upgrade my system with RAM DDR3 & SSD

[lse123]

This post is an extension of:     

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/hp-compaq-6200-pro-microtower-i...

I tried upgrading my system with Crucial RAM DDR3 2 X 8GB & soon TRY with Crucial SSD 500GB soon AFTER Clone c:/ disk soon

After being done with RAM now is FROM BLACK slot 1 TO white slot 4:  8GB-2GB-8GB-2GB

I have gotten just in the first boot with new RAM:

Is any problem with this?

After Pressed F1 --- booted to Windows 10 OS OK

[lse123]

About the SSD I plan to CLONE with Acronis TI 2018 Rescue media DVD -  C:/ HDD DISK to SSD

AFTER REPLACE HDD with SSD

1

Before cloning - should backup & create Restore Point of the C:/ disk

2

During cloning and backup helps avoid problems having the PC & Monitor connected to a UPS...?

3

About the old HDD in this PC, should Not connect this with having SSD with cloned OS due to Disk same signatures may interfere?

4

Having external HDD backup --- if wanted to reuse this old HDD should FORMAT it NTFS using Disk manager or Acronis Add Disk or other tools...? The Format chosen should be Quick Format or Not?

[DGroves]

you have a mismatched memory configuration

different sized ram in a bank/or memory modules in the wrong sockets

the 6200 has 4 dimm slots and each memory bank is two slots

what's confusing is that the 6200 can run in tri mode, where bank one is filled with two dimms the same size

and bank 2 is filled with only one dimm (same or different size) which needs to be in the correct slot

the primary memory bank is the one furthest from the CPU

note that the 6200 pro can support 32gb ram  (HP manual was never revised and says 16GB)

here's a link to the correct ram placement order

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/575260/Hp-Compaq-6200-Pro-Sff.html?page=7

[lse123]

Here :   

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/hp-compaq-6200-pro-microtower-R...   

Says

So, install the 2 x 8 GB in the black sockets and put the 4 GB in the white socket

So is erroneous advice? The (Black...) 8-2-8-2

How order RAM Chips starting with Black further from CPU BLACK....?

[lse123]

Should i inserted starting with Black slot:  8-8-2-2

?

Pleae note the manual page is erroneous since has 1 black slot and 3 whites ... review to see 

[lse123]

Is it because 

Is in wrong order

Or because 

NOT SAME CAPACITY ALL RAM CHIPS, ... ?

Should be 8GB all or 4GB all or 2GB all, Not different capacity???

[DGroves]

ideally all dimms should be the same size

however you can install 2 dimms the same size in one memory bank and a different size in the other two, or just one different size (two different sizes in a bank is not allowed) which is what the 6300 pro allows, the 6200 should also allow this but to be safe stay with identical dimms if buying ram

follow the memory load order in the link i provided it PLAINLY shows that there is one black and 3 white sockets so it appears that you did not take the time to read before posting

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/575260/Hp-Compaq-6200-Pro-Sff.html?page=7

[lse123]

the link

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/575260/Hp-Compaq-6200-Pro-Sff.html?page=7

is for

6200 SSF

but my system is 

6200 MT 

And, I think were 2 BLACKS and 2 WHITE SLOTS: B-W-B-W --- I think

well...???

[VH2000]

When replacing RAMs you often get the F1-Message to confirm the changes.

You are still running an old Windows (20H2) Meanwhile the 21H2 is uptodate! 

Run an Inplacement.
Run these 2 commands in cmd (admin)
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
sfc /scannow

Cloning is not the best option when using Acronis! Prepare a USB Recovery Medium and run a Backup from the updated (!) HDD.
If you run a UEFI-System, make sure that you select all the 4 partitions!
Change the disk and run the Recovery from the USB-Stick.
Do not attach the SSD-Disk to your System before you start the Recovery. Never initialize a disk in UEFI-Mode when you want to use it as System disk. All recovery processes fail due to the MSR partition!

[lse123]

1

What you mean by...? What do these? >>>

Run an Inplacement.
Run these 2 commands in cmd (admin)
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
sfc /scannow

2

What you mean by: "MSR " Below...?

All recovery processes fail due to the MSR partition!

3

So, Disk C:/ backup in Windows10/Acronis, and after clone HDD System disk, to SSD with boot from DVD ACRONIS MEDIA...? Is ok? Before do this review scheme of disks MBR vs GPT, etc info... Also, upgrade to Windows 10 21H2, only after clone done and replace HDD with SSD..then UPGRADE. Is ok...?