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dfbeck
Junior
7 years ago

I have to upgrade a video card

I have an HP Elite 8200 Convertable Minitower i3 that I'd like to upgrade the video card. At BestBuy I bought a PNY GTX 1050 300 watt required card. It wouldn't seat in the box because of the tabs on the card that hold it in place on the connector end landed right on the edges of the metal slot that help the blank in place.

 

I posted pictures (tho I don't know what size they will be) that show the metal slot just below the edge of the mother board. I read an answer to Tubs question on upgrading a vc and there was a list of GeForce cards that were almost guaranteed to work. My question is do different manufacturers built there cards with a different method of seating the connector end of the card? I've never seen one that wouldn't at least seat even if it wasn't compatable with the software or power supply.

 

Forgive the pictures. I used Paint which I never use but it was handy. The slot is pointed out with arrows, sort of.

 

Any advice is appreciated.PNY Video card cropped.png Hp Slot.png

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  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    7 years ago

    That card should still fit.  The bar going across will just sit in the middle, with the connectors of the card being through one IO opening and the holes in the card for air flow being in the other opening.  The card you bought should fit without issue, with that bar of metal not needing to be removed.  All cards like yours are made to fit without needing to remove that opening separator.  

     

    The following is my desktop, with a card that takes up two openings, and with the bar between the two...

     

  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    Associate Professor
    7 years ago

    From the looks of the pictures, you didn't remove both of the I/O brackets to install the graphics card.  Both the primary slot, and the slot below it must have the I/O shields removed so the card can fit.  From the looks of the pictures, it should slide right on in with no issue, the bracket will most likely rest between the mobo, and back metal of the case.

    • dfbeck's avatar
      dfbeck
      Junior
      7 years ago

      Hi,

      I finally got a chance to look at the machine again and I see there is another bracket that the 'loop' of metal is made out of that normally would hold the tang of a blank. The two tangs on the video card overlap that loop. In the picture I've pointed to it with a pen. If it were removed the card could be inserted but that piece of metal is not dedicated to individual blank openings, it's a solid piece of metal all the way across the motherboard end. Is what I've pointed a pen at the bracket you are referring to? I posted this picture in the large format so it would show that metal bracket is one solid piece across the bottom but if it were gone that card would fit but the other blanks would rattle around with nothing holding the bottom.

       

      From the looks of the pictures, you didn't remove both of the I/O brackets to install the graphics card.  Both the primary slot, and the slot below it must have the I/O shields removed so the card can fit.  From the looks of the pictures, it should slide right on in with no issue, the bracket will most likely rest between the mobo, and back metal of the case.

      • GabeU's avatar
        GabeU
        Distinguished Professor IV
        7 years ago

        That card should still fit.  The bar going across will just sit in the middle, with the connectors of the card being through one IO opening and the holes in the card for air flow being in the other opening.  The card you bought should fit without issue, with that bar of metal not needing to be removed.  All cards like yours are made to fit without needing to remove that opening separator.  

         

        The following is my desktop, with a card that takes up two openings, and with the bar between the two...