Hello,
My D4100Y with a P5LP-LE motherboard is currently running a Pentium D. I researched the motherboard and found that the best processor the motherboard could support was a INTEL CORE2 DUO E6700. So I found on online and purchased it.
Upon installing it, my computer turns on, however I get no video output. So I shut it down, put the old processor in, and went into my BIOS. I reset the BIOS to default specs, and tried the processor upgrade again. Same problem - no video.
So I went out and looked at BIOS upgrades. I went to the HP website, and it says there are no BIOS upgrades for my system. I believe I am running a BIOS version of 3.05 or 3.06. Looking on the internet I see there is a BIOS update to 3.16 but it is not a Windows 7 BIOS update. I did attempt to install it, but the install failed.
I read a bit online that HP locks down their systems so you cannot upgrade the BIOS and thus the processors, but I am not sure if this is true. I am not running any software from HP - I started from scratch and installed a fresh Windows 7 Professional 64 BIT O/S some time ago.
So the main question is, can I get this new processor to work? Am I correct that the reason it isn't working is the BIOS? If so, I don't think there is any way I can upgrade the BIOS, since there is no way for me to revert to the original O/S. Thanks for the help.
My D4100Y with a P5LP-LE motherboard is currently running a Pentium D. I researched the motherboard and found that the best processor the motherboard could support was a INTEL CORE2 DUO E6700. So I found on online and purchased it.
Upon installing it, my computer turns on, however I get no video output. So I shut it down, put the old processor in, and went into my BIOS. I reset the BIOS to default specs, and tried the processor upgrade again. Same problem - no video.
So I went out and looked at BIOS upgrades. I went to the HP website, and it says there are no BIOS upgrades for my system. I believe I am running a BIOS version of 3.05 or 3.06. Looking on the internet I see there is a BIOS update to 3.16 but it is not a Windows 7 BIOS update. I did attempt to install it, but the install failed.
I read a bit online that HP locks down their systems so you cannot upgrade the BIOS and thus the processors, but I am not sure if this is true. I am not running any software from HP - I started from scratch and installed a fresh Windows 7 Professional 64 BIT O/S some time ago.
So the main question is, can I get this new processor to work? Am I correct that the reason it isn't working is the BIOS? If so, I don't think there is any way I can upgrade the BIOS, since there is no way for me to revert to the original O/S. Thanks for the help.