HP Z420 Workstation Teardown

We take apart the new HP Z420 piece by piece.

[@cutterjohnston5668]

THANK YOU!!!!!!! You really saved me from possible snafus. Looks like this is pretty much the same as the HP Z440. MUCH APPRECIATED!

[@Scotts.Christianity.Teaching]

I got an HP Z400 Workstation, and I was thinking about upgrading to a Z420.

[@michaelcorrieri6117]

The board comes out without tools, Amigo. Simply turn the black lock located towards the front side of the case at the front edge of the mobo. Turn it 90 degrees, and the motherboard can slide forward 1", which relieves the ball locks on the back of the motherboard. It then lifts out. You can do it without even removing the processor or heat/sink fan. You would need to unplug all the plugs along the side. It was designed this was so that a service technician could replace the motherboard within 15 minutes, since these came with on-site 3 years warranty service. The only time a tool is needed is the small torx to replace the heatsink/fan and/or cpu.

[@bucko0627]

Cool! I have a Z420 workstation that I got given by my grandpa, and with a few upgrades my station houses a RX580, a Quadro M4000, 2X 500 GB Solid state drives and 16 (soon to be 32)GB of memory ram. Ahéheé for the tutorial on how to take out the fan to access the extra 4 memory slots

[@chronotrigger5630]

Thanks, this case is actually pretty sweet.

[@FunTimePassFTP]

Very Nice 👍

[@ovigzssheross8644]

Hi Micheal , thanks for this video. i have recently bought this same workstation from HP outlet. which is really amazing workstation ,very fast. here is my configuration OS : ubuntu 14.10 Device name : ****** Memory: 15.6 GiB Processor : Intel® Xeon(R) CPU E5-1603 0 @ 2.80GHz × 4 Graphics: Gallium 0.4 on NVC1 OS type : 64-bit Disk: 226.3 GB as of now i didn't add any extra fitting into this box. it has two video output( DVI and Display port ) by default. so now i can able connect 2 monitors into this work station , and everything works fine. what, if i want to add another monitor into this work station which graphics card i have to purchase ?

[@hassnainrizvi518]

It's 2024, and i am here haha !

[@conordia6906]

Thanks man!

[@olzzon]

Bought this computer and took out the quadro 600 card and replaced it with my old 2gb hd radeon 7770 ddr5 card and connected the powercable to it but the computer wont boot up the computer spins upp in fans and the power supply to goes to full mode in fans and the computer starts to beep 3 times in a row and the powebutton turns from blue to red in color. After a couple of beeps the system turns of i dont get it the original power supply is a 600w output why won't it take a graphic card upgrade...please help me ,bought this to convert it into a gaming pc ,so why cant i put in a better card?.... Really need help here ..

[@pipo4758]

Me ajudou demais! Vlw

[@erickherrera7776]

Can you remove the round silver battery or not o this motherboard.

[@didierdel2319]

Bonjour, je galère pour la gestion des disques durs. Il y a 6 ports sata 3, il y a que les deux premier en gris qui fonctionne. Le reste des disques sont sur carte pci. Mais il n'arrive plus a reconnaitre les disques au dela de 5 disques.

[@saikanso4340]

how do you do the power supply?

[@amazingstyle3311]

i have a question.. does hp z420 support crossfire or sli?

[@driskomajdicku3448]

this man is asking for the help in 10 other similar videos lol

[@kukelkan]

2 questions 1. is the board atx? 2. does it support crossfire or sli? thank you.

[@abirrahman2219]

The answer to question no.1 Yes it is Atx motherboard and the 2nd no question is idk

[@FL0Valo]

@@abirrahman2219thanks you for saving my life ❤❤

[@urfkinstpid]

there are no screws on the front fan kit, just the plastic tabs

[@AmiteshNaidu]

is the back plate for motherboard separable or is its fixed to the case?

[@thomasdalgetty6102]

Depends on the case

[@PickWheel]

i have... HP Z420 cpu Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GHz, 2001 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s) Ram 32 GB .........when i use 'After Effects' and apply any effect+render Both cases The system is too slow, plz how can i speed up my system, thanks

[@gerardo77coronado72]

i have the 619557001 version of the z420. what cpu processor can i upgrade to for light gaming. i know i cant put a v2 cpu in there cause it wont read it.

[@Graphics_Card]

Any “LGA 1150” cpu u can find (search up lga 1150 cpus)

[@yashsahni474]

How much is the PSU wattage and can I add a 1050ti or RX570

[@aerotive]

600 watts, yes

[@yashsahni474]

@@aerotive Will GTX 1660ti do?

[@ephraimedits]

So this is what Kevin Owens was doing before joining WWE 🤔🤔

[@genemayne1577]

Hi would would you be willing too send me a copy of your recovery discs I lost my set of hp z400 recovery discs ...And now i find hp UK do not have any for sale can you help my z400 is a 64 bit 7 pro sp1 andwithout cant even load win 10 its madness gene

[@lordadamfirst]

why do the ram sticks on the left get their own cooling fan, and the ones on the right of the cpu dont?

[@ragnarocking]

Probably because they're sitting directly in the path of the CPU fan's exhaust. All of the CPU's heat would dissipate over the left-side RAM modules before hitting the case's exhaust fan at the rear of the case. Add to it the heat generated by the RAM modules to the right of the CPU that would traverse the left-side modules as well. Probably a major hot spot.

[@ragnarocking]

Probably because they're sitting directly in the path of the CPU fan's exhaust. All of the CPU's heat would dissipate over the left-side RAM modules before hitting the case's exhaust fan at the rear of the case. Add to it the heat generated by the RAM modules to the right of the CPU that would traverse the left-side modules as well. Probably a major hot spot.

[@bluur101]

Seven years late, but anyway . . . There is an air-duct missing from the workstation used in the video, fitting between the back of the psu and the motherboard. The air moved by the psu coolling fan is sucked over the RAM on the way in.

[@milsdrewbulch]

You are way too rough. Of course you broke it. Don't touch my computer!

[@uranglintau]

he was yawning lol

[@staryoke]

Watching this 8 years later. This should be called the Idiots Guide to taking apart the z420. Had this person done the basic research of looking at the repair (service) manual, you would know how to do this and you wouldve been prepared. This is like the Verges guide on how to build a computer. Stupid does as stupid is.

[@BobSmith-mc7uq]

Said the "dummy" who watched the video. Dufus!

[@mrflynn01]

Didn’t you watch the video??? Now who’s the dummy?