First post, by clueless1
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I have a friend with an HP Touchsmart 600 all-in-one PC. It has an i3 cpu with integrated HD graphics. He wanted to upgrade it to an i7, so he bought the i7 cpu that is specified for that model. Then he realized the i7 does not have integrated graphics, but that there is a slot on the motherboard for dedicated graphics. He bought this off of ebay, reported to be the correct model for an HP Touchsmart 600. He installed the cpu and graphics card, but is not getting a video signal. He suspects he needs a BIOS from the i7 variant for the 600, but had no luck finding one. He even tried calling HP, but they had no clue how to help him. So he is asking me if I could take a stab at it. I have the system (it currently has the i3 in it) as well as the i7 cpu and graphics card. I just haven't taken it apart yet. If anyone has happened to try this and has some advice/experience (or even a BIOS!) to share, I'd really appreciate it. 😀
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