Help with socket 771 to 775 mod - Not booting

Jamie Morley · Jul 15, 2015

HI, I just replaced my Core 2 Quad Q8220 with a Xeon E5450 in my Intel DG41WV motherboard. I reset my bios using a jumper on the mobo and I had a black screen for about 5 minutes before it eventually booted. I went into computer properties and it said I still had a Q8200, where CPU-Z said I had the Xeon but was only running at 2.4ghz. I ran battlefield 4 and I had less performance than my Core 2 Quad so I rebooted the PC and now it won't boot at all. Any help will be much appreciated.

McHenryB · Jul 15, 2015

You may have managed to make the CPU fit in the wrong socket but the BIOS in your computer doesn't know how to handle the new CPU. And if you made a mistake with the mod then you may well have killed the CPU.

Jamie Morley · Jul 15, 2015

Thanks for answering, but I bought the CPU already moddded and it has booted up into windows and ran battlefield 4, so I don't see why it won't boot again

rgd1101 · Jul 15, 2015

I bought the CPU already moddded

What is that mean? already modded?

Moonstick2 · Jul 15, 2015

Have a read through this.

Jamie Morley · Jul 15, 2015

I have followed the guide but cannot find a way to change the microcode on my INTEL DG41WV motherboard. As it's intel I'm guessing it can't be changed

McHenryB · Jul 15, 2015

Jamie Morley :

Well, the simple fact is that it is not booting now, so something has gone wrong. Faults are not always immediately apparent.

I'm not convinced that you can trust these sort of hacks in the long run (or even the short run).

Jamie Morley · Jul 15, 2015

McHenryB :

Just did a full bios reset and booted into Windows 7 instead of 8 (dual boot) and now it's running perfectly, for now atleast.

McHenryB · Jul 15, 2015

That's good. Let's hope that it was just a momentary glitch.

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