6 beeps and blank screen on start up HP Envy Phoenix

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Have an Hp Envy Phoenix, model: h9-1300t, with windows 8.1. I have an upgraded GPU (Sapphire Radeon HD7950) and tried to upgrade the power supply to an EVGA 850W. After successfully installing my PSU when my computer boots up it now beeps 6 times and no display shows up. I reseated my GPU and RAM and have tried resetting CMOS. Also, after my computer stops beeping if i hit ctrl + alt + delete my computer restarts and begins beeping again. I have tried everything to my knowledge and just about every solution I could find to no avail. Please any help is greatly appreciated.
 
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hope you can figure it out but I give this disclaimer to folks looking to ''up grade'' but lets hope this is not for you in the end .......

some models of store bought computers [dell.hp,acer,ect..] may come with a ''locked'' bios and may not allow you to change certain hardware as a video card.. this is done to protect them from undue warranty claims and refunds .this is not done to hurt you but to protect them. you really need to see if that upgrade has been proven to work in your model first before you invest money in it .. there are a lot of these threads here at toms to look at some models will allow upgrades and some dont.. and a lot of guys here say ya ya ya when is really no no no...it would be sad you spent $200 on a card...
hope you can figure it out but I give this disclaimer to folks looking to ''up grade'' but lets hope this is not for you in the end .......

some models of store bought computers [dell.hp,acer,ect..] may come with a ''locked'' bios and may not allow you to change certain hardware as a video card.. this is done to protect them from undue warranty claims and refunds .this is not done to hurt you but to protect them. you really need to see if that upgrade has been proven to work in your model first before you invest money in it .. there are a lot of these threads here at toms to look at some models will allow upgrades and some dont.. and a lot of guys here say ya ya ya when is really no no no...it would be sad you spent $200 on a card that wount post after you installed it as most find out. then get told its your psu and you spend more and end up right back where you are now, but its up to you good luck..


you got to know the the boards in these computers are not like the ones we use to do custom builds witch are open to upgrading with in the boards compatibly . the bios is custom made for there design and just for the parts they authorize to be used on there computers
 
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Florp

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My upgraded GPU hasn't had any problems but I understand what you're getting at. Maybe ill just salvage some parts from my existing computer (gpu, psu, HD, RAM) and start with a fresh motherboard and CPU