I installed new drivers and this did help, but it never resolved the issue. I get totally bogged down when the machine is doing it daily 'updates' thing, as seen on Task Manager. My plan was to up the performance of the comp with flash drives and an external hard drive, as well as the ram of course. I guess I'll scrap my external hard drive plans for now, better not to rush things.
The PC should 'see' the BIOS files on the flash drive.įollow the on-screen instructions to update the BIOS.Īnd thanks yet again. Select the File tab>Flash System ROM command. Press the F10 key to get access to the BIOS. The new BIOS code will not take effect until the PC is rebooted.Ĭlick on the View Contents of DOS Flash Folder link at the bottom of the instructions under the F10 Setup BIOS flash section.Ĭopy the file contents to your USB flash drive. The user is prompted when the process is completed.
F10 ROM based flash can accept the binary file from the root directory of any removable media such as USB or legacy floppy diskette. The binary image file is contained in the DOS Flash directory and is named XXX_MMmm.bin where "XXX" is the abbreviated BIOS family, "MM" is the major version number, and "mm" is the minor version number. This flash utility will present the user with the option to select the media containing the BIOS image file (XXX_MMmm.bin). In the File menu, select the "Flash System ROM" item. Reboot the PC and press F10 to enter setup.
The HP Business Desktop system supported by this softpaq provides a BIOS upgrade option through F10 setup using the "Flash System ROM" feature. Read the instructions under the F10 setup BIOS flash method. If you have an older version, here is how you can safely update the BIOS to 1.14.ĭownload and run the file. ROM Firmware for HP Compaq 8000 Elite (786G7) The latest BIOS update for your PC is this one. I don't yet know if the 1gb or 2gb graphics card has counts in that 16gb max or not. It has 4gb ddr3 ram but I'm going to upgrade it to 8gb around the same time as installing a graphics card, and then maybe to 16gb, the max for this model. These are some other options I looked at.
The card cannot go into an SFF and have the full size bracket the vga port is in. I won't actually use vga port I'll get an adapter or use hdmi. It has a vga port which means it's older usually, and that is a good sign for my aging computer. I tried to match as many things as I could, low profile, ddr3, 64 bit, it only uses 18 W. But it's probably just another trojan horse. For some sad sap such as me that thing looks like a godsend. I somehow think my computer cannot handle it though. This is an example of a the type of card I'd like to try for my aging computer. I really don't know enough about computer sales to know it that is even applicable, but it seemed logical.Īnd: does anyone know what the maximum graphics card is that an HP Compaq Elite 8000 SFF can use? It may just be what can come on the computer if one buys a various priced machines. I thought that at first as well, but I began to doubt it. People use this list as if it is the specs of what the computer can handle. Or are they the only graphics cards the computer can run. NVIDIA NVS 300 PCIe x1 512MB Graphics Card X XĪTI Radeon HD 4650 DP (1GB) PCIe x16 Graphics CardĪre the specs in this HP website what can come installed on the computer?Īre they the only compatible upgrades at the time of the making of this computer? NVIDIA NVS 300 PCIe x16 512MB Graphics Card X X Nvidia GeForce 310 DP PCIe x16 Graphics Card X X This is the the specs website, very handy.