Illustrated Parts & Service Map

HP Compaq 8300 Elite Business PC Microtower

© 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information con- tained herein is subject to change without notice. HP shall not be liable for tech- nical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

Document Number 690356-002. 2nd Edition December 2012.

Key Specifications

Processor Type

Intel® Core i7, i5, i3, Pentium®

 

 

RAM Type

Non-ECC DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600 MHz)

 

 

Maximum RAM

32 GB

 

 

 

Expansion Slots

(2) PCIe-x16

 

(1) PCIe-x1

 

(1) PCI

 

 

Chipset

Intel Q77 Express

 

 

Graphics Adapter

Integrated Intel HD graphics

 

 

 

Bays

(1) card reader

 

(2) external 5.25-inch

 

(2) internal 3.5-inch

I/O Interfaces

Front: (4) USB 2.0 ports, headphone jack, microphone jack

 

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 net-

 

work interface, 3.5mm audio in/out jacks

Preinstalled Operating

Windows® 8

Systems

Windows 7

 

FreeLnx

 

 

 

Spare Parts

Cables

1

Front I/O assembly

646827-001

 

 

 

2

SATA optical drive power cable

646834-001

 

 

 

3

SATA hard drive power cable

646833-001

 

 

 

4

Power switch/LED assembly

646828-001

 

 

 

5

SATA cable, 18 inch, 1 straight end, 1 angled end (unlabeled)

639958-001

 

 

 

6

SATA cable, 17.7 inch, 2 straight ends

639959-001

 

 

 

*

SATA cable, 18 inch, 1 straight end, 1 angled end (labeled)

646830-001

 

 

 

*

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 (standard/Windows 8)

537745-xx1/701428-xx1

USB (standard/Windows 8)

537746-xx1/701424-xx1

USB, silver/black (Windows 8)

701429-xx1

Wireless (standard/Windows 8)

674314-xx1/701426-xx1

Washable (standard/Windows 8)

613125-xx1/700510-xx1

Smart card (standard/Windows 8)

631411-xx1/701427-xx1

USB, hub

631913-xx1

Arabic

-17x

Belgian

-18x

 

 

Brazilian Portuguese

-20x

 

 

Bulgaria

-26x

 

 

Czech

-22x

 

 

Danish

-08x

 

 

Finnish

-35x

 

 

French

-05x

 

 

French Canadian

-12x

 

 

German

-04x

 

 

Greek

-15x

 

 

Hebrew

-BBx

 

 

Hungarian

-21x

 

 

International

-37x

 

 

International English

-L3x

 

 

Italian

-06x

 

 

Japanese

-29x

 

 

LA Spanish

-16x

Norwegian

-09x

 

 

People’s Republic of China

-AAx

 

 

Portuguese

-13x

 

 

Romanian

-27x

 

 

Russian

-25x

 

 

Saudi Arabia

-DEx

 

 

Slovakian

-23x

 

 

South Korea

-KDx

 

 

Spanish

-07x

 

 

Swedish

-10x

 

 

Swiss

-11x

 

 

Taiwanese

-ABx

 

 

Thai

-28x

 

 

Turkish

-14x

 

 

U.S.

-00x

 

 

U.K.

-03x

 

 

System Unit

1

Front bezel

689377-001

 

 

 

*

Front bezel for use in China

689378-001

 

 

 

2

Access panel

646825-001

 

 

 

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

Mass Storage Devices (not illustrated)

16X SATA DVD-ROM drive

581599-001

 

 

16X SATA DVD±RW drive

660408-001

 

 

Blu-ray BD-RW SuperMulti DL Drive

656792-001

 

 

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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HP 8300 manual Key Specifications, Spare Parts

8300 specifications

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