Comments on: HP AMD Ryzen Pro PSB Status Tested via a HP EliteDesk 805 G6 Mini

By: Patrick Mendiola

Patrick Mendiola — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:24:40 +0000

Curious to know if a 5700g will work on an HP elitedesk 805 G6? Thanks in advance!

By: Nils

Nils — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 10:08:55 +0000

It’s good that HP doesn’t PSB lock their CPU, but it should not be a reason to give them your money. Being an ex field tech for them I know first hand how crap their whole hardware manufacturing and warranty is. The amount of parts I was given for the same job that either where not the right ones or just where not working at all made me hate this job and the company, enough to give my first comment here!

By: MDF

MDF — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:09:27 +0000

What I really don’t understand is, why isn’t this an option default to an opt-in of PSB locking when you order?

By: ssnseawolf

ssnseawolf — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:14:16 +0000

@FM that’s good to know, perhaps I was too hard on HP. Changelogs are certainly a sell.

Curious if you have insight into HP still tying firmware updates to their support contract, though. Or perhaps it’s only for certain rack systems/product lines?

By: FM

FM — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:38:56 +0000

Very glad to read that HP does not appear to be vendor-locking CPUs. What an abhorrent practice–shame on Lenovo.

@ssnseawolf: Agree that HP’s websites are… sub-optimal, and have been for as long as I remember. But in contrast to your experience, I’ve been pleased with their firmware support for their Z series workstations. Yes, you can enter in your systems’ serial numbers and they’ll show you available updates. But you don’t have to: you can just enter your system and OS and frequently-updated firmware is there. Along with firmware history with changelogs. Much better than I’ve found with Lenovo, which I now try to avoid for that reason alone.

By: ssnseawolf

ssnseawolf — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 23:22:42 +0000

I don’t know how people order HP direct. Their website is a hot mess, and has been a hot mess for years. No matter where you order, they (at least recently) tie firmware updates to their support contract, so firmware security fixes cost money. And I reiterate again, their website is a hot mess. Honestly, I’m just impressed Patrick was able to configure and order a system.

One can reasonably argue that HP, SuperMicro, Lenovo, etc have major flaws. Yes, that’s true. But it’s like HP is desperate to avoid any SMB business, direct or from VARs.