i might have put my CPU into a motherboard that doesnt have the correct bios

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Q8_Trippy

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HI,
So, i was building a computer perfectly fine with no problems but when i turn tried to turn it on nothing happens apart from a green light on my graphics card lighting up, at first i thought it was the PSU that was broken but i tested it on an old computer that is an emergence spare but it works perfectly fine. i got an I5-4460 off of eBay and my motherboard is an MSI H81M-E33. But now i don`t know which is making the computer not turn on.
would it be the wrong bios update that wont turn my computer on or is the CPU broken?
thank you.
 
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James Mason

James Mason

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Yes the h81m-e33 does require a bios Update to the use that CPU, the only way to do that is to get a compatible CPU and then update the BIOS.
A g3420 is the cheapest one you'll be able to find that will let you do that: https://www.ebay.com/p/?iid=252930090867&&&dispItem=1&chn=ps

The problem is we don't know what BIOS version the board has unless there's a working CPU in it, it's technically possible the i5-4460 is broken.
 
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Q8_Trippy

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i have an i3-4130T that i have lying around from an old build. is it possible to swap the CPU`S and see what the bios is the motherboard or would the i3 need a bios update as well if that is the case
 
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James Mason

James Mason

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yes, that's actually one you can use since it's a Haswell CPU and not a Haswell Refresh CPU. (like the i5-4460)
 
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