This is my first post so I hope I'm doing this right. I checked the forums and could not find an answer to this. I only found what looked like one link to a bios for this but it was an old post and the link was dead.
Okay I have an HP Slimline s5113w
Motherboard is M2N68-LA (narra5)
PN: 513426-001 Rev. A01
I've made some updates to the motherboard over time such as:
Processor Upgraded to: AMD Athlon II X2 260 @ 3.2Ghz
Upgraded Power Supply to RP-TFX-420W
I added all the lovelies like an Asus Wireless N PCIE 1x card
Upgraded the video card to XFX Radeon 5450
Now when I did this I was doing very basic stuff and I was happy with what I was able to do. It was my desktop computer at my office like 3 years ago.
Now I wanted to play some games on it, nothing spectacular but like FFXIV on low settings.
I picked up an ASUS R7240-2GD3-L
I tested it in an eMachines Slimline I have and it was alright.
I later upgraded the eMachines to a GTX750 and want to put this R7 240 in the HP
According to Asus the R7 240 card I have is backwards compatible.
I meet all logical expectations to use this card (or so I thought)
When I put the card in my HP I get nothing, not even a post.
I contacted HP, because I run Windows 8 on it they won't have anything to do with me. I can't even update the basic bios patch they have that requires Vista. They told me to contact Asus.
I did and the lady I got seemed like she used to work for Microsoft tech support. I swear I've talked to her before. She did tell me she'd email me the bios update, that never happened.
This computer runs fine, the only upgrades I want are the Phenom x4 processor and this video card. The phenom says it's doable from HP's site but I am hitting dead ends with the graphics card.
Anyone able to help me out on this?
I would like to update the bios so it will run the video card it in theory already should without having to install Vista. Any advice aside from getting a newer PC would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: The bios in it is the stock 5.43.
There is a 5.49 but it doesn't seem to have done much and I can only install with Vista.
The processor I was looking at is AMD Phenom II X4 830 2.8 GHz Quad-Core HDX830WFK4DGM (Uncertain if will work as is)
The Video Card (More a priority than the processor since I already have it is...)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814121799
Okay I have an HP Slimline s5113w
Motherboard is M2N68-LA (narra5)
PN: 513426-001 Rev. A01
I've made some updates to the motherboard over time such as:
Processor Upgraded to: AMD Athlon II X2 260 @ 3.2Ghz
Upgraded Power Supply to RP-TFX-420W
I added all the lovelies like an Asus Wireless N PCIE 1x card
Upgraded the video card to XFX Radeon 5450
Now when I did this I was doing very basic stuff and I was happy with what I was able to do. It was my desktop computer at my office like 3 years ago.
Now I wanted to play some games on it, nothing spectacular but like FFXIV on low settings.
I picked up an ASUS R7240-2GD3-L
I tested it in an eMachines Slimline I have and it was alright.
I later upgraded the eMachines to a GTX750 and want to put this R7 240 in the HP
According to Asus the R7 240 card I have is backwards compatible.
I meet all logical expectations to use this card (or so I thought)
When I put the card in my HP I get nothing, not even a post.
I contacted HP, because I run Windows 8 on it they won't have anything to do with me. I can't even update the basic bios patch they have that requires Vista. They told me to contact Asus.
I did and the lady I got seemed like she used to work for Microsoft tech support. I swear I've talked to her before. She did tell me she'd email me the bios update, that never happened.
This computer runs fine, the only upgrades I want are the Phenom x4 processor and this video card. The phenom says it's doable from HP's site but I am hitting dead ends with the graphics card.
Anyone able to help me out on this?
I would like to update the bios so it will run the video card it in theory already should without having to install Vista. Any advice aside from getting a newer PC would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: The bios in it is the stock 5.43.
There is a 5.49 but it doesn't seem to have done much and I can only install with Vista.
The processor I was looking at is AMD Phenom II X4 830 2.8 GHz Quad-Core HDX830WFK4DGM (Uncertain if will work as is)
The Video Card (More a priority than the processor since I already have it is...)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814121799