H-Joshua-H61-uATX with i5-2500K or i7-3770K

[iChiillz]

Current CPU: Intel i3-3220 2C/4T
Unsupported CPU: Intel i5-2500K 4C/4T

Motherboard is Joshua H61 uATX, can't seem to find BIOS updates from HP website.

Edit: BIOS can be found here: https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software1...p70376.exe

Attached is screenshot of CPU and Mainboard in CPU-Z. If I try to install the i5, an error saying "Unsupported CPU Installed, shutting down computer"

Can anyone help me unlock this CPU on my bios? And if so how would I flash the BIOS. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

[DeathBringer]

Try to flash my mod.

[iChiillz]

Try to flash my mod.

Ok, do I do this with HP USB Format Tool and AFUDOS?

[DeathBringer]

Extract safuwin.exe from sp70376.exe
And run in command line with administrative rights:
safuwin JOS_820.ROM /p /b /n /r

[iChiillz]

Extract safuwin.exe from sp70376.exe
And run in command line with administrative rights:
safuwin JOS_820.ROM /p /b /n /r

Just tried, gave me "Incorrect BIOS for system" error.

[DeathBringer]

Try
safuwin JOS_820.ROM /p /b /n /r /x

[iChiillz]

Try
safuwin JOS_820.ROM /p /b /n /r /x

Now Safuwin gives me an unknown command error and a list of commands.

[DeathBringer]

Show result with modded safuwin.exe:
safuwin JOS_820.ROM /p /b /n /r

[iChiillz]

Show result with modded safuwin.exe:
safuwin JOS_820.ROM /p /b /n /r

same results, screenshot attached

[DeathBringer]

OK. Do it with mod2 of safuwin.