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ElricXVII

ElricXVII

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I have a older HP Business Microtower PC (DC 579AV) that I want to upgrade the processor in. It currently has a P4 2.4 Northwood socket478 on a 1865G chipset. I know the board supports hyperthreading but I do not know what the max processor this board can handle. I have replaced the wheezy 240 watt power supply with a 400 watt one, so power isnt as much of an issue. Can someone help with max processor I can use on this please?
 
Here is the support page where you can download a new bios, drivers etc. I would grab it all before it becomes archived and burn it to a CD if you plan on keeping the machine.


http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...skId=130&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=321857

Here is the system hardware manual which sorta says you can use any FCFPA P4 up to 3.2 Ghz ( I think they just pasted in the entire P4 lineup from intel because it turns out you are limitied by your socket type.)

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/s...TPM_340154_rev001_us/TPM_340154_rev001_us.pdf

your motherboard uses the mPGA478 socket which is 478 pins (actual pins) and not the newer bga 478 socket.

I look a lot on the intel site and retailers but I could not find a 533MHz buss 478 pin P4 faster than your existing processor. But I was an AMD guy until the core 2 duo's came out so maybe an P4 guru will come by and save the day.

gave it a shot, good luck.
 
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