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CPU upgrade problems.

Last post 07-02-2008, 4:58 PM by lowboy. 1 replies.
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  •  07-02-2008, 4:36 PM 349995

    CPU upgrade problems.

    Today I recieved a AMD Athlon 4200+ X2 for my Compaq Presario SR2010NX with a ASUS A8M2N-LA Motherboard.

    After quite a few hours of researching either it would work or not. I found quite a few sources that told me. It would work, but upon installation it didn't.  I made sure I correctly installed it.  Thermal Paste, and everything.  But, when I start my computer..BIOS will not load. Now, if you suggest updating BIOS I'm currently in the process.  But, for some reason gotta wait a while.

     Any other basic troubleshooting ideas you guys can suggest?
     

    System Specs
    Budget:?VGA:NVIDIA GeForce 8500GTMonitor:19" Widescreen
    MB:ASUS A8M2N-LAOS:Windows XP SP2Browser:Firefox
    CPU:AMD Sempron 3500+Sound:Realtek Purpose:Gaming/Home
    Memory:1.5GBPSU:?Brand:?
    HD:180GBCooling:?Misc:?

  •  07-02-2008, 4:58 PM 350004 in reply to 349995

    Re: CPU upgrade problems.

    If your using Compaq bios they may not support the CPU. You will need to contact Compaq to see if they have bios for that mobo to support the chip. You just ran into one of the many problems in trying to upgarde an OEM machine.
    Asus Rampage/Maximus Formula, Q9450@3.73ghz, 4GB OCZ Reaper pc8500,EVGA 8800GT w/EK full cover block, 3 Seagate320s in raid0 and Samsung750gb ,Zonar D2X,Corsair HX1000, Water cooled:Fuzion w/accelerator nozzle ,1 D5/EK top and 1 DDC w/xspc top pumps,(2) MCR320 rads,120mm fans(6),140mm fans (2),Gigabyte Aurora case
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