HOW upgrade the system and what can we upgrade?

read the code the blink codes tell the story,
red lights where,
1: power button LED green? (can be red) and beeps
2: Monitor LED lamps?
3: caps lock on keyboard blink.
4: is the COIN cell dead? 2.9v to 3.3vdc good, lower volts is bad , as most are this old !!!

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the service manual covers all this! ever heard of HP and there REAL pages,,???
why not read that?
(do the fans all spin, if not PSU is dead.
PSU fan is first. does it.
CPU fan , huge fan on heatsink must spin.
the stock GPU card has no fan (ASUSc card but mine does. at ATI card.as fan right on the express 16 card.
does the DVD drive eject work.
if any of the above fail the PSU is bad.
but we strip off all loads from the MOBO
to prove its not some part shorted. first.
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the front LED on this PC has flash codes
mine flashes in sleep mode, or w10 power off.
w10 never turns power fully off, it uses hibernate to turn off, (unless i cure that, ask)
the factory manual starting on page 111 cover this.
fully.

i own this beast so .....
code 2 red is overheated.clean the PC and all fans.
code 3 red, processor errors CPU.
code 4 PSU dead or shorts on load buses of same.
we call them power rails, we bench test the PSU
or read page 111 , how.
code 5 = GPU RAM failure, this PC has on board, GPU chip only X16 slot card, replace it. or the DDR2 rams are bad.
code 6 = GPU card bad.
code 7= BIOS ROM, put in a new coin cell first.!!!
Code 8= BIOS, always do nee COIN cell first.
code 9 = cant boot hdd, hdd bad or software gone, or corrputed, PC can now boot to a linux live CD or USB stick proving now PC is ok,
only hdd and OS suspected now. code 9
coin.
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page 111 is here, 24/7 !

http://h50146.www5.hp.com/lib/doc/manual/workstation/hp_workstation/WS_UG_xw4600_STRG_453080-001_screen.pdf



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Unplug the power coming from the wall wait 30 sec then plug it back in then try.
Terry

You should be able to get the pin outs and connector specifications from the HP website for that workstation model. Go to the service manual and it will have detailed information on what you need.

old post , error 917, sure, all do that when....
P23 wired cable fell off(or loose, its keyed)
or wrong panel used, (hp makes many , only 1 works here)
the offical, service manual covers all POST errors
and is still free, to see at real HP at any time.
Hit F1 and PC will boot ok, even with that error.

see p23 here.... front_audio jack, bottom left mobo.

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Whoa! Wait a minute................

Let me see if I have this straight................

You plugged an additional SATA harddrive into the motherboard.
(Via a SATA data cable)

THEN you removed the original harddrive?

Post back in a Comment to clarify

Regards,
joecoolvette

lost password ? to reset you have to clear CMOS.to clear CMOS it should be a button the motherboard.push down 1-2 seconds.now you got to do a new setup starting with the time.

Here is some places that you can search for linux divers that may help
1. LinuxQuestions org
2. 3. Ubuntu Community Hub

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=1844969&lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=1844968&taskId=135

there are the HP standard drivers and software.
~gnomer

You can use any 250-Watt ATX Power Supply with Power Factor Correction.

Az.

you may need a third party driver for this.