Changing an integrated video card in the HP Pavilion P6 for a regular video card.

[Yabuco]

I want to change the video card, because the colors are bad, kind of grayish and fading. The pc has an Intel integrated video card. How do you change it with a standard video card?

I will appreciate any advice.

Thank you,

Yabuco

[Chimney_83]

Greetings @Yabuco,

Welcome to HP Forums and Thanks for the post. 

I understand that you are looking to upgrade the graphics card on your computer, is that right?

Not to worry, I will be glad to assist you. 

For me to be able to assist you correctly, I would need the exact product number of your computer. Please refer to this HP Article for assistance. 

Please do not share the serial number of your computer. 

Keep me posted. 

[Huffer]

Is this it?:

hp pavilion p6-2220t cto desktop pc?

Here is the Upgrade Manual:

Manual

Look at p. 14 for add-in card. 

These cards were optional at purchase:

• GeForce GT 620 (1 GB)
• GeForce GT 630 (2 GB)
• Radeon HD 7350 (512 MB)
• Radeon HD 7450 (1 GB)
• Radeon HD 7570 (2 GB)

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-NVIDIA-GeForce-PCI-Express-VCGGT6302XPB/dp/B00847LDKC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&...

Post back with any more questions. 

If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it. 

[Yabuco]

Thank you for the input. One thing with this unit is that it only has one expansion slot, that's all I need anyway.  How do I disable the integrated video card in the mother board and enable the new video card? I read somewhere that I might need to upgrade the power supply, depending on the video card.

Thank you again for any additional inputs.

Yabuco

[Yabuco]

Thank you Chimney_83,

Ref: HP p6 series,  Integrated video card and colors not working right.

The HP p6 series product number is B3F79AVHAB-A. Model # is p6-222ot.

Thank you,

Yabuco

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

You actually have 4 expansion slots: 1 x PCIe x16 and 3 x PCIe x1 slots.

If you put a video card in the x16 slot it will automatically turn off the onboard video. 

*Integrated video is not available if a graphics card is installed.

• Either integrated graphics or the PCI Express x16 slot are usable at one time; they are not usable concurrently.
• Use of both the DVI and the VGA ports at the same time is supported.

Turn the computer off, stick in the video card (be sure to hook up any power leads it may need) and reboot. You need to have the driver available to load on that first boot by either having downloaded it to the hard drive or have a CD or thumb drive with the driver available. Load the driver, likely a reboot is needed, check your display resolution and you are good to go. 

You have a 300w power supply and whether that is enough or not depends on the video card. None of the optional upgrade cards listed in the Manual would need a bigger power supply. You are not going to be able to use the latest video cards because those will be UEFI cards and you need a legacy boot card. Again, any of the listed ones would work. 

If you are just trying to get a good image on the monitor and are not trying to do gaming, any of those cards is fine. Have you tried the monitor with another computer just to be sure the problem is the video and not the monitor? 

How about the cable? 

The listed video cards are pretty inexpensive now:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ati-Radeon-Hd-7570-2GB-PCI-e-Dvi-Hdmi-695635-001-701403-001-/192227722081?ha...

If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it. 

[Yabuco]

Hello Chimney_83,

Ref: HP PC P6 series, product no. B3F79AVHAB-A

Haven't heard from you. I posted the product number on my last reply for the HP P6 series, Integrated video card. Need to know if I need to disable the video integrated card before installing the new video card in the existen expansion slot.

I haven't purchased any video card yet, I want to be certainthat what I am doing is correct and that it will work.

Thank you again for your response.

Yabuco

[Yabuco]

Thank you  Huffer 

Just to let you know that this HP PC Pavilion 6 series only has one empty Expansion slot, the other two are full with two memory banks, 4 mb each.  The product no. is B3F79AVHAB-A. Do I have to connect any cable from the power supply to the video card that I will purchase? I don't see any extra cable leads on the power supply. I am counting that the card I get doesn't need external power from the P S.

 By the way, the monitor is brand new and I had been using it with my Dell PC. 

Thank you for all your Help.

Yabuco1

[Huffer]

If it needs an extra power lead you would have to use a Y-splitter to run the power off an existing cable from the PSU. I think all of the cards I listed above do not require a power lead...aka bus powered. 

So your motherboard deos not look like the one in the picture I posted? Hmmm. Odd. 

[Yabuco]

 Ref: Changing an integrated video card for a regular card in HP Pavilion P6 series due to bad colors and fainted dislplay.

  Thank you for all your good inputs. Yes, it is kind of weird that it only has and extra  expansion slot in addition to the other two for the memories bank. I ordered the XFX Force AMD Radeon HD 5450 IGB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 video graphic card. Will let you know If it works after I receive it and install it.

Thank you and keep up the good work.

Yabuco