MS-7613 ver1.0 vs ver1.1

[tic47]

Product Name: HP Pavilion p6655d

Motherboard: MS-7613 (Iona-GL8E) ver1.0

Hello, I have an old PC that I would like to upgrade.

And I would just like to ask what's the difference between MS-7613 (Iona-GL8E) versions 1.0 and 1.1?

Would it be safe to assume that hardware components for 1.1 would also work for 1.0?

The reason I'm asking is that I would like to upgrade my GPU, but searching other questions that have already been answered (ex. GTX 970), it seems that most of them have the ver1.1:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/MS-7613-Iona-GL8E-bios-update-a...

If it worked for him, maybe it'll work for me as well?

 Thank you very much.

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

The NVIDIA GTX 970 is not going to work normally on your PC unless your PC has a version 8 or higher BIOS.  HP didn't release a version 8 BIOS for your PC.

[tic47]

Thanks Big_Dave,

I just wanted to confirm since some people (in the link I posted above) were able to intall 970 using the same motherboard and legacy BIOS as I have. Only difference is their motherboard version. I was hoping I would get lucky like them, and the gpu would work on mine as well.

[tic47 · Accepted solution]

I didn't have the guts to try a GTX 970. Went for a GTX 660 instead, and sure enough, it works fine. Thanks.