Hi. i am trying to assemble an HP xw4300 workstation. i recently bought from ebay a refurbished motherboard. everything works and the unit started up fine. but at 30% of copying files windows xp sp2, the computer hangs. I switched off the unit manually from the power switch. the unit did not boot upon restarts. instead i hear and see 5 short beeps and red flash simultaneously. what did go wrong? is the unit salvageable? during the beeps and flash, the system fan, cpu fan, and psu fan are spinning. i removed rams, video card, hdd but still the beeps and flash persist. please help

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.

A HP restore CD is unique to each model HP computer, You cannot us a HP restore CD on any computer.
You need to get the correct HP restore CD for your model HP computer from the HP WEB site.

HP XW4300 Workstation Desktop PC specs,

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12260_na/12260_na.HTML

Scroll down to you come to the bold heading -
Standard Features - Specs
Go down the chart on the left side until you come to -
Interfaces Supported

1 SATA 3Gb/s interface (4 Serial-ATA connectors), 1 EIDE interface for optical drives

One EIDE interface. That is the Blue 40-pin connector, on the right side of the Ram Memory slots. (39-pin actually)

(Right next to the Black Floppy Drive 34-pin connector, and above the 4 SATA connectors)


Compaq Presario S6200cl Desktop PC >Main Support page,

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=390423

Product Information > Product Specifications > Product Specifications,

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00056951&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=390423

Scroll down to the bold heading -
Hard drive

120GB Ultra DMA

It is an EIDE harddrive.

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

HP XW4300 Workstation motherboard example,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-XW4200-XW620-DDR2-MOTHERBOARD-358701-001-SOCKET-775-/110904128317?pt=Motherboards&hash=item19d266b33d

The answer is Yes.

Connect just the EIDE harddrive from the Compaq.
Make sure the correct jumper pins on the back of the harddrive, have a jumper cap on them to set them to Single;

OR,

The IDE harddrive model you have may Not use a jumper cap on any jumper pins, for some models of harddrives, to set the harddrive as Single.

Look up the harddrive jumper settings on the internet.
Start with the model number on the label of the harddrive.

Example; WD2500JB
Western Digital 250GB harddrive that is IDE. (EIDE)
Western Digital jumper settings for IDE (EIDE) harddrives,

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/463/c/123/session/L3RpbWUvMTM1MjE4NDY3Ni9zaWQvQnoxcVF6YWw%3D

You will need a SATA optical drive now.
BIOS Setup > Boot Options > Set the first boot device to CDROM.
Install Windows disk.

Use IDE harddrive, and IDE optical drive on the same flat ribbon IDE cable?
Can be done, but usually is a HEADACHE, and MAY not work.
BIOS looks to see what drives are connected. It looks for the drive with the Operating System on it. (Windows)

Now put a disk in the optical drive. Time has to be divided between the harddrive, and the optical drive.
IF it does work; when you are using the computer, and the optical drive you will know the real meaning of Slow.

Have a SATA optical drive?

Regards,
joecoolvette

contact your service provider

You need a CPU and RAM to get the motherboard running.
On-board video use part of the main RAM for video RAM.
Check the RAM, is it the correct type for this motherboard?
If all checks out then the motherboard maybe faulty.

Hi Tony,
Its the Audio Connector. and it is supposed to be connected at the position marked as 1.


Let me know if any further clarification/ assistance is required.

Hope it helps! Good Luck! Thanks for using Fixya!
CreativeTECH

i have not heard of anything like that. the only thing that would make a difference is the connection. yours is sata i believe. here is a link that tells everything about that drive.

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=Ultra_ATA_160_GB&vgnextoid=cd5cb1774aafd010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD#tTabContentSupport

i do believe you would have to wipe the drive and format it and treat it like a brand new drive when you install it.

Most online audio makes use of Adobe Flash, did you check that?
Best is to download and install the latest version of Flash to make sure.

Installing the latest version of DirectX for Windows XP can also help (9.0c).

Please also check for further suggestions about fixing sound problems in Windows XP.

You will find everything in this link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&contentType=SupportManual&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=471922&docIndexId=64255&manualLang=en

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Thank you

if u want assembled a new machine first of all attach motherboard with the cabinet as per the instruction after that