Hi,

I have an Alienware X51 bought in 2012 and I am looking upgrade my GPU. I have the original GTX 555 that came in the PC and a GTX960 from EVGA that I'm trying to install. When I try to staret the computer with the new card installed, I can't get past the boot screen. 

My BIOS version is A03 and from what I have found on other threads, an update is required in order to install a new GPU. However, I only get a "please start application again" when I try to run it from Windows and an error 8714: Firmware update not initialized due to file open or read failure when I boot from a DOS USB key.

I have Windows 10 familly installed and the following specs:

i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz

GTX 555

8Go DDR3 RAM 1600 MHz

Also the power supply is not the original 330W PSU but an internal 500W PSU (I moved all the components to a new case) so power supply to the GPU shouldn't be the issue. 

 

How can I get to update the BIOS (or make my new card work if BIOS isn't the issue)?