New CPU not booting up?

Lshorty85

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I wanted to switch my processors, and when I put the new one in, It fits and everything, same socket and brand, it boots, it posts, but then there's 3 outcomes that happen.

1. It says verifying DMI data....... and it just stays there, it never continues, that sometimes happens
2. sometimes if it gets past the verifying DMI data, my screen goes black, and just stays black for hours, i'm guessing it froze, but that also sometimes happens.
3. sometimes my computer boots and post, but before I get to the windows 8 logo, I get the BSOD, saying something like "Couldn't get digital signature" or "windows failed to load windows boot files"

Those are the 3 things my PC does when I try to boot up my computer with the new processor in it. Also, my pc never even posted my new CPU until I updated the bios, and then it posted, but then it'll do 1 of the 3 options I listed above. People have said to change my bios settings of my hard drive to ahci to ide or vice versa, but I have looked through my entire bios and there isn't that option. I think that's my solution but unless it's a lot more complicated to change it, I don't know how to. Any help will be appreciated.

Processor in my computer that works: Intel Pentium Dual CPU E210 @ 2.00GHz
New processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU E6500 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard: Acer Aspire m1610

I think that's all the system spec's you need.
 
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Two web sites that may be of immense help here are BIOS-Mods which has addressed your Acer's BIOS here http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Acer-M1610-VTM261 but not specifically to unlock CPU's, and MyDigitalLife http://forums.mydigitallife.info/forums/25-BIOS-Mods I could find nothing specific to your wants from MDL but the BIOS-Mods thread may allow for something to happen.
Rather than write any warnings about BIOS flashing, I'll simply link you here http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-common-mistakes-you-should-avoid-when-flashing-your-bios/#.

There is some risk, it is involved, its is the only way I know of for that to possibly happen
Here's what's going on... your old CPU and system have a Front Side Bus of 800MHz, the new CPU you are trying to use has a FSB of 1066MHz. There are other differences in architecture of the CPU's but the FSB frequency difference is your biggest obstacle which I know of no way around
 
Interesting here, Further research into that indicates the upgrade can work on one version but I also found that Acer has used two versions of motherboards in that system, on one it will not. I'm sure there are BIOS mods available but you would need to confirm your motherboard version. I'll recommend putting the old CPU in and running CPU-z or SPECCY to get that information
 
Two web sites that may be of immense help here are BIOS-Mods which has addressed your Acer's BIOS here http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Acer-M1610-VTM261 but not specifically to unlock CPU's, and MyDigitalLife http://forums.mydigitallife.info/forums/25-BIOS-Mods I could find nothing specific to your wants from MDL but the BIOS-Mods thread may allow for something to happen.
Rather than write any warnings about BIOS flashing, I'll simply link you here http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-common-mistakes-you-should-avoid-when-flashing-your-bios/#.

There is some risk, it is involved, its is the only way I know of for that to possibly happen
 
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Lshorty85

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So i need to get a bios update, for my motherboard, and my cpu should work? i know all the risk of this, if you could give me a direct link to the bios update file, it would help, the one from bios.mods doesn't seem to work anymore. thanks for you help so far
 

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You may not be able to do the upgrade to the new cpu, the basic reason being that the old mother board doesn't properly recognize it. Upon further research however it isn't because the hardware itself is incompatible but that the mother board has never had a bios written for it that recognizes the new cpu. In theory if you were very good at assembly you could probably modify related mother board bios roms to work with it, and there is a moderately decent chance that a rom from a related mother board will work, that said no one wants to recommend it because you take your chance of bricking your motherboard from real but slim to its pretty likely but hey it might work.