Pavilion 500-150: HP Bios Lock-Down?

Hi all

So I was looking for forums and thought that I had asked here: so we got a new machine and the kids want to play games, but some games do not allow internal graphics. I want to install a graphics card but do not know if it will allow the motherboard (Bios). It has a PCI slot for one but don't want to buy and install have the fans turn but have the Bios block.

I have the power supply to upgrade the installed plant. I intend to buy XFX Radeon R7 240 2 GB DDR3 PCIe 3.0x16, video Cardinal any who think that a time I unstall drivers for the graphics of the plant and install new drivers, Bios it hangs in? Thanks in advance.

Joseph

Hi _driver51,

I can not find the product for your model specification, are you sure it's 500-150? or it's 550-150.

I can suggest you only focus on the speed of PCIe, the BIOS is not a problem when changing the graphics card, but you must make sure that your motherboard has the correct port for the graphics card. In this case, chetanrao_tech GeForce GTX645 sugested that is PCIe 3.0 x. Looking for a Radeon R7 240, which is also PCIe 3.0 x.

I was looking for your model and I found 2 options:

  • The closest is the Pavilion 500-164, it supports the PCIe 2.0 x and the before mentioned graphics cards are * NO * supported, be careful.
  • The other model near your is the Pavilion 550-150, this one has a PCIe 3.0 connector x available. and previously the two mentioned graphics cards are supported completely.

Can you take a look at your model number again just to be sure it was OK?

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