CPU and RAM compatibility

[Candyphobia]

Can you give a list of ALL compatible cpus for the HP compaq 8200 Elite SFF. Inclusive the k versions of the cpu. Also how much ram can i have in what configuration for example ”4x4gb ddr3” i want tu upgrade my oC to full spec. Thanks 🙂 windows 11 btw

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You can find all of the information you requested at the discussion below:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Upgrade-list-for-Hp-compaq-8200...

No other details could be included beyond that information.

Official CPU support up to the i7-2600.

Unofficial support up to the i7-2700K.

4 x 8 GB of DDR3-1333 MHz memory.

You can also use DDR3L-1600 memory which will bridge to 1333 Mhz.

The document I posted in the discussion provides everything you ever wanted to know about the 8200 Elite SFF.

You can also review over 3,000 different 8200 Elite SFF configurations reported by users at the user benchmarking link below.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/HP-Compaq-8200-Elite-SFF-PC/285

[Candyphobia]

What does it mean by unofficially supported cpu? Will it work or not??

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, it will work.

Look at the reports of over 3,000 8200 Elite SFF PC's I posted on the userbenchmarking website.

[Candyphobia]

Sorry one last question I’m thinking about updating the bios. This article is for windows 10 i have windows 11 can i follow the same steps? UEFI bios installation btw. https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-PCs-Workstations-and-Point-of-Sale-Systems/Update-BIOS-UEFI-H...

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, you can use the same instructions because none of the BIOS updates were written to be run on W10 or W11, but follow the instructions in that other link because the person didn't do what I told him to do...

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Boot-and-Lockup/HP-Compaq-8200-Elite-SFF-BIOS-Firmware-update/... 

Just make sure that if you don't have W11 installed in UEFI mode, do not update the BIOS beyond v02.28 or it will take over a couple of minutes for the PC to restart unless you hide the TPM security device in the BIOS's security settings.

Even though I have W11 installed in UEFI mode on both of my 8200 Elite CMT's, I never updated the BIOS past v02.28.

Question for you...Did you just install W11 24H2 or did you upgrade it from 23H2 to 24H2?

I used the Rufus utility with the built-in hardware check bypass enabled but since the 8200 Elite didn't support secure boot, the Rufus bootable drive would not let me do an in-place upgrade to W11.

So, I used the method in the video instead with the latest W11 24H2 ISO file from Microsoft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRQouNhO_Wo

Worked like a champ.

[Candyphobia]

I updated to 2.33 and it works like a charm. As for the win 11 install i dont remember exactly what i installed. I think i followed this tutorial and edited the registry:

https://www.technewstoday.com/bypass-secure-boot-windows-11/

i remember there were some issues installing windows with formatting the drive that i had to resolve with the command prompt. I also for some wierd reason had to start the pc manually every time it restarted because it would not boot back up automatically again.

In msinfo32 it says secure boot State: unsupported. If that helps.

[Candyphobia]

And btw the HP provided toor for the bios didnt open the guide. So i figured out on my own just to go to the install path and copy the files in dos to the USB 

[Candyphobia]

Sorry i checked winver i have 23h2 i will update to 24h2 tomorrow. Thanks!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Thanks for the info. 

Glad the BIOS update worked.

Yes, just follow the instructions in that video and you will be running on 24H2 in no time.

Here's the link to the free 7-Zip file utility.  The first one at the top of the page is for 64 bit.

https://www.7-zip.org/

The guy on the video spends a lot of time telling how to get the W11 24H2 preview from the Windows Insider program, but now that W11 24H2 has been released to the public, you can get the ISO file from the link below (3rd option).

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11?msockid=1b0c6d11ee946b69049b7824eff56a37

Then hopefully we can just repeat the same procedure next October when W11 25H2 comes out.