My mother board crashed in my 8200sff I've purchased a new 8300 sff board Hp 657094-001 will itwork

[Dickie-07]

My mother board died when I was installing a new cpu my fault I purchased a new mother board a 8300 sff because it can handle the 3570 cpu I boughton line but because the 8200 won't boot I can't upgared it will the new Board have the information needed to boot or do I need to get a recovery disc to boot when it's installled eveting else is the same power supply hhd and ram?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

You should be OK.

There are some minor differences.

Two of the back USB ports on the 8300 Elite SFF are USB3.

The memory will work but it will only run at 1333 MHz, if that is the original memory that came with your 8200 Elite.

The 8300 Elite uses PC3-12800 (1600 MHz) memory.

You may have to reactivate W10 because you changed the motherboard.

If you do, you should be able to use the change product key option in the control panel and enter the W7 OEM product key from your PC's case.

[Dickie-07]

Tks Paul I Ram in there is 12800 runinng @1333 because of the 8200 board what has to be done to change the wattage and will it boot with out a BIOS upgrade or does the new board come with that

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

That's good that you already have the faster memory.

As I see it, the PC should boot right up with no action.  Windows 10 will install new devices.

No need to update the BIOS just to boot the PC into Windows.

The only issue will be the W10 activation due to the change of the motherboard.

[Dickie-07]

sorry what is W10 you say i can change it in the control panel let me know where I got a week or so to learn everthing I need to know the board is coming from the USA I only paid 23.00 US for it on Amazon but had to ship it to my brother in the US to re-ship to me here in Canada the same thing on Amazon ca was $169.95+shipping and tax.tks for all you help and advice.Regards Richard

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Richard:

If you get the message that Windows needs to be activated after installing the new motherboard...

Right click on the Windows icon on bottom left of taskbar>Control Panel>System & Security>System>Under the Windows Activation section at the bottom of the window, click on the Change Product Key link on the right side, and see if entering your W7 product key from the sticker on your 8200 Elite's case activates the installation.

I had to do that when my 8200 Elite motherboard conked out too, and I replaced the motherboard, and it worked fine, using the W7 key.

I am also running W10.  I replaced the board with the same one.  I thought about getting an 8300 Elite board, but decided against it because I don't have the PC-12800 memory or a 3rd generation processor I could install.

[Dickie-07]

I picked the processor up new unopened it the box fo $80.00 on ebay!!Tks for everything I'll let you know what happens

[Paul_Tikkanen]

That's a good deal!

Glad to have been of assistance, and I am looking forward to reading about the results of your motherboard upgrade.

[Dickie-07]

another question if you have time the intel 3570 cpu came with a new heat sink and fan the pins didn't fit in my 8200 mother board thats how I fried it i think tring to force the pins in I also now realize that this motherboard didn't accept 3rd generation Intel cpu's the long and short of it will I need the new heat sink and fan for the 8300 mother board or is the hp sufficent?TKS

[Paul_Tikkanen]

I think you should be able to use the stock HP heat sink from the 8200 Elite.

The 3570 actually uses less wattage than a similar i5 2nd generation core processor used in the 8200 Elite, so I would think the heatsink from the 8200 elite should work just fine.

http://ark.intel.com/compare/52209,65702