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HP dc5850 MT
Microsoft Windows 11

Hello,

 

This little thread just to say that on my very old HP dc5850 MT (bios 3.14 Rev. A, 16 GB RAM) I was able to install the (very good !) processor AMD Phenom II X4 955, 3.2 GHz, socket AM2+/AM3, TDP 95W, part number HDX955WFK4DGM, without any problem, and which has the SSE4a extension that integrates, among other things, the POPCNT instruction that will be mandatory for Microsoft Windows 11 24H2; so no blocking to come.

 

https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom%20II%20X4%20955%20-%20HDX955WFK4DGM.html

 

Note that this processor does not appear in HP's official documentation for this computer.

 

So I can still save my antique by using the RUFUS utility!

 

I used before an AMD Athlon X2 5600+ 2.9 GHz Brisbane (ADO5600IAA5DO), without SSE4a extension.

 

Tchao. 

 

Alain

 

 

[EDIT]

I should add that to install Microsoft Windows 11 24H2 on an INTEL processor, you'll need to support the SSE4.2 extension set, including the POPCNT instruction (otherwise you risk a complete boot block). All this, of course, in addition to the initial hardware requirements for Windows 11 (TPM 2.0, secure boot...) which can be bypassed (up to 23H2) using the RUFUS utility, if Microsoft doesn't add to them in the meantime. 

 

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