GA-G41MT-ES2L New CPU upgrade and then black screen with fans?

LightningsalesUK · Jul 17, 2017

I sent a INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q8300 to my friend to upgrade from their dual core CPU.

They installed it in a GA-G41MT-ES2L however no the screen is only standby and then fans spin up.

das_stig · Jul 17, 2017

Did you update to the F5 BIOS version to ensure compatibility before swapping chips and then do a CMOS reset to ensure motherboard has the most compatible settings to start up from and then you can tweak BIOS.

Phillip Corcoran · Jul 18, 2017

Intel Q8300 shouldn't need a BIOS update on that board as it's an old, legacy CPU launched way back in 2008.

BIOS version F1 (first release) covers it according to this compatibility chart:

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-G41MT-ES2L-rev-10#support-cpu

LightningsalesUK · Jul 18, 2017

Phillip Corcoran :

After doing a bunch of testing I think I was sent a dud CPU.

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