Hp dc 5800 Upgrades!!!

[mdklassen]

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[foxfaisal]

All right. I will start a new thread from this point onward. Sorry because I didn't know about the rules 😛

[foxfaisal]

By the way, I've created my own thread to continue discussing and solving my own problem around 2 days ago. I even get an email notification from HP Support Forum saying that I obtain the Creative Commentator badge immediately after I created the thread.

However, I still cannot find that thread until now. Not sure whether the thread has been deleted by the admin or still waiting to be approved by the admin.

Thank you.

[kevin-t]

@foxfaisal

Something in your post triggered our automatic filters and caused the system to remove your post. I have restored your thread here. 

[mdklassen]

> Something in your post triggered our automatic filters.

Off-topic, but a post that I made was "blocked" (not allowed to be posted), because it contained the initials for the National Hockey League, as 3 consecutive capital letters.

N(ot) w(H)olely U(nderstood) by me. 

[alexmain]

Pls can you update the supported cpu

[mdklassen]

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@alexmain wrote:
Pls can you update the supported cpu

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The "author" of this thread -- Mdlucky8 -- has not posted anything anywhere on this HP forum since March 27, last year.

So, I am not sure as to which "you" that is being referenced.  

[foxfaisal]

Same with me. I don't know the word 'you' refers to me or someone else 😛

[foxfaisal]

Good day,

Sorry for hijacking this thread again. The reason why I replied in this thread is because I would like to inform everyone who were replying to help me all this time regarding the latest update of my HP dc5800 Small Form Factor.

Few days ago I told about my HP dc5800 Small Form Factor's problem in my country's gaming PC community Facebook page. One of the members in the community suggested me that I can still buy used ATX or micro-ATX motherboards that supports Intel Core 2 processors and DDR3 at a reasonable price, then transfer my Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 (and Intel Core 2 Duo E8600) from my HP dc5800 to the new motherboards (together with new casing, power supply units, DDR3 etc.). The list of the Core 2 chipsets are available in the link below:

Core 2 chipsets

Beside that, the same member in the gaming PC community also suggested me to replace the thermal paste at the North Bridge heat sink of my HP dc5800 Small Form Factor because it is suspected that the thermal paste at that area has dried up. I think this suggestion makes sense because while the HP dc5800 Small Form Factor is on, I touch both the heat sink for CPU cooler and North Bridge - the heat sink for CPU cooler is normal while the heat sink for North Bridge is hot. Now I suspect that the North Bridge is the culprit all this time.

When I removed the heat sink at the North Bridge, I notice that there were no thermal paste at all on the die at the north bridge - the only thing that I saw was some kind of pink glue surrounding the die at the North Bridge. I suspect that this pink glue thing was not a dry thermal paste because it did not dissolve when I wipe it with alcohol swab and I have to scrape it from the North Bridge heat sink using a screw driver.

After appying the thermal paste on the North Bridge and switch the PC on, the HP dc5800 Small Form Factor's CPU fan finally no longer goes rampage noisily at an uncomfortable level. Sometimes the fan does throttle up, but not as terrible as before. Hence, it is confirmed that the main problem all this time has something got to do with the North Bridge.

Even now, the North Bridge heat sink is still hotter that the CPU heat sink, plus the temperature of my room increases whenever I use this PC for hours. I think I would like to send my desktop to computer shop tho ask the shopkeeper to diagnose more in detail about thy the North Bridge heat sink is always hotter than the CPU heat sink.

If any of you would like to reply to this comment, please reply in the new thread in the link below to prevent further hijacking:

HP Compaq dc5800 Small Form Factor Restoration and Upgrade

Thank you and have a nice day.

[mdklassen]

> I can still buy used ATX or micro-ATX motherboards that supports Intel Core 2 processors and DDR3 at a reasonable price, then transfer my Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 (and Intel Core 2 Duo E8600) from my HP dc5800 to the new motherboards (together with new casing, power supply units, DDR3 etc.). 

Given that you are building a "new" PC, with different components, you probably will need to purchase a new license for the Windows operating system.

If your current hard-drive boots with the new motherboard, the changes in hardware will trigger the Windows Activation process, telling you that you either need to re-activate, or to purchase a new license.  Ouch!

Similarly, if you replace your "out-of-warranty" disk-drive with a new, in-warranty, faster, larger capacity, maybe-SSD, disk-drive, you will need to re-install and to activate, using a new product-key.