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Disclaimer: This guide is only for systems that use the LGA1155 socket. HP 6000 systems and other LGA775 systems are not compatible. Hi, first I apologize for any grammar mistakes, English is not my native language, so i wanted to upgrade my HP pro 6300's power supply to something more powerful but the motherboard gets power from a weird p2 connector and a 6 pin connector instead of a standard 24 pin power connector. after doing a little bit of research, i managed to stick in an EVGA 500w PSU and everything is working fine so far, if anyone wants to know how i did it, here is what you need to do. - buy a 24 pin to 6 pin adapter cable ( around $10) https://i.imgur.com/mAH1oTQ.jpg but they are made for z220/z230 workstations only. so, you'll have to easily change the pins layout of that white p2 connector for the adapter to work with your HP pro 6300. (this is the one I bought https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B075242NGZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) - remove all 4 cables from that white p2 connector and compare the cables with the ones from your old PSU. your old PSU will have 4 or 5 cables on that p2 connector ( grey, green, white, white with red stripes, and sometimes black) . the adapter will have (yellow, green, red, black) ok, then put the yellow cable back in where the grey one was and put the green one back in where the green one was and put the black one back in where the pure white one was. and put the red one exactly next to where you put the yellow one. ok now turn on your pc and that's it. if you get an error on startup saying that the PSU fan is not detected, press F1 to ignore it and continue, but if you get tired of the error every time you start your pc and want to fix it, here is what to do. remember the black cable you inserted where the pure white one was, that cable is a TAC cable, it sends the PSU fan speed readings to motherboard but since the new PSU's wiring is not the same as the old HP one, the motherboard has no clue. so, you'll need to cut that black cable from where the cable meets with the 24 pin connector thingy (just to get enough length of it) https://i.imgur.com/n3W9MG5.jpg and then you'll need to attach it to the green TAC cable of the CPU fan connector and this will trick the motherboard into thinking that the CPU fan it is sensing is the PSU fan and you won't get any errors. Good luck https://i.imgur.com/63KGBe5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/DRN6twk.jpg Edit : The fan error stopped showing up after a few days or so without doing any modification (that fan error is probably set up to show up a certain number of times). Edit 2: Another option would be buying a dual SATA to 6 pin or 8 pin cable but it's not really recommended for anything above a GTX1060 cause these prebuilt PCs come with only 320W PSU, here's how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkmsLxnCfrQ Edit 3: Here's a diagram of how exactly my adapter is wired https://imgur.com/20grXCC. For those that have differently colored adapters, you can still follow this diagram but you gotta check where your wires are going exactly.

Got this pc for free, may i know if I am able to fit a standard atx/matx case in this. The cpu is Pentium 4

My hp youself pc is freezing issues. I tried updating graphics card driver to modded ones, Windows Memory Diagnostic has no errors found in memory. I also tried every Windows version (Windows 8.1, 10, 11) and it can't fix this same issue. My PC specs are: BIOS Version: HP J01 v02.06 6/9/2011 Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz Quad Core Processor Memory/RAM: 4GB RAM Intergated Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Dedicated Graphics: None

Does anyone have suggestion for Linux Distro for Stock Trader to watch a Running Trade? Thanks

Hello, I currently have a GT710 running inside a HP 6200 Pro SFF machine. It can cut a 1080i timeline fine for about 8 minutes of video, but anything more than that, and Resolve throws a GPU memory full error. I'd like to upgrade to a 1050TI ideally, as it has 4gb VRAM, which I presume should be more than enough for me. I've done some research, and found some annecdotal evidence of people successfully getting this to work, a lot of them say it went very well. However, I have 2 limitations. The recomended PSU for that card is 300W - I have 240 - but seen as it pulls solely from PCIe, I'd guess that my board can supply enough power to run it (maybe I'm wrong there?). If I needed to upgrade the PSU, there is no way of doing it as HP used a wierd non-standard one for this machine that is only available in 240w versions I believe. I don't do any gaming whatsoever, so any gaming performance doesn't matter to me. Another thought I'd had was potentially a 1030. I know somone with the same machine, who runs a 1030 2GB absolutely fine, but I want to make this my last GPU upgrade for a while, and I don't know if it'd meet all of my requirements. Any help/similar stories would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Hi! I'm currently planning to massively upgrade a HP Compaq DC7800 with a Mini-ITX motherboard, R3 1200 CPU and a GTX 1050 Ti low profile to build a small form factor sleeper build. I would loooove to use the current 240w HP PSU to save a hundred bucks and the hassle to fit a SFX PSU in here, but some connectors are not standard. Luckily, I found an adapter for the mini-ATX 24 pin connector. The only remaining problem is the CPU connector.... the one on the HP PSU is 6 pin (No, it's not for a PCI card, but for the CPU). Basically, I need to convert the 6 pin CPU connector to a standard 4 pin. If you think it would be possible, please help me! Or if you think this will all blow up, fry, melt or catch fire please tell me! P.-S.: Here is the part list if you are curious

Hi. Before you say it, I'm using usb 2... So I am installing freenas. Then I got this. Every time i try to install i get error 19 and a mountroot thing. Grrrr. Just upgraded the mobo and cpu to an hp Compaq socket 775 motherboard and an E6320 core 2 duo because of weird pcie errors... And because of the limitations of a sempron 3400+... tried reformatting. Is 2gb of ddr2 going to cut it? Or is that my problem. I have a stick of 1gb I can put in... I need help.... I don't know anything about freenas.... except for the fact it is a pain. I also am using freenas 9.3 James

hello, i have a hp compaq dc7900 sff pc, i want to put a gtx 750ti (low profile) in it. i have pcie 2.0 x16 slot however ive heard that oem desktops like mine often have a watt cap of 25 to 35 watts on their pcie slots so this card might not work. is there a reliable way of checking the watt power of my pcie if so please tell me. btw my motherboard is a hp 3031h. thank you.

I have a HP Compaq pro 4300 SFF it has an Intel Core i3-3220 CPU it runs at 3.30GHz it also has 4GB of RAM and 250GB HDD Running Windows10. I want to install a 2GB to 4GB graphics card that fits, 8GB of RAM, and 1TB HDD and i don't know where to look to get the best deal to stay below $200. can anyone help me build a Gaming Beast without breaking my budget?

Hey guys! I just want to show you my progress on an "experiment" with a trashed HP Compaq PC that I pulled out of the dump (legally ?). The PC came with no HDD (otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get it), only 2GB of DDR3 memory and a Core i3 2100. Yep not much really, but for free and I always wanted to do a pointles modd on a PC anyway ?. Alright, I first started sleeving all the cables of this little HP machine. It actually has way less cables than standard PCs but it comes with lots of IO-Cables that are rather thick and diffcult to work with. Nothing that could stopp me though. After I sleeved every single possible wire in this PC I decided to take everything apart and spraypaint the front of the metall chassis silver (it was black). My aim is to get a silver shine through the black plastic shroud. That's basically where I'm at rightnow. I will spraypaint all the CPU-cooling parts silver too. I'm also gonna cut a window into the sidepanel and get some lighting in there. I like working with acrylic but I don't know what I should modd by using it inside the PC... If you have any recommendations and idea, please feel free to share ?

Hey guys hope your doing well. I have this really old HP Compaq presario laptop with pentium m and 256 mb ram which was running windows xp, wanted to try any light linux distros that is suitable, as the xp is ancient, i tried lubuntu, puppy linux, alpine (tried mx linux, mint and others which just popped in a kernel panic error) and even tried an old version of Ubuntu to run on this machine, it seems to run just fine untill i open up any application especially the browser any one (light version or the normal one) fr tht matter it just would not run, the cpu usage would show 100% but ram usage was somewhere around 50-60%. I am not sure what else to try from here on out except for throwing it to the scrap, just wanted to make it wrk so that my younger sister could use for web browsing any help would be massively appreciated. Thanks and regards,

Hello LTT gurus, Hey fellas need help on choosing perfect Windows for my HP Compaq 510, currently rocking Windows 7 64 bit, specs as follows, Processor: C2D (dunno the exact the model) Ram: 4 gigs ddr2 Which will be the perfect OS for this machine, will be using this for light usage like web browsing etc, should I stay with Windows 7 64 bit or should I use Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, which will be optimal for this old hardware, currently I've a tight budget, so cannot buy a new machine, when I visited HP Compaq 510's driver page which had no drivers for Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 but in the following website it has drivers for both Windows 8.1 & 10 too, is this site can be trusted, coz when I did a lil research I found out that, Windows 8.1 is lighter when compared to Windows 7, if that's true, I'll try Windows 8.1, otherwise should I stick with current Windows 7 itself. The website which has Compaq 510's Windows 8 and 10 drivers Just need a suggestion which will go easy on my hardware, awaiting reply from you folks, ty in advance. Thanks and regards, Yash

I'm trying to buy a monitor, but the one I found online does not include a power cable. Does it use the 3 prong power cable as shown in the picture? I researched but I couldn't find out which one it uses so I'm turning to you guys. The model number that was listed is Hp Compaq L220W. Thanks.

Could I use the gtx 660 in the HP Compaq 8200 Elite if I upgraded the PSU?

So, a couple days ago, I purchased a processor upgrade for my HP Compaq DC7600 computer, to replace its 3.0GHz Pentium 4 630. The processor I purchased is a 3.4GHz dual core Pentium D 950. And I just realized I completely missed something. I forgot to consider my computer's power supply when deciding on the new processor. I decided on the Pentium D 950 after viewing posts on other sites where users were looking for processor upgrades for the very same computer and they received suggestions from the Pentium D 925 to the Pentium D 950. So, I chose the best one there and I chose the Pentium D 950. Then I purchased one on eBay for $11.50 with free shipping. I didn't realize the Pentium D 950 has such a high TDP, a TDP of 130 watts. Holy crap. My currently installed Pentium 4 630 has a TDP of 84 watts. Pretty big difference. And what's worse is that the HP Compaq DC7600 only has a 240 watt power supply and it is not user replaceable, as a result of its design. I may be able to remove it and stick in the 350 watt PSU from my old computer (which no longer works most likely due to a dead motherboard) but I would have issues with the fan in it and I would have to try and find a new spot for the hard disk. Heat shouldn't be too much of an issue, because I can ramp up the fan speed quite significantly. It's maxing out and ruining the PSU I'm worried about. The computer is technically prepared for the processor, as I have updated the BIOS and microcode and with the updated BIOS and microcode, the motherboard completely supports the processor. It's just such a high TDP and my PSU is only 240 watts... Any ideas?

I feel that this is the best forum for this thread. If it isn't, please forgive me. I have an HP Compaq dc7600 small form factor PC. I want to upgrade it to the best of its capability, just for the sake of it. That includes a new processor and graphics card. But, I'm not sure what I want to get. Currently, it has a 3.0GHz Pentium 4 630 (hyperthreaded) processor, its default Intel graphics controller and 4GB of DDR2 RAM. I actually experimented with installing 8GB of RAM, and even though the BIOS correctly detected the full 8GB, the computer would crash after a few minutes. Windows did not, because it's a 32 bit installation. I would like to upgrade the computer to be able to play some games, as a spare computer. Nothing really new and PC crunching and nothing on extreme graphics settings. We'll save that for another computer. I know that I'd be able to install a Core 2 Duo or possibly a Core 2 Quad in this computer but I'm not sure what kind of GPU. It has to be a low profile GPU, a regular, full-sized GPU is simply too tall to fit in the case. And that's where I'm not sure as to which GPU to get. I'm looking for a GPU that would go well with a Core 2 Duo or a Core 2 Quad. Here are some more detailed specs: Hewlett-Packard 09F8h motherboard, DDR2 based board Intel Pentium 4 630, hyperthreaded processor. 3.0GHz clock speed. Codename Prescott. Socket 775 LGA Bus speed is 200MHz, rated FSB speed is 800MHz 4GB DDR2-667 RAM. 4GB limit. 4 slots, but 4GB can still be utilized in 2x2GB. One PCIe x16 slot available, for low profile GPUs. It must be low profile, a regular height GPU will not fit. Two SATA connectors on the board, SSD upgrades shouldn't be much of a hassle. I believe the PSU is 240 or 250 watts. Most likely 240 watts. The PSU cannot be upgraded, due to the case design. Things to remember: This isn't a powerful PSU, and has a low limit. Low profile GPU! What upgrade suggestions do you have?

I recently bought a 3.4GHz Pentium D 950 to install in my HP Compaq dc7600 small form factor PC, which originally had a 3.0GHz Pentium 4 630. I got it, and upon installing it, the computer shuts off after a split second after pressing the power button, and beeps 9 times; the power light flashes red 9 times as well. I looked it up, and I discovered that this particular code means that the "System is not fetching code". So, I cleared the CMOS by removing the CMOS battery for a bit then put it back in. The computer then turned on, the fans spun like usual and nothing beeped or flashed unusually. I; however, got no video on the screen and the hard drive did not spin up. So, I placed the Pentium 4 back in and it started to POST, and began counting up all 4GB of the memory. As it did, the fans slowly ramped all the way up. Turns out I just didn't reseat the heatsink correctly. I reseated it, and the computer booted up the way it should. So, I removed the Pentium 4 Processor again, and installed the Pentium D. This time, I removed the two 2GB sticks of DDR2 memory and replaced them with two 1GB sticks and two 512MB sticks for a total of 3GB. Then, I powered it on, and this time, I get a different code. Like the previous beep code, it flashed the power light red with the beeps, but it beeped twice. This code means that the "Processor thermal protection is activated", which is strange (to me) because it issues this beep code a split second after I press the power button on the machine. I cleared the CMOS again. Same thing. Checked the heatsink and still got the same thing. I do know that it takes mere milliseconds for the processor to heat up. I think updating the system's microcode will help, but I haven't been able to find the microcode update for this system. The BIOS, on the other hand, is completely up-to-date. I must also mention that, according to HP, the Pentium D 950 is completely supported by the HP Compaq dc7600. It's completely possible that the CPU I received is non-functional, but I have no other system I can test it with. I also don't have a POST card that I could use. I should also mention that the microcode being out of date could be colouring the beep codes that I'm getting, and therefore causing a thermal shutdown upon first applying power to the system. Any ideas?

I have an HP Compaq dc7600 small form factor desktop PC, that, just for fun, I'd like to try and install a dedicated GPU into it. Because of its case size and form factor, it won't fit just any card. Though, according to the HP website and actual internal inspection, this machine does have a PCI-e x16 slot, which most GPUs fit in today anyways, so my choice of cards isn't seriously limited. I know pretty much any new card won't fit, but I don't know what cards will, so that's why I'm asking. What do you think would be the best low-profile card that would fit in this machine? Any suggestions?