Upgrading the processor on an HP dc7800 desktop computer
Channel: suninthestream
Date: 01/04/2013

Removing the processor and replacing it with a faster one; cleaning off and replacing the silver heatsink compound; detailed howto. (And it worked again afterwards!)

HP dc7800 small form factor (SFF) desktop PC; changing the factory-fitted E6550 2.33GHz dual core processor for an E8400 3GHz dual core processor.

Details of the PC at http://goo.gl/7F5XBj [***Now removed by HP***] or https://goo.gl/YBpY4d and driver/BIOS download at http://goo.gl/aUhmtQ

PS. People tell me I used too much Arctic Silver thermal paste. They are probably right - use less and spread it out better :)

January 2016: A big thank you to the 50,000 people who've watched my video. When I made it I never imagined so many views!
The PC carried on working just fine and recently I sold it on. I think 3 years is long enough to support the video, so I won't be replying to comments now, but I hope you can still post things and get replies from other viewers. Once again, thank you so much! Paul