Swaping hard drives

[Brandie123]

I have an HP 110 417c which my sons loves but it started to give us boot device error. I ordered a refurbished HP DC 5800 with windows 10 for christmas. Its graphic card will not support games. Can I take the hard drive out of DC5800 and put into 110 417c?

 

[Paul NZ]

If the DC5800 has windows on it and its not identical to the 110 417c no.

It may deactivate windows. Since windows wasnt installed on it

And it'll probably crash on you, because of the different chipset, and hardware on them

You could try but dont be surprised if there's constant crashing

Replace the hdd on the HP 110 417c then buy another version of windows

 

[Brandie123]

Yes the Dc 5800 has windows 10.installed. the hard drives themselves are in fact identical however the 110 417 is windows 8. I looked into purchasing a new graphics card for the DC 5800 but I have no idea what will work with DC 5800 and how to tell if it will be enough to run hos Sims 4 games?

 

[USAFRet]

Yes the Dc 5800 has windows 10.installed. the hard drives themselves are in fact identical however the 110 417 is windows 8. I looked into purchasing a new graphics card for the DC 5800 but I have no idea what will work with DC 5800 and how to tell if it will be enough to run hos Sims 4 games?

It's not that the hard drives are identical, but rather the rest of the system.

Moving a drive with included Windows OS often does not boot up in the new hardware.
And if it does, then you often run into licensing issues, especially Pre Win 10.

 

[Brandie123]

Ok i understand! Thanks for your quick response!

 

[Paul NZ]

If I'm looking at the right DC5800 (is this it )?

It uses DDR 2 ram and supports 8 GB if you use 64 bit.

The HP says if you install a videocard, onboard wont work. But I cant see any slots on it

And supports up to 8 GB DDR3 ram if you use 64 bit

 

[Brandie123]

It is an HP.DC 5800 SFF it currently has Intel (R) Q33 Express Chipset family

 

[Paul NZ]

It maybe the right one then that chipset is listed. Easier way take it to a local pc shop. Show them the pci slots on it

See if they've got a compatible video card for it



The system requirements for Sims 4 is here

I'm not sure what CPU is in the DC5800 tho

 

[Brandie123]

Thank you! Aggravated beyond belief! Might just buy him a new desktop (not refurbished) and not an HP.