Hi folks,
A slight diemma that I'm currently faced with-- I recently dieceded to upgrade the graphics card on my H8-1114 desktop. The following link contains all of the specifecs on the machine:
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c03028604
Initially, I went to the local electronics store and bought a random stronger Nvidia graphics card to replace my old GEForce GT 520. However, once I inserted the new card into the computer nothing but a black screen appreared. This caused me to do some further research to find that the computer's motherboard is very picky with what kind of graphics cards it will accpet due to some limitations in its BIOS version. Nonetheless, I came accross the following forum post where a gentleman posted a similar problem that he was having with another graphics card but on the same machine (the H8-1114). Here is the link:
To my delight another user posted a simple solution that caused this graphics card to work with the computer. I then immedately set out and purchased the same exact graphics card: the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Gaming OC 2GB GDDR5 VGA/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express Video Card N750TI TF 2GD5/OC. Unforunately, once I plugged that card into my machine nothing but the intial HP Screen appreared followed by a beep from the motherboard. I cannot access Windows or even the BIOS menu. I have the graphics card set to the "legacy mode" option as the post prescirbes and I've even tried the second "hybird BIOS" option yet both were met wiht the same result. I have been ripping my hair out over this for the last couple of days playing with the BIOS by upgrading it and so forth, swithing to the integrated graphics to try to install the card's drivers proir to inserting it, installing a stronger power source (550 Watts) and I even cleared the whole computer and reinstalled Windows to fit its oringal factory version. Nothing has worked, yet the card works in the same version of the computer as the forums post shows-- leaving me completely clueless. Please if anyone out there can help me figure this out I would really appreicate it. Thanks in advance everybody!