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Thanks 1234s282. That bios works and doesn't give a checksum error. However, it still doesn't recognise the 4000+ chip. When switched on with this chip there appears to be no POST, but the DVD drive/floppy are repeatedly accessed, with no system start-up or display.
Some boards with the Nforce3 chipset for socket 754 do seem to support this processor. Is there any way of identifying whether the processor is a dud? - externally it looks ok with no discoloration - only some, of what appears to be, black deposit on several of the pins.