[Gerard Bedell]

Hi All,

I am attempting to upgrade the cpu of my GA-P31-DS3L with F10a BIOS
To an INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0 GHz 12MB Yorkfield purchased from tekheads this week. I have 2gigs of double sided DDR2 (2x1gb).

However, the system hangs (freezes) at Windows Bootscreen when cpu is in. Also same hang when booting to Safe mode.

I have tried as many tweaks as i can think of including many and different BIOS configurations including 'Failsafe' and 'Optimised Defalt' settings.


Would you guys have any idea what the issue may be and can you think of any configurations I can try to fix the problem. It's a shame if it won't work because it looks like a real good processor and i really don't want to have to sell it on via EBAY...

I have upgraded many cpus before and this is the first big hurdle i've encountered.

Tonight I am going to put in my original (working ) cpu and uninstall all hardware - then try boot with q9650.

Thanx in advance for your advice. Gerard