10-14-2011, 05:15 PM
So I upgraded my CPU myself on my laptop ill post computer specs at bottom if my signature doesn't do it already. I installed an Intel Core2 Extreme QX9300 and at first it didn't boot the first two attempts but the third try it actually booted and i logged in to my desktop I opened CPUID CPU Z (whatever the program is called) to confirm if my computer or bios recognized it and set the correct settings. It did. But as the windowed displayed there my computer locked up. I'm not talking unresponsive desktop where I can move my mouse and point and click to no avail, I'm talking the mouse pointer did not move at all it was utterly frozen. So i took out my cpu and reinstalled it again to make sure maybe i didn't seat it correctly. This time it did not boot a couple of times and finally it booted in safe mode and i logged in checked CPUID again and it didn't recognize the correct CPU and it locked up again. After that i never got it to boot again with QX9300. I reinstalled my original CPU and I'm here on this forum with my original cpu posting this thread (my computer works fine with the original in fact I'm using it right now) wondering if it was compatible (It did get to the desktop afterall) or if maybe there's a bio issue. Basically my question is should I mod my BIOS or is there another course of action i should take?
HP Pavillion DV7 1279wm
Vista Premium SP1/OSX86 Leopard 10.5.7
Intel Core2 Duo T6400@2.00GHz
8GB RAM (@2x4GB) DDR2
Nvida GeForce 9600GT
1TB@2x500GB HD
Primary:Windows Vista/Seconday: OSX86 Leopard
Mainboard: Compal 30F4 Version 99.95
Intel PM45 Chipset Revision 7 (Southbridge: 82801IM [ICH9-M])
BIOS: HP F.25 12/23/2008
Vista Premium SP1/OSX86 Leopard 10.5.7
Intel Core2 Duo T6400@2.00GHz
8GB RAM (@2x4GB) DDR2
Nvida GeForce 9600GT
1TB@2x500GB HD
Primary:Windows Vista/Seconday: OSX86 Leopard
Mainboard: Compal 30F4 Version 99.95
Intel PM45 Chipset Revision 7 (Southbridge: 82801IM [ICH9-M])
BIOS: HP F.25 12/23/2008