D, I7-4790k, 16GB RAM, WIN10 Pro 64bit, ZOTAC GTX1080 AMP Extreme 3 fan 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD, Asus PB287 4k monitor, Rosewill Blackhawk case and 750W OCZ PSU.
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‎12-08-2018 01:11 PM

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Thanks!

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