Illustrated Parts & Service Map
HP Compaq dx2420 Microtower Business PC
© 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information con-
tained herein is subject to change without notice. HP shall not be liable for
technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Intel, Celeron,
Core 2 Duo, 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 571400-001. 1st Edition March 2009.
Cables
1 Power switch/LED cable assembly 464574-001
2 SATA cable, 6.5 inch, latch on end 448670-001
* SATA cable, 10 inch, 2 straight ends 392307-001
* SATA hard drive cable, 4 inch, latch on end 449283-001
*Not shown
Key Specifications
Processor Type Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium Dual-Core 2, Celeron
RAM Type DDR2-SDRAM DIMMs, PC2-6400 (800 MHz) non-ECC
Maximum RAM Supported 4 GB
Expansion Slots • 1 PCIe-x16
Graphics Adapter Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)
Chipset Intel G31 Express
Drive Support • (2) 5.25-inch external bays
I/O Interfaces USB 2.0 (8 total, 2 internal), RJ-45, audio in, audio out, PS/2
•2 PCIe-x1
• 1 PCI 2.3 (full height)
• (1) 3.5-inch external bay
• (2) 3.5-inch internal bays
ports (2), mic, VGA
Spare Parts
Keyboards (not illustrated)
PS/2, Basic
USB, Basic
Arabic -171 International -B31
Belgian -181
BHCSY -B41 Norwegian -091
Czech -221 Portuguese -131
Danish -081 Romanian -271
Finnish -351 Russian -251
French -051 Slovakian -231
French Arabic -DE1
French Canadian -121 Swedish -101
German -041 Swiss -111
Greek -151 Turkish “Q” -141
Hebrew -BB1 U.S. -001
Hungarian -211 U.K. -031
Mass Storage Devices (not illustrated)
16X SATA DVD±RW and CD-RW drive with LightScribe 447310-001
16X SATA DVD-ROM drive 419496-001
500 GB SATA hard drive 457909-001
320 GB SATA hard drive 497731-001
250 GB, 7200-RPM SATA hard drive, 8-MB cache 449980-001
160 GB, 7200-RPM SATA hard drive, 8-MB cache 449979-001
80 GB, 7200-RPM SATA hard drive, 8-MB cache 449978-001
435302-xxx
435382-xxx
Italian -061
Spanish -071
System Unit
1 Front bezel 464575-001
2 Access panel 464597-001
3 Power supply, 300W, PFC 463317-001
3 Power supply, 300W, non-PFC 463318-001
* Not shown
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Miscellaneous Parts
1 Heatsink with fan, alcohol pad, and thermal grease 486445-001
2 Chassis fan 449207-001
3 Media card reader, 3.5-inch 480033-001
* Backplate (for heatsink) 486446-001
* Rubber foot (4 ea) 370708-001
* Front I/O + USB assembly 448667-001
* 2-Button, USB, optical with scroll wheel 390938-001
* Miscellaneous screw kit, includes:
• M3 x 5mm hi top, taptite, (8 ea) (247348-001)
• #6-32 x 1/4 Hi top, taptite, T15 (14 ea) (192308-001)
• #6-32 x 5/16 Hi top, taptite, T15 (4 ea) (192308-002)
• #6-32 x 3/16 Hi top, taptite, T15 (6 ea) (192308-003)
• Countersunk, flat head plastite (8 ea) (247481-001)
• Thumbscrew (2 ea) (368224-002)
• #8 x5 /16 plastite, shoulder screw (4 ea) (334248-001)
• #6-32 x 1/4 taptite, T15 (12 ea) (101517-067)
• Screwlock, external tooth (2 ea) (106902-001)
• #6-32 x 3/16 taptite, T15 (1 ea) (101517-066)
• #8 x5 /16 plastite, T15 (1 ea) (334248-002)
• #6-19 x 1/4 plastite, T15 (1 ea) (101346-067)
*Not shown
414180-001
System Board
Standard and Optional Boards (not illustrated)
1 System board with thermal grease and alcohol pad 519699-001
Memory modules:
2 1 GB, PC2-6400, CL6
2 2 GB, PC2-6400, CL6
Other boards:
ATI HD X2400, PCIEx16, DMS-59 and TV outputs, 256MB graphics adapter
(use with cable 463023-001)
ATI Radeon HD4650 PCIe x16 graphics card, 512 MB 517518-001
NVidia GeForce GT130 PCIe x16 graphics card, 768 MB 518424-001
Adapter, PCI, serial/parallel 321722-001
Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop NIC Adapter, PCIe 1.0 398754-001
Intel PRO/1000 CT Desktop NIC Adapter, PCIe 2.0 490367-001
Intel Celeron Processors with alcohol pad and thermal grease:
450, 512-KB cache, 2.20 GHz 508256-001
440, 512-KB cache, 2.00 GHz 449166-001
430, 512-KB cache, 1.80 GHz 449165-001
Intel Celeron Dual-Core Processors with alcohol pad and thermal grease:
E1500, 512-KB cache, 2.20 GHz 516899-001
E1400, 512-KB cache, 2.00 GHz 491574-001
E1200, 512-KB cache, 1.60 GHz 468589-001
Intel Core 2 Duo Processors with alcohol pad and thermal grease:
E8600, 6-MB cache, 3.33 GHz 497732-001
E8500, 6-MB cache, 3.16 GHz 466170-001
E8400, 6-MB cache, 3.00 GHz 509554-001
E7500, 3-MB cache, 2.93 GHz 531988-001
E7400, 3-MB cache, 2.80 GHz 508255-001
E7300, 3-MB cache, 2.66 GHz 500134-001
E5400, 2-MB cache, 2.70 GHz 531989-001
E5300, 2-MB cache, 2.60 GHz 516900-001
E5200, 2-MB cache, 2.50 GHz 503382-001
Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2 Processor with alcohol pad and thermal grease:
E2220, 1-MB cache, 2.40-GHz 480714-001
418951-001
457624-001
462477-001
System Board Connectors and Jumpers (position of some untitled
components may vary in location)
ATXPWR Main power JPWD1 Password jumper
ATX12V CPU power JSPD1 SPDIF out
AUDIO1 Double stack audio connector JUSB1 Front USB
BAT1 Real-time-clock battery JUSB2 Media card reader
BZ1 Integrated speaker JVGA1 VGA connector
CPU_FAN1 CPU fan PCI 1 PCI slot 1
DIMM1 DIMM2
FDD1 Diskette drive PCI_E2 PCIe X1, slot 2
LAN_USB1 RJ-45 over dual USB PCI_E3 PCIe X1, slot 3
JAUD1 Front audio SATA0 -
JBAT1 CMOS jumper SYS_FAN1 System fan
JFP1 Power button/LED U1 Processor socket
JKBMS1 Double stack keyboard/mouse USB1 Double stack USB
Memory slots PCI_E1 PCIe X16 slot
SATA3
Optical drive connectors
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