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After installing a new CPU

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September 22, 2014 12:36:30 AM

When you are done installing a CPU.. Do you just turn on your computer normally or do you have do some other stuff like going into the BIOS or something like that. Im installing a Intel Core i5 into my motherboard.

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September 22, 2014 12:38:47 AM

You should go into the BIOS and configure it
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September 22, 2014 12:39:00 AM

Make sure you've applied thermal compound, put on the CPU cooler correctly, and you can just switch it on like any other PC :) 
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September 22, 2014 12:41:05 AM

Paul NZ said:
You should go into the BIOS and configure it


How would you do that? can you send a video?
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September 22, 2014 12:42:48 AM

Read the manual. I dont have a video. You press the del, F1, F2, or maybe esc key. Depending on what the mobo is
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September 22, 2014 12:46:48 AM

you shouldn't need to go into BIOS to configure your CPU unless you are trying to overclock it.

I don't think that is your intention here.
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September 22, 2014 12:46:57 AM

Shouldn't need to go into BIOS it should be auto-configured when you turn the machine on. As long as your current BIOS support the chip you're going to be adding, it should be plug and play.
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September 22, 2014 12:49:51 AM

You should still go in to set the time, enable / disable AHCI or secureboot if its a recent mobo. Disable things you dont want, like Speedstep which I dont use, enable TPM if its disabled since I use it

You dont just go into the BIOS to overclock a system
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September 22, 2014 12:51:36 AM

Paul NZ said:
You should still go in to set the time, enable / disable AHCI or secureboot if its a recent mobo. Disable tihngs like Speedstep which I dont use, enable TPM if its disabled since I use it

You dont just go into the BIOS to overclock a system


Similarly you don't advise someone to go into BIOS just to set things up which 'you' set up. None of them is compulsory.
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September 22, 2014 12:52:01 AM

You are not "configuring the CPU" in any of the steps you describe. The CPU itself does not need to be configured.
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September 22, 2014 12:52:09 AM

Well its not up to me or you is it thats an example

The point is you can still go into it, even if you dont overclock
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September 22, 2014 12:53:03 AM

I think the OP just wants to know if he has to do anything in BIOS to make his CPU work after plugging it into his motherboard, and the answer is unequivocally no.
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September 22, 2014 12:53:33 AM

Fair enough, though presently if you want to 'boot' the system and that's it, then you can skip going through BIOS.
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September 22, 2014 3:19:35 AM

u need to go to BIOS,configure and then continue with switching on the cpu.
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