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Who else has an HP Pavilion Media Center PC model a1420n? Have they put in more than 2GB of RAM & tried a core 2 duo/quad processor?
I'm just curious, since I just swapped my previous machine for this one. Since it takes DDR2 RAM and uses the socket 775 processor, i'm wondering if anybody else has upgraded theirs to a core 2 duo or core 2 quad CPU, including going beyond 2GB RAM (HP says that is the maximum). I also found that it works with Windows 8/8.1, HP makes no mention of it at all, but it should work with the windows 7 drivers, or work out of the box.
Thank you for any answers and help, I have included the make/model of the motherboard.
Name: Asterope
Vendor: ECS
Product Number: ER894AA-ABA (from BIOS)
Seems I will have no choice but to ask the shop, nobody on here wants to provide an answer. Meh.
1 Answer
- 7 years agoFavourite answer
If I were you I'd try the Core 2 Quad, the Duo is no good but I can't guarantee the Quad to be much better either.
I'd say don't mess with the RAM, if you add too much it might short circuit or in the best possible situation, won't do anything as the PC cannot use it.
If you really want to upgrade the PC try upgrading both the Motherboard and the CPU at the same time as you need a decent socket type (1150 and 1155 allows i3 / i5 if I recall correctly)