I've had this board for over 2 years, running a Core 2 Duo E6320 Conroe. Lovely. But I decided to upgrade.
Because I'm an idiot, I failed to update the bios in my P5W Deluxe before dropping in my new Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield. I haven't updated the BIOS in a long time, so I'm certain in hindsight that I would have had to do so before this CPU would work.
Machine didn't post, so I put the old CPU back in. Now it still won't post. I tried clearing CMOS, still no love. I tried disconnecting drives, swapping RAM, etc. No love.
Any thoughts or tricks? I didn't think I could actually destroy a motherboard by putting an unsupported LGA775 CPU in it, but I've apparently managed it!
Thanks,
G
Because I'm an idiot, I failed to update the bios in my P5W Deluxe before dropping in my new Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield. I haven't updated the BIOS in a long time, so I'm certain in hindsight that I would have had to do so before this CPU would work.
Machine didn't post, so I put the old CPU back in. Now it still won't post. I tried clearing CMOS, still no love. I tried disconnecting drives, swapping RAM, etc. No love.
Any thoughts or tricks? I didn't think I could actually destroy a motherboard by putting an unsupported LGA775 CPU in it, but I've apparently managed it!
Thanks,
G