Upgrading an oldie

[mikeveronese6]

Hi, I wanted to revive an old HP Pavilion Desktop pc.

It has a 2nd gen (I think) I5 processor, 8 gigs of DDR3 memory, and a Radeon 6450 video card. I was "just" going to replace the hard drive as the one in it has a password. Then I thought why not upgrade this video card. Found an RX 580 that fits in and had to get a new power supply as the card needs direct power. So I got that and plugged in everything with no issues. 

Now I have a new hard drive on the way but in the meantime, I thought I could at least try and see if it starts. Well, I have no display. Took the new video card out and reinstalled the old one, but still no display. Double checked the connections and everything looks ok. And while I am here, when the new hard shows ... I want to install it and I have Windows 10 on a thumb drive waiting. I'm under the idea that I put the new hard drive in, insert the USB with the Operating System and it just kind of self-installs, right?

Thanks very much for all help,

Mike

[Irwin6]

Hi @mikeveronese6,

Welcome to the HP Support Community.

Thank you for posting your query, I will be glad to assist you.

I see that you are looking for help with perform a recovery on your PC using a flash drive.

Please follow the steps below to perform a recovery.

1) Shut down the computer.

2) Connect the USB flash to the PC.

2) Turn the computer back on again and repeatedly tap on the ESC until a Startup menu appears.  

3) Press F9 for boot device options menu and select the USB flash drive connected.  

4) Now follow the on screen instructions to complete the recovery process.

Please mark this post as “Accepted Solution” if the issue is resolved and if you feel this reply was helpful click “Yes”.

I hope this helps.

Take care and have a great day ahead!

 Irwin6

HP Support