HP Compaq 8100 elite sff GPU Upgrade help

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Insane33

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I have a HP Compaq 8100 elite sff I have a radeon r240 gpu and I insert it to the pcie x16 slot and on boot all it does is spin the fan for a moment and then stop will not boot any video don't know where im going wrong any help would be great

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OK so what I found out was my video card is actuly 75w the pcie port only supports 35 watts if u can get a like a 1gb card that runs about 30 watts u should be fine


the 2gb r7 is what I have and yes I tried both just incase
 
OK so what I found out was my video card is actuly 75w the pcie port only supports 35 watts if u can get a like a 1gb card that runs about 30 watts u should be fine
 
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