hp What is the most powerful graphics card compatible with my motherboard?(Legacy BIOS)

[Josem4]

Hi, greetings from Argentina!
I have an old HP PRO 3400MT PC (Foxconn 2ABF motherboard) with an i7 2600 and 8gb ddr3 1333Mhz that i want to give to my GF to play some games.
Recently i changed the power supply of my PC and i put the old 550w PSU to the HP  and worked great (with the Processor Integrated Graphics) BUT it doesn't work when i put a newer graphics card (GTX 1050ti)
I read in some forums that the problem is something related to Legacy BIOS... I updated the BIOS as they recommend (to 7.16) and it still doesn't work...
What can i do? some solution?

UPDATE!
I tried a glitch in the motherboard that a guy find and shared on YouTube, IT WORKED! but is a little tricky to make it run (and like 3 minutes of waiting).
Also i read a post of a guy who recommends to flash a moded bios but for that i need to reeplace the Bios chip on the mother 'cause the new bios is 8Mb and the chip of the HP is 4mb...
I don't have the tools needed for that so i think that wait 3 minutes until the PC is fine for now, but i will change the Mother+Case sometime. Thank you all!

[FloRolf]

Theoretically is should support anything, even a 2080Ti.

 

What kind of error are you getting? 

[minibois]

As I have heard with HP motherboards (and various other OEMs too) they just like to disable aftermarket GPU's from working.

I talked to a colleague with once tried 4 GTX 1050 (non Ti) GPU's in an HP system, the first three didn't work and only the fourth one did..

 

So it might not even be legacy BIOS related, but rather some kind of douchey reason of them not wanting you to upgrade..

[Princess Luna]

RTX Quadro 8000

 

Seriously your issue is proprietary HP deal... never buy a pre-build.

[Josem4]

42 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Theoretically is should support anything, even a 2080Ti.

 

What kind of error are you getting? 

It doen't show any error. Just get stuck on the MOBO logo.
This PC was using originally a HD6570 and worked fine, when i changed to my actual PC i gifted that card and install Intel HD graphics driver and it worked like that until now...
If i took awat the GTX it works fine with IntelHD.. Also i tested the GTX in my actual PC and it works so it seems to be some incompatibility with the GTX

[ImAyaanKhan]

Manufacturers are douchebags. Your best shot is to try different GPUs and see if one works. Or, if your willing, you could change the motherboard out, but that's a lot of work. IT's also the only failsafe option for your pc when it comes to putting in a graphics card.

[Josem4]

42 minutes ago, Minibois said:

As I have heard with HP motherboards (and various other OEMs too) they just like to disable aftermarket GPU's from working.

I talked to a colleague with once tried 4 GTX 1050 (non Ti) GPU's in an HP system, the first three didn't work and only the fourth one did..

 

So it might not even be legacy BIOS related, but rather some kind of douchey reason of them not wanting you to upgrade..

Can you tell me the name of that card? maybe there is some information about what it has inside to be compatible with that OEM HP system

[Josem4]

5 minutes ago, ImAyaanKhan said:

Manufacturers are douchebags. Your best shot is to try different GPUs and see if one works. Or, if your willing, you could change the motherboard out, but that's a lot of work. IT's also the only failsafe option for your pc when it comes to putting in a graphics card.

The i7 still has enough power to play some games but the 1155 motherboards are expensive and i wanted to look for a solution to avoid buy a new one. Also the HP case have a weird flipped design and popietary front panel connectors, so if i buy a new MOBO i'll need to change the case... That's a lot of money that i don't have right now (counting the new PSU i bought for my courrent PC and the GTX1050ti i want to put on the HP)

[ImAyaanKhan]

Just now, Josem4 said:

The i7 still has enough power to play some games but the 1155 motherboards are expensive and i wanted to look for a solution to avoid buy a new one. Also the HP case have a weird flipped design and popietary front panel connectors, so if i buy a new MOBO i'll need to change the case... That's a lot of money that i don't have right now (counting the new PSU i bought for my courrent PC and the GTX1050ti i want to put in the HP)

Ah I see. I guess you'll just have to try different GPUs and return them until you've got one that works. 

Oh wait. BRAIN WAVE: Try an AMD GPU and see what results you get.

[Tristerin]

You have to change boot from Legacy to UEFI as the GPU is a UEFI GPU (sorry if I have this wrong but its something like this or this, just on the forum for a moment)

 

That system can do any GPU that can fit and be powered by the slot/PSU

[minibois]

13 minutes ago, Josem4 said:

Can you tell me the name of that card? maybe there is some information about what it has inside to be compatible with that OEM HP system

I don't remember, I believe it MSI worked and an Asus and Gigabyte card did not work, but this has been some years ago..

Best bet is probably buying from a store with a good return policy

[Tristerin]

Set your boot priority to UEFI after disabling the onboard, have to log off but start googling there and you will have your answer

[Tristerin]

Im 100% positive Im saying this almost correctly - that GPU will work on your system.  As long as its getting fully powered (and booting from UEFI, not Legacy and plugging in at the GPU after disabling onboard).  If your motherboard only supports 35w out of the PCIe slot though, and your GPU isn't one that gets the rest of its power from the PSU...it wont work

 

Cant research further, but that's the starts you need

[Josem4]

3 hours ago, Tristerin said:

Im 100% positive Im saying this almost correctly - that GPU will work on your system.  As long as its getting fully powered (and booting from UEFI, not Legacy and plugging in at the GPU after disabling onboard).  If your motherboard only supports 35w out of the PCIe slot though, and your GPU isn't one that gets the rest of its power from the PSU...it wont work

 

Cant research further, but that's the starts you need

The 550w PSU i put on the HP has two 6+2 connectors but the GTX 1050ti doesn't have any connector, it just takes power from the mother.
I can't find any information of the MOBO to know if it delivery the 75w that requires the GPU.
How can i know how many watts the mother is giving to the card?

[Tristerin]

4 minutes ago, Josem4 said:

The 550w PSU i put on the HP has two 6+2 connectors but the GTX 1050ti doesn't have any connector, it just takes power from the mother.
I can't find any information of the MOBO to know if it delivery the 75w that requires the GPU.
How can i know how many watts the mother is giving to the card?

 

Is this your mobo?

 

[Josem4]

3 hours ago, Tristerin said:

Set your boot priority to UEFI after disabling the onboard, have to log off but start googling there and you will have your answer

I tried a glitch in the motherboard that a guy find and shared on YouTube, IT WORKED! but is a little tricky to make it run (and like 3 minutes of waiting).
Also i read a post of a guy who recommends to flash a moded bios but for that i need to reeplace the Bios chip on the mother 'cause the new bios is 8Mb and the chip of the HP is 4mb...
I don't have the tools needed for that so i think that wait 3 minutes until the PC is fine for now, but i will change the Mother+Case sometime. Thanks

[Tristerin]

1 minute ago, Josem4 said:

I tried a glitch in the motherboard that a guy find and shared on YouTube, IT WORKED! but is a little tricky to make it run (and like 3 minutes of waiting).
Also i read a post of a guy who recommends to flash a moded bios but for that i need to reeplace the Bios chip on the mother 'cause the new bios is 8Mb and the chip of the HP is 4mb...
I don't have the tools needed for that so i think that wait 3 minutes until the PC is fine for now, but i will change the Mother+Case sometime. Thanks

Awesome!  Glad you got it to work!  

[Josem4]

2 minutes ago, Tristerin said:

 

Is this your mobo?

 

No, is this one