HP Pavilion P7-1107c UpgradesReady for a Solid State Drive (SSD) SATA-III Hard Drive Upgrade? More RAM? Faster Processor? This is a step-by-step description of MY experience on MY HP P7-1107c. Obligatory Warnings: Do not attempt this if you are not comfortable with the procedure. This WILL violate your warranty. Do not work on energized circuits. Do not email me and ask for directions, they are ALL here and are as complete as possible. I do not know if these procedures will work on other units (but the theory will), so please don't ask. Use at your own risk - Rogue Group, LLC is not responsible for what you do to your equipment. That being said - Enjoy! Starting with the specs: (As sold) Main Board: Pegatron AAHD2-HY "Holly", FM1 Socket, AMD Hudson-D2 FCH Chipset, SATA-II Processor: AMD A6-3600 (Llano) quad core, 65W Thermal Design Power (TDP), 2.1 GHz (up to 2.4 GHz turbo), FM1 Socket, 4.0 GT/s Bus speed HDD: SATA-II 3Mbps transfer rate, 750GB, 5200 RPM drive RAM: 6 GB DDR3-1333Mhz, PC3 10600, Non-EEC, 1.5v, Non-buffered, in 2 sticks, 4GB and 2GB Video: Integrated Graphics on the CPU OR a dedicated video card. This main board DOES NOT support Crossfire (using onboard processor to boost a PCIx16 Graphics Card), only the processor does. Issues: Lack of RAM Support (4GB per slot max, 8GB total) "Older" A6 AMD processor Other Processors available: (All A6 and A8 are 4 MB L2 cache, No L3 cache, 64-bit) AMD A8-3850 (Llano) quad core, 100W TDP, 2.9Ghz with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D Integrated GPU with 400 cores @ 600Mhz AMD A8-3800 (Llano) quad core, 65W TDP, 2.7Ghz (2.9Ghz Turbo) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D Integrated GPU with 400 cores @ 600Mhz AMD A6-3650 (Llano) quad core, 100W TDP, 2.6Ghz with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6530D Integrated GPU with 320 cores @ 443Mhz Baseline: AMD A6-3600 (Llano) quad core, 65W TDP, 2.1Ghz (2.4Ghz Turbo) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6530D Integrated GPU with 320 cores @ 443Mhz Downgrade: AMD A4-3400 (Llano) DUAL core, 65W TDP, 2.7Ghz With AMD Radeon HD 6410D Integrated GPU with 160 cores @ 600Mhz Downgrade: AMD E2-3200 (Llano) DUAL core, 65W TDP, 2.4Ghz With AMD Radeon HD 6370D Integrated GPU with 160 cores @ 443Mhz Not Listed: AMD A8-3870K (Llano) "Black", Unlocked, 100w TDP, 3.0Ghz (Stable to 3.3Ghz at 1.1v) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D Integrated GPU with 400 cores @ 600Mhz - This is the processor I will be using (for just $89.95!), but the main board will not accept the A8-3870K Fan, it mounts differently. I will be reusing the A6 fan with new Artic Silver thermal paste. RAM Upgrades: Dual channel memory architecture w/ Two 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets, Supports: PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333), PC3-12800 (DDR3-1600) and PC3-14400 [sic] (DDR3-1866) Can accept 1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB DIMMs - WILL NOT support 8 GB DIMMS, I tried, it fails POST Supports up to 8 GB on 64-bit systems - based on the OS Version (Shipped with Windows 7 Premium Home) While there isn't supposed to be a perceptible difference from just changing the RAM speed, I'll be upgrading to 2 matching sticks of 4GB (vs. the factory mis-matched RAM), so I might as well go for a speed increase as well. I've elected to go with Corsair... [Edit: The RAM that SHOULD have worked according to spec would not boot - this happens with many "piecemeal" upgrades. I chose to upgrade the MB to an ASUS F1A75-M, adding many features including 32GB RAM/higher speed support]. Being DDR3 RAM with was quite expensive and limited to 16GB (availability) with 32GB being cost prohibitive, 64GB being reserved for "Server Only" (?). Current Mods: ASUS F1A75-M MB AMD A8-3870K (Llano) Black w/ Integrated Graphics CPU Repurposed A6 (65w TPD) Cooler/3 in CPU Fan Ballistix Sport XT 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BLS4G3D169DS3 x4 (16GB Total) Corsair CX750M 750 Watt 80 PLUS® Bronze Certified [partially] Modular ATX PSU (Replaced HP 300W hardwired PS) This setup was in place from 2012 to 2014 (mod'ed) then 2014 to 2015 as the primary Home PC. During packing for a move the PC developed a strange inability to power down - pressing the PWR/RST button would only restart the PC, not turn it off, regardless of how long the button was depressed. Post-move it turned into an inability to power on, and the PC was removed from service, stored in the garage. Upon beginning the search for a new "Desktop PC" (since the laptop just wasn't getting the job done), the Hard Drives were removed in 2018 for forensic recovery. It turns out all of the files on the primary (OS) drive were encrypted (unbeknownst to me) with no recovery key available. During this session, I bumped the ATX power cable while removing the drives and the PC powered up! Rather than troubleshoot, I took that opportunity to backup every user file on the device to an external drive. |
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