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‎02-05-2026 09:56 AM - edited ‎02-05-2026 09:58 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion p6-2016de
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

My motherboard doesn't recognize my new GTX 1660 Super, I suspect it's because of the old BIOS... I don't know how to find out the BIOS version/revision of my motherboard foxconn 2abf

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‎02-05-2026 11:58 AM

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A BIOS update most likely will not allow the card to work.

 

Below is the link to the parts list for your PC:

 

HP PartSurfer

 

It comes with a HP 'Cupertino2' motherboard which would only support legacy graphics cards such as the Nvidia GT 6xx series or AMD Radeon HD 6xxx series graphics cards.

 

FWIW, below are the info and exe file links to the last BIOS update HP released for the Cupertino2 motherboard (7.16):

 

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp58001-58500/sp58264.html

 

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp58001-58500/sp58264.exe 

 

The only way you may be able to get the card to work after you update the BIOS would be to watch this video:

 

How I got GeForce GTX to work on Cupertino2

 

 

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‎02-05-2026 11:58 AM

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A BIOS update most likely will not allow the card to work.

 

Below is the link to the parts list for your PC:

 

HP PartSurfer

 

It comes with a HP 'Cupertino2' motherboard which would only support legacy graphics cards such as the Nvidia GT 6xx series or AMD Radeon HD 6xxx series graphics cards.

 

FWIW, below are the info and exe file links to the last BIOS update HP released for the Cupertino2 motherboard (7.16):

 

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp58001-58500/sp58264.html

 

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp58001-58500/sp58264.exe 

 

The only way you may be able to get the card to work after you update the BIOS would be to watch this video:

 

How I got GeForce GTX to work on Cupertino2

 

 

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‎02-05-2026 01:33 PM - edited ‎02-05-2026 01:36 PM

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everything is cool but I don't have a Cupertino2 board, and I know it well.... And before the upgrade there was a GTX640, and now there is a Sapphire Radeon HD 5770

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‎02-05-2026 01:47 PM

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I don't understand how you can say that your PC doesn't have the  Cupertino2 system board when both the parts list for your PC and the BIOS info link I gave you with that long list of supported PC's indicates the BIOS update I posted is for your exact model PC.

 

HP Pavilion p6-2011pl Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2012de Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2012pt Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2013pt Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2013tr Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2014tr Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2015es Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2016de Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2016es Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2016pl Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2017es Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2018es Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2018uk Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2019es Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2019uk Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2020ch Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2020es Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2020fr Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2020ix Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2020tr Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2020uk Desktop PC
HP Pavilion p6-2021fr Desktop PC

 

I have given you all of the help I can based on the information I found.

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‎02-06-2026 01:00 PM

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ok then what is the maximum bios version available for my Foxconn 2abf (v7.14       10/21/2011)? I just found mentions of v8.17 on the internet

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