Is my mobo and my CPU compatible with each other?

Anthony Dragone

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i have a LGA 1366 GATEWAY - X58 M-ATX SYSTEM BOARD W/1394
and a INTEL XEON L5520 2.26GHz 8MB LGA1366

but my computer wont get past the boot screen and it'll just sit their with a black screen and do nothing? any and all help with be great.

and i am able to get to the BIOs
 

imomun

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Looks like You need a bios update for the motherboard for that XEON L5520 .



Involves some long reading: http://www.pcworld.com/article/187437/how_to_update_your_bios.html
Video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPKx8a96fwI
Thanks