Graphics card install in Legacy or UEFI mode?

[waltKovacs]

Hello dear Paul 

I have HP 8200 Elite CMT ,i7 2600, 16 gb ram, w10, but in my bios there is not "UEFI" but there is "EFI" , still the same? some people say to me that this pc dont have "UEFI BIOS" but at the same time some people say that have 1030 ,1050....gtx 710,730....that supose requires "UEFI BIOS" so what happen here ? i hope yo can help me,thanks and sorry if is late or to many things to answer.

this is my pc 

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The 8200 Elite has a UEFI/EFI BIOS.

I just installed a nVidia GT 1030 in my 8200 Elite two weeks ago, and it worked with no problem.

I have BIOS v.02.28 installed.

It did concern me at first because when I turned on the PC, the light on my HP monitor stayed amber, and the PC shut down in about 5 - 10 seconds.

Then it rebooted automatically, and the monitor's light turned green and the video card worked fine thereafter.

I previously had a GT 730 in the PC, and it didn't do the shut down/restart thing.  It worked right away.

There is no secure boot option on the 8200 Elite.

[waltKovacs]

Im very glad to know from serious experience about this matter, i have 320w psu, so i think is enough for 1030 low profile, so its just plug in the graphic card in 16 pci-e ?, i dont need change something in the bios ? drivers must install first or after install 1030?,sorry dear Paul im very inexpert with graphic cards.

once again,thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes, I have the same...CMT 320 W P/S.

The P/S is definitely capable of running the GT 1030.  

Believe it or not, that card only draws 30 W, and the HD 6570 which was an optional card for the 8200 CMT draws 60 watts.

https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-1030/specifications

What you should do is first uninstall the Intel graphics adapter and driver in the device manager.

Shut down, unplug the PC, and install the video card in the black PCIe x16 slot.

There is a white slot that looks exactly the same as the black one, but that is a PCIe x4 slot used for a crossfire video card. Used for running 2 crossfire supported video cards at the same time.

That is all you need to do. 

No BIOS settings to change. 

Then just install the nVidia graphics driver after you get into Windows.

If you want to wait, Windows Update will automatically install the W10 graphics driver within a few minutes.

[waltKovacs]

Thank you so much, a lot of people have this "question" or "problem" but your answers are complet and clear,thank you, i will upgrade my graphic card to 1030 low profile and i will get in touch when i complet the process.

have nice day Paul

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Looking forward to reading about how your video card upgrade went--particularly if your PC did the same thing as mine.

Weird shutdown after a few seconds, followed by automatic reboot and a working video card.

BTW, this is the model 1030 graphics card I bought...

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-nvidia-geforce-gt-1030-sc-2gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card-...

You have a nice day too!