Hp 873 upgrade

TELL ME.

sad how, how fixya AI guessing wrong??? pathetic, mess....
wow a very old media center, gen 2 of 14 or so.
HP does not support this quote
HP Media Center m1070n Desktop PC,its RETIRED now
https://support.hp.com/us-en/retired-products


The BIOS does not do that!
what HP, it has full name and model.
the MMC controls this, and is very strict. (mem-managment controller)
the memory you are buying is no good. for YOUR PC.
this is so very common
and worse every year,
ever heard of Crucial or Kingston memory
they can fit up memory for you, it very complex.
not just DMM1, 2,3, but speed, min.
density rules.
chip count rules
chip voltage, 1.3. 1.5 or both or?
Total memory max allowed and PER SOCKET !
and even number of chips per side of stick , rule.
that worst was intel i5 old processors.
those are facts, and only the exact motherboard you have a
and what processor is there, (and if mmc is external to processor that)
matter.
? this?
M1070n

finding data on such and old box.
is not easy but google can dig up bits.
why not ask Kingston? for help,.

key facts are, (besides old)
HP Media Center m1070n Desktop PC
Intel Pentium 4 520 / 2.8 GHz
Intel 915P Express (my guess, mmc is inside here)
oops

• 512 MB / 4 GB (max)
• Memory Speed 400 MHz
• Memory Specification Compliance
  PC3200
• Features
  unbuffered
• Configuration Features
  2 x 256 MB
• Technology
  DDR SDRAM
• Installed Size
  512 MB
• Data Integrity Check
  non-ECC
  
• 4 GB
• Form Factor
  DIMM 184-pin

looks like 1GB max per slot , 1 to 4.
good luck finding SDRAM in 2017 that works.

why not find a newer box? (pc) say 2010 or newer.,
they will run better and can buy ram easy
vastly better.... even Goodwill has them for few bucks
or this.
or like this,

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Refurbished-HP-7800-Desktop-PC-with-Intel-Core-2-Duo-Processor-4GB-Memory-19-Monitor-250GB-Hard-Drive-and-Windows-10-Home/54997432

HP Support > HP Pavilion Media Center M8000n Desktop PC > Main Support Page,

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=3377257&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us

Click on - Product information
Click on Product specifications
Click on Motherboard Specifications, M2N68-LA (Narra)
Click on the + sign to the left of - Processor upgrade information

1) Uses a Socket AM2 processor socket

2) Will support a Processor with Up To an 89 Watt, Thermal Design Power (Thermal Design Point)
{ In otherwords can support a Processor that will use Up To 89 Watts}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power

The motherboard chipset is an Nvidia GeForce 6150SE, with an Nvidia nForce 430.

The Front Side Bus (FSB) support is up to 2000 MegaTransfers per second.
(Can also be stated as 2000MegaHertz. 2000MHz )

The AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Black Edition processor you stated, uses up to 89 Watts of power, according to CPU World,

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Athlon%2064%20X2%205600+%20-%20ADA5600IAA5DO%20%28ADA5600DOBOX%29.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Athlon_64_models#.22Brisbane.22_.28energy-efficient_65W.2C_G1_.26_G2.2C_65_nm.29

,uses up to 65 Watts of power according to the above article, and the FSB support of the motherboard will support it.

Uses a Socket AM2 processor socket.

Short answer?

Y-E-S

For additional questions please post in a Comment.

Regards,
joecoolvette

I believe this was answered for you. It's a Gateway which takes a proprietorial motherboard. Yes, you could get a new motherboard and processor to fit, but at the price you'd pay, I would suggest you get a new computer instead. The prices are really low right now.

Your title says you have an AMD CPU but your text says you have an Intel CPU. Which is it?

1) Why was the motherboard replaced?

2) If this is in reference to an HP Pavilion Media Center M1070n, it uses an Intel Pentium 4 Model 520 (2.8GHz) processor.

Did you make sure you plugged the 4-pin ATX +12 Volt power cable, into the motherboard?
This is power for a Pentium 4 processor, and on up.

This is HP Support, and the Motherboard Specifications page, for the HP Pavilion Media Center M1070N,

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00208497&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=426501

Scrolling down the page is an illustration, and a photo of the motherboard.

Below the Processor socket is the Northbridge chip.
(The Northbridge chip, and the Southbridge chip are the motherboard chipset)

Intel i915P MCH

In the motherboard photo, and installed in your computer, the Northbridge chip has an aluminum heatsink sitting on top of it. (Has fins on top of the heatsink)

Going across to the Left, from the top left corner of the heatsink, is a square connector with 4 socket holes.
The female connector on the motherboard, for the 4-pin ATX +12 Volt power cable.

4-pin ATX +12 Volt power cable,

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#atx12v4

Two Yellow 12 Volt wires, two Black Ground wires.
Let's start with this, and go from there.

The best bet would to be to buy a new motherboard. In order to get the full effect out of that processor you don't want to install it in a older computer. The computer isn't that old but the requirements for a E8400 can be pretty high. Check out newegg.com or microcenter.com and look for a motherboard that supports everything the E8400 has to offer.

you should try with the driver cds of motherbboard and windows installation discks when it askes for verfying installations,,,

Hi, you can do what i always recommend to my customers, install a new industry standard architecture (ISA) motherboard kit which will include a motherboard, processor,memory bundle. This future proofs you pc for at least five years, enables you to upgrade memory and processors on a plug 'n' play basis. fitting a kit is dead easy, with full instructions and what's more you will not lose any data on your hard drive either. More info ?
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It's a rather indepth process and is usually just easier to replace the computer.  Motherboards have many different adapters / slots / options.  If you're meaning to replace the motherboard and processor cpu, it'd be best to buy a package deal from newegg / tigerdirect / etc.  To be able to use your other components, you'd have to make sure the new motherboard has the same type memory slots, video card slot, etc.