EliteDesk 705 G3 MT Ryzen 5 1600 support

[Jakubeq]

Hello,
Will this desktop support Ryzen 1600? 
Best Regrads,
JakubeQ

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

HP did not offer Ryzen processors in the EliteDesk 705 G3 model series.

HP EliteDesk 705 G3 Business Desktop PC Specifications | HP® Customer Support

However, this PC benchmarking site has reports uploaded from various owners of the HP 705 G3 MT and show that some have added Ryzen processors.

I do not see any reports specifically showing the Ryzen 1600, but there are others showing the Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 and the Ryzen Pro 1700X.

I believe that either of those processors would require your PC to have a discrete (PCIe x16) graphics card, as would the Ryzen 5 1600.

[Jakubeq]

Hello again, i bought the R5 PRO from China, but it not working. The monitor display black screen and the cpu fan is running on 100% power (loud as hell). What can i do? Upgrade bios? Thank for the first response. 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Sorry that processor didn't work for you.

I don't know how those other folks got it to work, so I guess that you can try updating the BIOS in hopes that gets the processor to work.

The latest version is 02.43 

Driver - HP EliteDesk 705 G3 Small Form Factor PC | HP® Customer Support

If you look at the release notes under the Revision History section, HP makes a reference to BIOS v 2.31: Updates AMD Pinnacle Ridge silicon reference code to 1.1.0.9.

Pinnacle Ridge processors are AMD Ryzen processors...

Here’s your cheat sheet for AMD’s Zen-based CPU nomenclature | PC Gamer

You will have to reinstall the original processor in order to update the BIOS if you have not done so already.