HP Pro 3300 & 3400 (H61): Upgrade to Ivy Bridge

[cor_]

Obviously Did someone in the past managed to add Ivy Bridge support for any other 4MB?
Can you do this or give me a hint in the right direction?

[DeathBringer]

No way to add this support. You can only mod BIOS for other motherboard with native support for Ivy Bridge.

[cor_]

While searching how to shrink a bios image i found, that iroshe already asked if it's possible, to shrink the bios size from HP 3500 from 8MB to 4MB.
But so far i haven't found any useful information about "shrinking". Do you think, this can be done? If yes, can you give me some hints where to start?

[DeathBringer]

Do you think, this can be done?

No.

[S.D.D]

Motherboard ; FOXCONN 2ABF


xeon e3-1230v2 does not work on this motherboard.
which is the correct bios?
very thanks...

[DeathBringer]

Post a screenshot of Mainboard tab of CPU-Z.
Explain exactly what happens when you try to boot with new CPU.

[S.D.D]

Post a screenshot of Mainboard tab of CPU-Z.
Explain exactly what happens when you try to boot with new CPU.

[DeathBringer]

S.D.D
Your Xeon E3-1230 v2 is Ivy Bridge.
So read this thread attentively.

[S.D.D]

S.D.D
Your Xeon E3-1230 v2 is Ivy Bridge.
So read this thread attentively.

I know. But if 8mb chip, which bios will it work with?

[DeathBringer]

But if 8mb chip, which bios will it work with?

You need the BIOS dump from HP Pro 3500