Hello, i have an hp (unfortunatly) that i have mostly replaced parts to make up for what they have screwed up. However! i am thinking of getting a new mother board and want to know if my processor, like everything else, has been tampered with by hp and if it would be in-compatible in a new motherboard. the processor is an AMD Phenom II 3.4 GHZ quad core black ed. and the computer is a HPE300Z. please and thank you...
It would be pretty close to impossible to hack a processor and change any of it's characteristics - like making it display a corporate logo or any other shenanigans.
And I can't imagine the chip manufacturers doing so for them.
I'd say you are safe to assume it is just a processor, not a special HP customized one.
+1 to what he said ^
Yeah I find it hard to mess with a cpu like that HP doesn't have Licensing rights so they would breach the contract they have with AMD
That wouldn't be good
Yup any AM3 socket board should be fine as long as it fits your case. The current mobo is Micro-ATX. HP has custom boards built with locked BIOS settings and have used de-tuned graphics cards.
Take care removing the cooler, sometimes they get stuck very well. Don't touch the pins and be careful not to bend them. I had to replace a CPU once because I dropped it.
It's not a problem to move from one board to another just remember AM3 boards are not like intel they have a two hole bracket with a snap lever
also you want to buy some thermal paste/For the Cpu is marked with a gold aero indicating the area of how it goes you will see this when you extract the chip and look under it at the pins it will be a lil gold aero give you the direction the chip goes
after this you should be gold just make sure when you drop the new chip into the new board you use a good amount of thermal paste for over heating not to much cause it will be messy a good glob in the middle and the cooler should be able to spread it out once on properly
I hope this helps you
Can ,I recommend getting AM3+ board because your cpu will work great in it with little difference just something to look into
Plus it is the newer technology i run a AM3+ board and im satisfied
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