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XPS 8300, beeps 1 time after gpu upgrade
So I got a Nvidia GTX 1660 SUPER, and I put it in my desktop PC and followed the directions correctly. I turned it on and it started having a short beep 1 time every 10 seconds or so. I tried taking it out and then putting it back in. I also did a bios upgrade to see if that was the problem, but still it would not work.
Please help!
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Posted August 23rd, 2020 13:00
The PSU is fine, it say that the recommended PSU is 450 w, and that is what I have.
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Posted August 23rd, 2020 13:00
Did you reset BIOS?
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Posted August 23rd, 2020 13:00
The stock PSU in the XPS 8300 is 450 W. What's the PSU requirement for that new video card? Does it require a direct connection to the PSU, and did you connect it, assuming the stock PSU has that connector cable available?
One beep = Possible system board failure — BIOS ROM checksum failure
Try clearing BIOS:
- Power off, unplug
- Press/hold power button for ~15 sec
- Open case and remove motherboard battery (check Service Manual for details)
- Press/hold power button for ~30 sec
- Check all motherboard connections, PCI-e cards, RAM modules etc are correctly connected
- Install fresh CR2032 3-volt coin cell battery (~$2)
- Close up and connect mouse, monitor and keyboard
- Reboot
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Posted August 23rd, 2020 18:00
I figured it out, the PCIE lock blocks the gpu from going in because of the metal plate in the back of it goes on top of it, I tried moving it back but the one part of the plastic doesn't move. Can I cut it off? I don't know what to do?
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Posted August 24th, 2020 07:00
Thanks, I am going to return my current card and get a gtx 1080/1080 TI. Again, thanks a lot!
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Posted February 4th, 2024 15:03
You can use a uefi card on the 8300 I’m doing it now. All u got to do is go to bios go to graphical setting or what ever it’s called. Turn multi screen support to auto f10 save and exit. Before you do that tho. Don’t put card in. Boot windows get all ur drivers installed. Shut down install card. Start back up. Have ur second screen plugged into integrated and turned on. It will boot. Once u do all that make sure to go to task manager performance tab. Make sure it says gpu0 at the bottom. Also go to setting in windows display select ur gaming screen it’s gonna make ur integrated screen 1 and gaming screen 2 arrange then how u want click on ur gaming screen and check the main screen box. If it does install ur gpu to bus location 1 or it say gpu1 then uninstall nvidia drivers all of them. Then shut of and u plug second screen. I even disable it till done. Reinstall and it will install at gpu0. Then enable second screen. Boom been working for me for long time. With stock cpu at first now I have the i7 3700k oc to 4.1 wasn’t supposed to work either but it does.
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speedstep
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Posted August 23rd, 2020 16:00
XPS 8300 does not support UEFI cards.
You can use kepler, maxwell, pascal based cards up to and including 1080TI with proper power supply but you cannot use UEFI Turing based cards aka RTX and 1650 1660
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/turing/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa9b0TkTsLM
GT1030 works without any mods
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/msi-gt-1030-2g-lp-oc-graphic-card-2-gb-gddr5-pcie-30-x16-low-profile-hdmi-displayport/apd/aa362018/graphic-video-cards
1050 TI should also be fine.
https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/msi-gtx-1050-ti-gaming-x-4g-graphics-card-gf-gtx-1050-ti-4-gb-gddr5-pcie-30-x16-dvi-hdmi-displayport/apd/aa362026/graphic-video-cards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUOrnp2PjK4
All the cards are much higher in price due to mining and covid.