Recent content by aggressivelyaverage

It worked! Card is installed and everything is running normally. :) I'm going to keep the PSU around for future (non-HP!) builds, seeing how it's overkill for what I work with. Should I re-enable Secure Boot, or do you think it might disable the card again? I've already installed its drivers &...

Thank you so much for the help so far! I have stuff rendering in the background right now, so I'll give that a shot tomorrow morning and update here with the results!

A fairly old one, from my older (dead) PC. It 's better than what this one shipped with and worked fantastic in the old PC. It also fits in the case fine, but draws too much power apparently. The original box is long gone, but the card itself says HD 657X CL CLFX2.1 2GB PCI-E (Radeon). Not the...

I definitely need more power. With the graphics card installed, it was unable to fully boot. Someone on Reddit is helping me look for adapters, but they are just as puzzled about the HP pin set up. Even between HP PCs, they don't seem to use the same configuration.

Whatever it shipped with (also in that link). I'm just trying to upgrade the graphics card, but the existing PSU is not powerful enough. According to various random "check your build" sites, I'd need about 300w, but it was also recommended to aim for double your needs for best performance...

Yep, that's it. You can see the 4x4's at the top & bottom, and the 2x4 in the middle bottom, just to the left of the bottom 4x4. I have no idea what these are, but they are all that go to the current PSU. Edit: I'm not 100% that the 2x4 is the main hook up, I'd have to reopen the PC to check...

Yes, and reading the comments there they have the same issue. HP's PSUs are way underpowered and the pins are are not compatible with anything else. Even the recommended item they were linked ended up not being compatible with the propriety sets. I'm looking for adapters, but most of them look...

The PC: hp pavillion desktop 590-p0066 Purchased PSU: Thermaltake smart series 700w (Also posted in the PSU forum, as this is somewhat time sensitive) Edit: I have less than a month to return the PSU. Wasted a week looking for help on Reddit and getting no replies. The HP Support forum is also...

The PC: hp pavillion desktop 590-p0066 Purchased PSU: Thermaltake smart series 700w EDIT: Motherboard and PC specs (I barely know what I'm even looking at orz) I wrongly assumed that HP PCs would be set up like literally every other generic. They are not; their motherboards use proprietary...

Well, never was able to solve the problem, so got a new pc during black friday. Will be ordering a set of cables later that should let me plug the old hdd in via usb to recover my files... wish me luck! Next goal is to close or delete this thread... Consider it abandoned if I don't manage...

Thanks for all the help so far Dugimodo, but I've already done/answered all of that. Apparently I was using BIOS already and just didn't know what it was called! Will check for a status somewhere in the morning. Again, the troubleshooter did detect an error on the latest run, but did not say...

The latest startup booted to a troubleshooter I've never seen before. It couldn't repair whatever issue it found (the was no details, advanced, more, etc) but had an option to start anyway. This time I just got to see the desktop for a second before shut down. If this truly is a coincidence...

4 pin fan arrived & installed. Same issue. Tried to reboot in Safe Mode, but PC shuts off during boot after about the same time (1 or 2 minutes). Tried again and it seems like the up time is getting shorter. Checked all connections, thermal paste, contacts, power cables... Everything looks...

No idea how to do that... but yeah, you're onto why I asked. Everything I ran into online says it should have failed sooner, never made it to desktop, etc. I'd look into fiddling with BIOS, but UPS picked up the 3 pin return this morning, so I'm still just waiting on the 4 pin. Fingers crossed!

" try running open hardware monitor " Not really an option... The computer shuts down in seconds if I try to run anything. It only stays on for a few minutes if I leave everything untouched. It is the case fan. Also, no coincidence. The fan was physically broken and the pc continued to run...