HP 6630 video card - what does it take ?

[User20251]

Vintage Hp 6330, does anybody remember what video cards worked in this machine ? Does a jumper need to be set to detect the card? Does this only take ISA cards?

[DGroves]

wrong forum, your system is a CONSUMER PC not workstation or business which is this forum

you have a HP Pavilion p6330(F) desktop PC most likely

although this line came in several different sub models like the (BR) and (TW)

the default video configuration was the integrated intel via the CPU

your system requires a LEGACY based video card (non UEFI)

i'm not currently aware of any current new video cards still supporting legacy only systems so that leaves older used video cards selling on places like ebay

[User20251]

This is the rare 6330 with the asus spax motherboard and the SIS chipset , the last american made HP lines with the first asus boards . I am pretty good  at figuring out old hardware but this one throws me. Does the onboard bios video memory have to match any slotted video card of 4mb shared memory ? , and does it only take ISA video cards ? there is no selector in bios or on board. 

[DGroves]

here's a link to your board (Socket 7 it's quite old!!)

you will need a socket interoposer cpu board to run Later cpu's

The SiS 5598 chipset included onboard VGA graphics

The SiS 5598 chipset, a successor to the SiS 5571

you can use either a ISA or PCI video card,

installing a add in video card

should auto disable any onboard video

note that not all boards support the same cpu's!!!

HP version (SPAX M-1) Two PCI slots

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-spax-m-hp-oem

there is also a HP SPAX  that has 3 PCI and 3 ISA slots

and is a full sized ATX motherboard

and the retail motherboard full sized ATX version

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-spax

[User20251]

The board is the full size ATX Spax. There are no video settings in the bios chip. One video disable pin on board. The video comes up blank if I try to add  a video card. Would a weak power supply cause this issue ?

[DGroves]

no, your issue is not power related

if (and that's a stretch) you can get the boards manual

you may determine that this board does not auto disable it's

internal onboard video and requires a manual setting to do

so via a jumper

is there a reason you need this 20+ year old system operational?

if it's just a hobby then have at it, it's your time.. otherwise i recommend

a newer system that still has parts /documentation more readily available