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eBay has male to female ide cable extenders as short as 2 inches. Do you think one of those might work? By the way I tried an ide/pata to sata adapter once. Seems they were limited to ide/pata speeds

Eureka3-GL8 board? There seem to be several on eBay.

My original Windows Vista operating system from my original s3020n is presently on a system with entirely different components including a different non-HP motherboard. I have reinstalled and reactivated at least twice including an upgrade from original 32 bit to 64 bit: only requires...

QUOTE=Cozgrove;1039125110]I just did a real quick search. Have you had any issues with it? I'll look into the details later when I get home, was it a direct replacement for the original or did you have to buy anything else (heatsink or adapters). If you have a HematiteXL, it is a direct...

Have you looked at the Acacia M2N61-AR motherboards on eBay? The vendors seem to be mostly from China and priced around 100 bucks. The HematiteXL boards were junk and I replaced mine with an Acacia board. It worked and was a lot less aggravation than a mini ITX I put in a 2nd slimline case later.

Is it possible to temporarily reinstall Vista (borrow a friends disk if you don't have one) upgrade bios then reinstall 7?

What I take you are saying is that the friend uninstalled the basic video driver that comes with Windows that would drive both the card VGA and the board VGA in a basic mode before installing a driver for on-board video (which necessarily must not be present or on-board video would work) or the...

The Acacia was the successor to the HematiteXL for AMD processors beginning with the 3200 series, I believe. There are some differences, but you should be able to use all s3020n components. The operating system may work as well. I never tried my old OEM Windows Vista on one since MS sent me a...

Your call. All of these boards are from China: even those from US sellers. Conventional wisdom is to replace these boards with the Acacia (Asus M2N61-AR) rather than another HematiteXL. It is my impression that even those who were able to take advantage of the extended warranty still had...

Did you get your new board from China on eBay? If so, did they supply a power adapter for connecting these boards to a standard atx power supply? Checking it against a known working power supply would rule out power supply issues if the problem persists.

You don't say with what your friend upgraded your video. HP Slimline s3020n systems came with only a 160 watt power supply which severely limits the choice of video cards that will work. This topic has been thoroughly discussed in this thread.

Perhaps this is a trivial suggestion, you probably have already tried it. Have you removed your non-working video card and tried on-board video? I know they suggest that you go into bios to turn off/on on-board video when installing/uninstalling a video card in the PCIe slot. In my clumsy...

I have the Vista operating system from my original s3020n installed on a Zotac GF6100-e-e board that replaced the HematiteXL board. As I recall, it took a call to Microsoft. It still IDs as an s3020n although I don't think HP recognizes it as such. It probably won't reinstalll from...

I was able to get a min i itx board into a s3000 series case. Stock motherboards are sometimes referred to as "mini itx" but jeremyshaw I believe refers to them as "mini dtx", which may be a more accurate description. The only problem I had was the location of the power supply connectors on...

The HematiteXL that came with my HP Pavilion s3020n slimline I believe had the factory defect you were referring: I had problems getting it to "wake up" from sleep/hibernation. It would also hang on boot, a problem that I have read elsewhere had something to do with the hdd spinning, Finally...

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001SJLLTQ/ref=asc_df_B001SJLLTQ1355672?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=pg-469-100-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=B001SJLLTQ There is also the DDR3 version. Out of stock at Newegg, but Amazon seems to have it. I have one: it works with stock power supply...

I installed one of those cards on a HematiteXL (later on Acacia). I seem to recall that it made no difference whether PCIe was enabled or not in BIOS on both boards: the Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 was enabled/ on board graphics disabled in any case. Try the card on another computer. If it...

According to HP PartsSurfer, its the 5188-7994 LGA 775-type heatsink used on earlier s3000 series Slimlines.

Mini ITX boards fit the standoffs of the s3000 series. However they require standard 20/24-pin ATX power supply connectors and often 4-pin CPU power connectors. Cables from a non-stock power supply can create crowding problems in an already crowded case. There are also ventilation problems to...

You are right of course about removing the antenna from the back and still having a wireless connection. You can also remove the entire "antenna mount" from the back of the case including its short coaxial pigtail from the 5188-7736 circuit board and still have a wireless connection. This...

I originally thought it was a ground too. If you look at the wire, it has a central conducting wire surrounded by an insulating dielectric material surrounded by a wire shield a la coax. If you look on the front of the case, the shielding wire is soldered at one point to provide ground and the...

Before cutting, check to see if the wire can be manually removed from the circuit board. Obviously if it is soldered one cannot. Both antennas seem to be connected (on mine at least) by a clip on the end of micro coaxial cables (correct terminology?) that fasten onto the circuit board.

Halsey on page 215 says it is an antenna also. Why separate/separated antennas on the front and back? I have not found a good explanation.

Mini ITX boards do not require the $25 adapter with standard ATX power supply connectors on the recommended alternative power supplies for these cases mentioned on Page 1 and thoroughly discussed thoughout this thread. Essentially they are only for adapting with the original HP Slimline...

Note: I obviously had to get an AMD cooler/heatsink instead of the stock Intel heatsink installed on all 3000 Slimlines including those with AMD CPUs. I had an InWin 300 watt power supply already installed so the special ATX adapter was no longer required. Once wire management problems were...

Have you considered a mini itx motherboard? Somewhere back someone posted replacing their Intel Slimline motherboard with a mini itx board on page 202 (FrEaKy I believe) in a slimline case. I personally replaced a half-functioning HematiteXL board with a $50 Zotac GF6100-E-E using all...

Archaea discusses/references his own and others experiences with case cooling on Page 1 including his own modification with a 120 mm Yate Loon fan bolted over a square hole he cut into his case with a Dremel. I believe he posted pictures. I had access to a drill press/118 mm hole saw myself so...

Is there any possibility that USB devices can over-tax 160 watt stock power supplies? Have had several instances of BSOD lately using a Diamond ATI TV Wonder HD 600 USB 2.0 Tuner. Other than a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4550 (fanless) graphics card in the PCIe slot on an Acacia mb and a 120 mm fan...

RE: http://cgi.ebay.com/Pegatron-IPX7A-FS-MCP7A-Si3535A-Mini-ITX-Motherboard-/270579003042?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Motherboards&hash=item3effc3eea2 for FUJITSU SIEMENS Si3535A. This motherboard seems to be similar to old HP Pavilion Slimline Intel boards even down to the mini ATX power connector...

Gamedeveloper I still am not optimistic that you can use Bluetooth, WiFi or even wireless keyboard/mouse USB adapters inside a Slimline due to the "Faraday cage" effect. If you attempt try removing the Pocket Media Drive cage and see if that provides a RF opening to the Slimline. Just a...

I don't know about current WiFi options. Older slimlime models came with stock WiFi that plugged into a USB header which ran to the adapter internally fixed to the back of the case. An external antenna on the back of the case was necessarily provided. There was also a wire running to the front...

Should not USB Bluetooth or WiFi dongles be outside the Slimline case, a metal box?

Then it makes sense why some motherboards (usually ITX) with an apparent PCIe X16 slot support only PCIe X4 sans 12 otherwise good lanes on a PCIe X16 card.

What is the deal about PCIe X1 video cards? Newegg has several based on the ATI Radeon HD 4350 (around $100). Zotac and "Pegatron" (ASUS/HP?) are reported to be coming out with PCIe X1 cards based on the NVidia ION chipset. Would these be adequate to deliver 1080p in a HTPC?

Sorry about my clerical error: I meant a Cooler Master 752 I purchased through Amazon some time ago. http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Vortex-Aluminum-Heatpipes/dp/B000WHAHFY The heatsink is huge but just fits the slimline case with the 160 watt power supply. Any other power supply...

If this "pseudo-passive" cooling works with an Intel e5200 it should work with 45 watt AMD CPUs? Do you think the Cooler Master 754 sans its 92mm fan would be a likely candidate?

I believe you are right. I removed the heatsink, removed the thermal glue and put some Arctic silver 5 on th exposed core of the gpu and to my surprise it cleared up a hang on boot problem. A bad capacitor would explain the sleep problem. One day it would absolutely not work. Let it sit a...

Let me be perfectly clear: I know nothing about the HP Irvine Intel motherboard. My experience was with the Hp HematiteXL AMD motherboard and its failing Nvidia 6150le graphics chips. The board would come and go until it would finally not work at all. One thing I tried was to install a...

It was tried on an Intel slimline as evidenced above. I tried it on my semifunctional HematiteXL. Worked fine as long as the system was open (CPU temp<35C). It blows down on the CPU and also somewhat on one of the graphics chips cooling both. However once reinstalling the case side cover...

I assume you are looking at diypc2008. The last time I checked they are the only vendors on eBay selling Acacia boards for $60. They claim these are new boards. Purchased one: works great. Be patient if you have problems and try to communicate. Their command of English was marginal and my...