- Feb 20, 2014
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I recently bought a Q9400 processor upgrading from an e5300.
I simply took my old processor out then installed the Q9400 (I'm pretty sure I installed it correclty). And by the way, I'm using my E5300's heat sink and yes, I applied thermal paste on it after cleaning the old one.
The problem is after I installed it, my PC won't boot
, no display.
I already cleared the BIOS but no luck.
I re-inserted my E5300 and the computer booted normally
.
I did some research and found out that my motherboard supports Q9400
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_2_Quad/Q9400_motherboards.html
Based on this^, my motherboard's BIOS should be F6 which is out dated so I downloaded and installed the latest BIOS (F9). I already downloaded F6 but didn't installed it yet.
Please help. Sorry for bad english.
Specs:
From : Intel Dual Core E5300 @2.60GHz
To: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @2.66GHz
4GB (2x2) RAM
Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L
Antec VP550P
Sapphire 7790
Your reply is mostly appriciated.
I simply took my old processor out then installed the Q9400 (I'm pretty sure I installed it correclty). And by the way, I'm using my E5300's heat sink and yes, I applied thermal paste on it after cleaning the old one.
The problem is after I installed it, my PC won't boot
, no display.I already cleared the BIOS but no luck.
I re-inserted my E5300 and the computer booted normally
.I did some research and found out that my motherboard supports Q9400
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_2_Quad/Q9400_motherboards.html
Based on this^, my motherboard's BIOS should be F6 which is out dated so I downloaded and installed the latest BIOS (F9). I already downloaded F6 but didn't installed it yet.
Please help
. Sorry for bad english.Specs:
From : Intel Dual Core E5300 @2.60GHz
To: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @2.66GHz
4GB (2x2) RAM
Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L
Antec VP550P
Sapphire 7790
Your reply is mostly appriciated.
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