Solved HP, transitioning processor to new motherboard

[Thornton]

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...

 

[TVeblen]

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.

 

[alphanumeric]

+1 to what he said ^

 

[Solarstarshines]

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 :shock:

 

[Britton30]

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.

 

[Thornton]

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.

thanks for the info, the next question is, is it bad juju to re locate processor from 1 am3 mother board to another, or should i be fine?

 

[alphanumeric]

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.

thanks for the info, the next question is, is it bad juju to re locate processor from 1 am3 mother board to another, or should i be fine?

Shouldn't be a problem as long as its supported on the new motherboard. I moved my Athlon II quad core from an ASUS M2N68 to a M4N68. I cleaned the old thermal past off and applied new past when I did my swap.

 

[Britton30]

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.

 

[Solarstarshines]

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.

thanks for the info, the next question is, is it bad juju to re locate processor from 1 am3 mother board to another, or should i be fine?

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

 

[Solarstarshines]

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

 

[Thornton]

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

while we are on the topic of new motherboards, would a dual processor mother board require parrody in the processor, meaning, would i have to do 2 quad core 3.4s or could i do a amd phenom 2 x6 3.3, and a phenom 2 x4 3.4???

 

[Solarstarshines]

if you wanted a dual cpu layout board i belive they have to be the same speed and chip

I wouldn't think other wise cause different chips would make it behave pretty bad or not get it working at all

Im sure there are members here with dual cpu 's they would be the best to ask on this i found some info on this not sure if i can post it from a hardware forum but here you go http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/258583-28-dual-motherboards good luck !

 

[Thornton]

if you wanted a dual cpu layout board i belive they have to be the same speed and chip

I wouldn't think other wise cause different chips would make it behave pretty bad or not get it working at all

Im sure there are members here with dual cpu 's they would be the best to ask on this i found some info on this not sure if i can post it from a hardware forum but here you go Dual cpu amd motherboards? - CPUs - CPU-Components good luck !

do you think a dual chip motherboard would be beneficial to 3d design and intense gaming?also, dont know if there would be any problems, but would the size of my graphix card maybe not fit also? i have an amd 6970 and dont know if the layout of a standard am3 dual cpu would work

 

[bobkn]

if you wanted a dual cpu layout board i belive they have to be the same speed and chip

I wouldn't think other wise cause different chips would make it behave pretty bad or not get it working at all

Im sure there are members here with dual cpu 's they would be the best to ask on this i found some info on this not sure if i can post it from a hardware forum but here you go Dual cpu amd motherboards? - CPUs - CPU-Components good luck !

do you think a dual chip motherboard would be beneficial to 3d design and intense gaming?also, dont know if there would be any problems, but would the size of my graphix card maybe not fit also? i have an amd 6970 and dont know if the layout of a standard am3 dual cpu would work

I'm not sure of this, but I believe that a dual socket MB would require Opteron versions of the CPU - regular desktop CPUs would not work.

Also, you'd need Win7 Pro or Ultimate. Home Premium supports only a single physical socket.

 

[Thornton]

if you wanted a dual cpu layout board i belive they have to be the same speed and chip

I wouldn't think other wise cause different chips would make it behave pretty bad or not get it working at all

Im sure there are members here with dual cpu 's they would be the best to ask on this i found some info on this not sure if i can post it from a hardware forum but here you go Dual cpu amd motherboards? - CPUs - CPU-Components good luck !

do you think a dual chip motherboard would be beneficial to 3d design and intense gaming?also, dont know if there would be any problems, but would the size of my graphix card maybe not fit also? i have an amd 6970 and dont know if the layout of a standard am3 dual cpu would work

I'm not sure of this, but I believe that a dual socket MB would require Opteron versions of the CPU - regular desktop CPUs would not work.

Also, you'd need Win7 Pro or Ultimate. Home Premium supports only a single physical socket.

good to know about windows 7, ty, if there is anyone else with more info thattd be great