p6000 series, Model p6604f, BV595AA#ABC CPU Upgrade

[hennmann]

I have an HP 

p6000 series, Model p6604f, and previous threads have indicated it can take a Phenom 1065T 95 watt CPU and the 95 watt limit is common on many motherboards regardless of make and I have a number of them. It is mentioned 1065T 95 watt is the largest but nobody mentioned anything about the BIOS version. Mine has BIOS version 6.2 and I haven't updated the BIOS to the latest which is 6.11 and in order to to this, I would possibly have to swap the HD and install Windows 7 because this is the OS where the BIOS update is known to work. 

Currently I have the Athlon 640 Quad installed but was considering putting in a 1065T which is somewhat comparable to an AMD FX6300

[NonSequitur777 · Accepted solution]

@hennmann,

I noticed that you posted about your HP Pavilion P6604f Desktop PC before.

Yes, the Phenom II X6 1065T (TDP: 95 watt) is the best processor compatible with your desktop.

Even though having the latest BIOS version would be preferable, I don't see a reason why the aforementioned processor wouldn't work with an earlier BIOS version.

Look, it will either work, or it will not. No harm done.  I believe it will work.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[hennmann]

I guess the bottom line is I will toss a spare drive in and reinstall Windows 7 which it had before and update the BIOS. It is debatable what the BIOS differences are because I never looked into this but I found it, downloaded and saved it along with posting where I got it. 

How important is the BIOS updates? Here is a good example, mind you quite a bit older hardware! Back in 1999, when dinosaurs roamed earth, I bought a QDI Ledgend Brillian X mother board and it was first intended for an Intel Slot PII series CPU. It was flashed to accept the PIII450 I purchased it with and all it could handle was PC100 RAM up to around 256megs. With that BIOS version it couldn't accept a 50gb HD I wanted to replace the original 6.4gb with so I updated it. That was the newest and last update and this company is nolonger around. Fast forward to a couple of years ago and I got a fantastic deal on a PIII 1000mhz Slotket processor and while looking in the BIOS I discovered it was now able to have the FSB cranked up to PC133 and I had a newer 128meg AGP card from 2004 and overclocking to 133 increased the frequency of the card but it was new enough to accept this speed and beyond and also my BIOS was maxed out at the Multiplier setting of this card and of course the CPU. The RAM? It is now bumped up to the maximum I had laying around with on board at 789megs of PC133 RAM and yes it handles Windows 7 Pro very well for something originally intended for Windows 95. The HD is maxed out at around 130gb but anyway it is what it is for a slot processor board of a manufacturer that hasn't been around for years but it handles Linux very well since Windows 7 is discontinued. From a PII and 256 (or possibly less) megs of RAM up to a 1ghz PIII and likely a gb of PC133 RAM so this is an example of BIOS updates and their effects and I should look into this HP. My desktop has a Krait Edition MSI AM3+ and I required a BIOS update to upgrade the FX6300 to a FX8370 CPU as well. Of course BIOS updates for newer hardware are a walk in the park compared to ancient hardware requiring a boot floppy with the BIOS software and a bit of prayer that the flash was successfully installed and didn't turn the board into a Frizby. I will get a spare drive and reinstall Windows 7 and let you know what the results are. People are using the tricks to install Windows 11 on older hardware and this will likely be the case in 2025.