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HP Compaq 8100 elite sff GPU Upgrade help

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June 26, 2014 6:40:51 PM

I have a HP Compaq 8100 elite sff I have a radeon r240 gpu and I insert it to the pcie x16 slot and on boot all it does is spin the fan for a moment and then stop will not boot any video don't know where im going wrong any help would be great

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June 26, 2014 6:59:58 PM

Tried the other pcie slot?
Also, which r7 did you get exactly.
The sff versions' slots only support 35w I just read.
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June 26, 2014 7:04:30 PM

popatim said:
Tried the other pcie slot?
Also, which r7 did you get exactly.
The sff versions' slots only support 35w I just read.


the 2gb r7 is what I have and yes I tried both just incase
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June 26, 2014 9:46:42 PM

Still having issues if anyone knows more
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July 2, 2014 5:26:10 PM

Hey did u ever sort this out? I'm wondering if I have to upgrade my psu in order to use graphics cards in this machine since it's only 240 watts
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July 17, 2014 12:12:16 PM

OK so what I found out was my video card is actuly 75w the pcie port only supports 35 watts if u can get a like a 1gb card that runs about 30 watts u should be fine
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