I am having some issues doing a fresh install of Win 7 on a HP Z4 G4 Workstation.
I believe this is due to Win7 not natively supporting USB drivers?
The error received is:
A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing
Is there installation media available with the required drivers for this workstation to downgrade to Windows 7?
The software being used with this workstation is obselete and not compatible with Win10 and thus we must downgrade.
Hi:
You are correct.
However, according to page 18 at the link below, some Z4 G4's can't run W7.
http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c05527757.pdf
Anyway, if your PC has USB 3 ports, run this utility from the link below to put the USB 3 drivers into your W7 USB installation media and boot from the USB 3 port.
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Utility/mb_utility_windowsimagetool.zip
Make sure you have enabled legacy mode and disabled secure boot in the BIOS prior to attempting to install W7.
The following is the log entry I receive after running an ESET Nod32 scan
\\Uefi Partition » UEFI » uefi:\\Volume 1\AbsoluteDriver - a variant of EFI/CompuTrace.A potentially unsafe application - action selection postponed until scan completion
Afther the scan is complete Nod32 syas it is unable to delete or otherwise deal with the issue.
Any suggestions?
The NVIDIA® Quadro®P600 is not compatible with the workstation
Hopefully this link finds all searching well
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/getpdf.aspx/4aa4-6106enw.pdf
Best Regards,
MM
Mikey,
Not sure why you brought up the nVidia Quadro P600 because DGroves and OP do not mention it at all. And, it in fact is supported on the HP Z4 G4 as detailed on page 4 of:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05857891.pdf
And, on multiple pages of the HP QuickSpecs for the Z4 G4.... I'd try some other video card that is not way old. The cards HP lists in the QuickSpecs are the current generation ones that they have done their extensive conformance testing on. Many other cards not in the QuickSpecs will work just fine.
1.After computer boot(all accessories are react) takes more than 30 sec to log-in page comes
2.Wake up from sleep mode, also takes more than 30 sec to turn on. even sometimes the windows crush after wake up
for example random areas of windows which hv turned on before get sleep mode, are blank black
3. when I do rendering, CPU temperature go to 100'c (all of 6 cores) It should be under 85 I guess... for cpu life
Hi and thanks in advance for any help! '-)
Need to install a 2nd drive specifically for often large video and audio files.
It would merely act as a dumping/storage area for same.
I've been told it's not that hard to do but wanted to check with some HP Pros prior-to attempting same.
I'd most likely get something like a WD Black, 3.5 7200 SATA but not locked into same.
Hopefully someone knows my Workstation listed above and could provide some
tips and the steps required. I've tried searching online but get conflicting details.
Again, any help most appreciated!
Thanks, Bob
According to the support page
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03364712
that PC has 3 internal 3.5-inch bays, so it should be easy to add another drive.
Here is the support manual
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04205252
It indicates there are 4 SATA ports and the second hard drive should use the SATA 1 port, which is typical, with the primary hard drive on SATA 0
From one old gent to another....thanks!
I should have used "AnalogBob" as my handle. '-)
You are welcome!
We bought a brand-new HP Z4 G4 Workstation before a week ago. We Installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS . After 2 days this error is appearing at the time of System on. I also updated BIOS Version P61 v01.70 to v01.73. But the same error was appeared. I don't know what I Do?
Is the front chassis fan spinning? And if not, is it connected?
Seems to me like a godd place to start.
Hiatus
Welcome to the HP Support Community
Try reseating the "Front Fan " connector on the system board???
REO
How to upgrade T630 from Windows 7 Embedded to Windows 10 IoT?
I used the HP ThinUpdate tool to successfully create a bootable USB stick but when I run it, the systems says it's not licensed.
I thought I could upgrade the Embeded Win7 to Win 10 IoT this way.
Am I missing something?
Hello Taccess
I readed the whole article
I also own hp z800 with two procesors
Recently i bought a Samsung 970Evo Nvme SSD for my lap top , but the lap top suports sata only
So the idea was to use it on my Hp Z800... i read on the web it says Z800 doesend support nvme ..... in other hand you have made it work....
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the question is .... should i return the nvme ssd or try it on my pc ?
if yes , what kind of adapter do i need to buy ?
hope to hear from you
No takers, eh?
Figured as much, at least regarding the over powered CPU part of it...
As i wrote in the previous post, there seems to be a lot of dreams and plans but no actual results (other than errors during post).
There's a good example over att the LTT-forum.
This one guy posts on January 9 2017 bragging about his rig.
"Hp Z600 with two xeon x5690 cpus, 24gb (12gb per cpu) of ecc ram. It has an rx 480 8gb nitro+"
The same guy starts a new thread asking for advice in an other matter a couple of months later, on March 9.
"i am soon going to replace the xeon l5638 cpus with two xeon x5690 cpus."
He then goes on to ask about case modifications. No worries about the 130w CPU's and he never replied to the queries about his success and no one called him out about previously lying about his upgrade...
Someone else on LTT wrote:
"HP Z600 boards only support up to 95 watt cpus so a X5670 is the highest you can go. 5680s and 5690s are 130w cpu and they will blow the cap on your board if you try to use them. They are also the highest variant supported by the board itself."
So, that should be it, shouldn't it? This guy was serious. No smileys, no nothing.
Well, the soup thickens.
While browsing through the holy QuickSpecs, as one does from time to time, I came across a line that I previously missed for some reason.
Exhibit A:
Nota bene. Marked in mustard in Ms paint is the good old Xeon X5647. Straight from the horses mouth. I can see where people get the idea about the 130w CPU upgrades.
You can pick one up today:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Z600-Workstation-2x-X5647-2-93-GHz-12GB-1TB-FX380-Windows-7-Pro-/182431875204
So a Z600 can obviosly run dual 130w CPU's without "blowing the cap on your board if you try to use them" as suggested by the guy who knew everything about the caps and the watts and the birds and the what not's...
Deeper down the rabbit hole I find another one of those guys who knows everything. The wizard of everything explains that HP has a "white list" embedded in the BIOS containing all the compatible CPU's, and if the glove don't fit it doesn't really matter what heatsink you choose...
Where do we go from here?
Could it be that the second guy is right about the list? Why would one 130w x56XX-processor work and not the others?
For me personally, it's not even about the upgrade anymore. I want the truth. It has to be out there.
Let me know if you don't care and I'll keep this to myself.
I've got more out of spec questions. But i'll let this one sink in first.
Hiatus
We have a lot Busines PCs with Windows 7. Some PCs come with Windows 7 but they have also license ( In BIOS )for future upgrade to Windows 10. I looking for a utility to check remotely all the PCs in network and find out the computers that have license for upgrade to Windows 10
I ordered and installed what I thought were (3) 3TB SATA drives in my HP Z800 yesterday, and they came up as 4TB drives. Then I checked them again and realized I was shipped 4TB drives when I ordered and paid for 3TB drives. Newegg.com substituted the 4TB drives probably because they were out of the 3TB drives. I was amazed they work, because everything I have read said 3TB is the absolute Z800 max. Now I'm curious if 6TB or 8TB drives will work on my Z800.
I'm using Win 7 Pro, 2x Xeon X5690 CPUs, 24 GB RAM, Z800 MOBO ver. 2, built in controller, 1100W PS, and 2x 3-tube heat sinks. Plus I'm using the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Utility and Driver for Microsoft Windows found at
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-z800-workstation/3718645 in the Driver-Storage folder. The (3) 4TB drives are configured as GUID Partition Table (GPT).
Here are the Hitachi 4TB SATA drives Newegg sent me: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=Hitachi+GST+Deskstar+4TB+&N=-1&isNodeId=1
This helps me a lot, and added 3TB for a total of 12TB of storage (not including C:\). If I need more storage I can add a 2-port
SATA controller and (2) more SATA drives plus USB drives.
I also have two 4Tb drives working now on my 820 in mirrored Raid, although it took about 6 months and a friend’s help to get the right drivers and configuration set up.
Here is my real world experience:
There is no doubt that the version 2 (with the later boot block date in BIOS) Z400 can run the X5690. I know this because I upgrade all our version 2 Z400 workstations to a X5690 and those have always worked just fine. I've also had access to multiple version 2 Z600 workstations. Any I've tried a X5690 in never booted. I have seen no trustworthy report of the X5690 working in the Z600 version 2 for years now. I know the Z800 version 2 can run the X5690 because it is approved in the QuickSpecs for that workstation. The guy you reference was untruthful.
The X5690 has never been officially approved for the Z400 version 2 but it works... for years now. I don't have access into the "microcode" section of HP BIOS to see the approved processors white list, but believe the X5690 is absent from the Z600 v2 and present in the Z400 v2's white list, but that for some reason HP never revealed that. The X5690 still works in a v2 Z400 with the latest BIOS.
You need to have a "Performance" heatsink/fan for the higher wattage processors to work in the Z400/Z600/Z800. They are cheap and easy to find for the Z400. They are rare and hard to find for the Z600/Z800. The expensive rare ones for the Z600/Z800 are identical. The one for the Z400 is different, taller. You can spoof a "Mainstream" heatsink/fan to look like a Performance one but this is unwise unless you just will be doing light duty work like email and surfing the web.
So, yes you can run the higher wattage processors in the Z600 but they need to be on the approved white list in the microcode, plus you need a heatsink/fan that at least has the same wiring as the Performance heatsink/fan.
The spoof: The CPU heatsink's fan has 4 wires coming from it whether it is Mainstream or Performance. The white fan plug end has 5 holes..... in Mainstream hole 5 is blank. In Performance it is occupied by a ground jumper from pin 1 to 5. Pin 1 is ground, pin 2 is 12VDC, pin 3 is RPM feedback from rotor to motherboard, pin 4 is PWM control from motherboard to rotor, pin 5 is blank or ground jumper. You can monitor your CPU temps in many ways, including watching for smoke.
