Dell Vostros 400

[Selisho]

Hey Guys,

I've got an Dell Vostros 400 and wanted to upgrade the CPU to the highest supporten and bought an Q9550 (SLB8V), flashed the newest BIOS (1.0.15) and changed the CPU. The PC starts fine but Windows wont start and the BIOS wont show the CPU name only the 12MB cache. So maybe the newest E0 stepping is not supported ? Could someone please investigate this and maybe add support ? (Maybe unlock the secrets hidden in this BIOS too )

thanks in advanced and I hope you can help me
Selisho

P.S Yes its the DG33M03 Mainboard which supports quad cores


Dell Update:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByXJxc...C1LQl9uWmM

Extracted .bin:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByXJxc...FBRempEMFE

[Selisho]

After some reseaching I found out that this is actually actually an AWARD Bios maybe a Mod could move this thread ? thx

[DeathBringer]

Try to flash my mod of BIOS.

[Selisho]

Thx I will flash it in the next days. Also what is patched in this Version ?

[DeathBringer]

I've added a microcode for E0 stepping only.

[Selisho]

Thanks man now everything works like expected

[DeathBringer]

Nice news!
Add "[Solved]" to this topic's header by editing first post.
Please post new topic in Confirmed CPU Support Upgrades with attached file of BIOS mod.

[oxl]

Nice news!
Add "[Solved]" to this topic's header by editing first post.
Please post new topic in Confirmed CPU Support Upgrades with attached file of BIOS mod.

I have the exact same problem. What Bios flash program should I use ?

[DeathBringer]

It's Award BIOS.
Read this - https://www.bios-mods.com/bios-update/

[Sml6397]

Hello,

I am moving this thread to the Award BIOS Unlocking Requests forum.

~Steven