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Illustrated Parts & Service Map
HP Compaq 8300 Elite Business PC
Convertible Minitower
© 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Intel, Pentium, Intel
Inside, and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Intel
Corporation and its subsidiaries in the U. S. and other countries.
Document Number 690357-001. 1st Edition May 2012.
Key Specifications
Processor Type Intel® Core i7, i5, i3, Pentium®
RAM Type
Maximum RAM 32 GB
Expansion Slots • (2) PCIe-x16
Chipset Intel Q77 Express
Graphics Adapter Integrated Intel HD graphics
Bays • (1) card reader
I/O Interfaces Front: (4) USB 2.0 ports, headphone jack, microphone jack
Preinstalled Operating
Systems
Spare Parts
System Unit
Non-ECC DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600 MHz)
• (1) PCIe-x1
• (3) PCI
• (2) external 5.25-inch
• (3) internal 3.5-inch
Rear: (4) USB 3.0 ports, (2) USB 2.0 ports, DisplayPort 1.1a,
VGA video, serial port, PS/2 mouse and keyboard, RJ-45 network interface, 3.5mm audio in/out jacks
• Windows® 7
• FreeLnx
Cables
Cables
1 Power switch/LED assembly 646820-001
2 SATA optical drive power cable 646832-001
3 Front USB, I/O assembly 646821-001
4 SATA hard drive power cable 646831-001
* SATA cable, 18 inch, 1 straight end, 1 angled end 639958-001
* SATA cable, 17.7 inch, 2 straight ends 639959-001
* DMS-59 to dual VGA cable 463023-001
* Adapter, DisplayPort to VGA 603250-001
* Adapter, DisplayPort to DVI 484156-001
* Adapter, DisplayPort to HDMI 617450-001
* DisplayPort cable 487562-001
*Not shown
Keyboards (not illustrated)
PS/2, Basic
USB, Basic
Wireless, Elite
Wash abl e
Smart card
USB, hub
Arabic -17x LA Spanish -16x
Belgian -18x Norwegian -09x
Brazilian Portuguese -20x
Bulgaria -26x Portuguese -13x
Czech -22x Romanian -27x
Danish -08x
Finnish -35x Saudi Arabia -DEx
French -05x Slovakian -23x
French Canadian -12x
German -04x Spanish -07x
Greek -15x Swedish -10x
Hebrew -BBx Swiss -11x
Hungarian -21x Taiwanese -ABx
International -37x Thai -28x
International English -L3x
Italian -06x U.S. -00x
Japanese -29x U.K. -03x
537745-xx1
537746-xx1
674314-xx1
613125-xx1
631411-xx1
631913-xx1
People’s Republic of China
Russian -25x
South Korea -KDx
Turkish -14x
-AAx
System Unit
1 Access panel 646819-001
2 Front bezel - 8300 models 689380-001
* Front bezel - 8380 models 689381-001
3 Power supply, 320W, 90% efficient 613764-001
* Power supply, 320W 613765-001
4 Chassis not spared
* 5.25-inch bezel blank 570838-001
* 3.5-inch bezel blank 583653-001
* Not shown
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Mass Storage Devices (not illustrated)
Optical Drives
16X SATA DVD-ROM drive 581599-001
16X SATA DVD±RW drive 660408-001
Blu-ray BD-RW SuperMulti DL Drive 656792-001
Hard Drives
1 TB, 7200 rpm SATA hard drive 636930-001
500 GB, 7200 rpm SATA hard drive 636929-001
250 GB, 7200 rpm SATA hard drive 636927-001
256 GB Solid State Drive (SSD), self-encrypting (SED), SATA 6.0* 680020-001
180 GB Solid State Drive (SSD), SATA 6.0* 696622-001
160 GB Solid State Drive (SSD), SATA 3.0* 646809-001
128 GB Solid State Drive (SSD), SATA 2.0* 665961-001
120 GB Solid State Drive (SSD), SATA 2.0* 661841-001
20 GB Solid State Drive (SSD), SATA* 683305-001
*2.5-inch solid-state drives require an adapter for installation.
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Boards Misc Parts
Miscellaneous Parts
Standard and Optional Boards
System board (includes replacement thermal material) 657096-001
Memory module, 8-GB (PC3-12800, CL11)
Memory module, 4-GB (PC3-12800, CL11)
Memory module, 2-GB (PC3-12800, CL11)
nVidia Quadro NVS310 PCIe x16 graphics card, 512 MB 680653-001
nVidia Quadro NVS300 PCIe x16 graphics card, 512 MB 632486-001
AMD Radeon HD7450 PCIe x16 graphics card, 1 GB 682411-001
AMD Radeon HD6350 PCIe x16 graphics card, 512 MB 637995-001
AMD FirePro 2270 PCIe x16 graphics card, 512-MB 637213-001
Intel PRO/1000CT2 NIC, includes bracket 635523-001
HP FireWire / IEEE 1394a PCIe x1 Card 637591-001
HP WLAN 802.11 g/n 1x2 PCIe NIC 538048-001
Processors (include thermal material)
Intel Core i7 processors
3770, 3.4 GHz 688164-001
Intel Core i5 processors
3570, 3.4 GHz 688162-001
3470, 3.2 GHz 687943-001
Intel Core i3 processors
2130, 3.4 GHz 665120-001
2120, 3.3 GHz 638629-001
Intel Pentium processors
G870, 3.1 GHz 691936-001
G860, 3.0 GHz 665123-001
G640, 2.8 GHz, 691935-001
(8-MB L3 cache)
(6-MB L3 cache)
(3-MB L3 cache)
(3-MB L3 cache)
689375-001
671613-001
671612-001
1 Fan sink 643907-001
2 Chassis fan, 92mm x 92mm 643908-001
3 Printer port, PCI card 638817-001
4 Solenoid lock 641498-001
5 Hood sensor 638816-001
6 Speaker, 40mm x 70mm 645330-001
7 Clamp Lock Kit, includes universal cable (plate not included) 508987-001
* Serial port, PCI card 638815-001
* eSATA port assembly 645558-001
* 2.5-in drive adapter 586721-001
* Grommet, hard drive isolation, blue 594220-001
* Card reader, 22-in-1 636166-001
* USB powered speakers 636917-001
* Mouse, PS2, optical, jack black 537748-001
* Mouse, USB, HP Elite 674318-001
* Mouse, washable 619580-001
* Mouse, wireless, HP Elite 674317-001
* Mouse, USB, optical, jack black 537749-001
* HP Business Digital Headset 642738-001
* External USB webcam 609252-001
* Foot kit 370708-001
* Hard drive conversion bracket 397117-001
* Antenna for use with 538048-001 583345-001
*Not shown
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