New Graphics Card

[Brian_137]

I bought a new graphics card (gtx 950) for my wife and I in our stock hp/emachine computers. When I got home I quickly realized it was never going to work out the way I hoped. I was missing a 6pin power connector for the cards so I had to go back and buy psu. I checked the video cards specs and saw that they required a 350w psu so I bought a 400w psu. When I got back home I hooked them up into our computers. Her's started up fine (emachine) but mine just beeped one long beep and two short beeps. I tried switching out her video card with mine and the same thing happened. I figured since my computer has more ram, two hard drives, and a better cpu it had to be the power supply was not strong enough. I went back and bought a 500w psu and tried that and got the same results. I thought maybe the pci-e slot got messed up or something so I stuck my old video card in and it booted right up. I tried switching her card that was working in hers with mine and same results, one long beep and two short beeps. I have an I3 3.2 ghz cpu, 8 gigs ram, 500 psu, and stock cooling and fans nothing fancy. I would think 500 would be plenty of power for that setup. When I went back the last time, I ended up buying her a new cpu, motherboard, and ram so she would have better specs that are close to mine and hers works just fine with the 500 psu.

Thanks for any suggestions ahead of time.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

so what is the question ?
error codes (beeps) are described in the manual of your computer. you can find them online.

 

[Brian_137]

so what is the question ?
error codes (beeps) are described in the manual of your computer. you can find them online.

I know what the error code is, it relates to the video card, but why? The video card works, tested in another computer with similar specs and the same exact power supply. Can a mother board be incompatible with a video card? I don't think that is the way it works right?

 

[n0ns3ns3]

if it has PCIe slot, supposed to work.
What is your MB (or computer model) and what was the old graphics card ?

 

[Brian_137]

if it has PCIe slot, supposed to work.
What is your MB (or computer model) and what was the old graphics card ?

Its a HP Pavilion p7-1030
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02858518

The graphics card I had in there was a gtx 9500
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-9500-gt

The HP is all stock except for a 500 psu and the new video card. The old one works fine if I put it back in, the new one gives me the beeps.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Have you updated the BIOS on your PC to the latest version ?

 

[Brian_137]

Have you updated the BIOS on your PC to the latest version ?

No, I have never done that before. I will look into how to do that now.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

it is here
http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-Pavilion-p7-Desktop-PC-series/5080737/model/5110014
though i don't see many versions there.

 

[Brian_137]

Have you updated the BIOS on your PC to the latest version ?

I looked on HP's website under drivers and didn't see any bios updates available for my modal. Does that mean its good? I have windows 10 but I looked under 8 since 10 is not an option and non were listed. There were some for windows 7, should I do those ones?

http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-p7-1000-desktop-pc-series/5080737/model/5110014#Z7_3054ICK0K8UDA0AQC11TA930C7

 

[n0ns3ns3]

the bios shows up only under windows 7 for some reason.

 

[Brian_137]

the bios shows up only under windows 7 for some reason.

Updated the bios to v7.16 restarted and had to set my boot order again. Started up no problems with old video card. Shutdown and inserted new video card and still the same beeping.

Thanks for your help!

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Well ... that was the last thing. On HP forums thay talk about some issues between the GPUs and MB. some were solved by BIOS update.
beyond that is only getting new motherboard that is compatible with your CPU and RAM

 

[Brian_137]

Well ... that was the last thing. On HP forums thay talk about some issues between the GPUs and MB. some were solved by BIOS update.
beyond that is only getting new motherboard that is compatible with your CPU and RAM

I think you are right, everything points to the motherboard not being able to handle it for whatever reason. Thanks for all your input.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

you are mostly welcome