Monday, May 23, 2016

Upgraded old dual core cpu with quad core cup and now the pic won't boot up?


The motherboard and the new cup both have the lga775 socket so I don't understand what the problem is. The "new" cpu is an Intel core 2 extreme qx6700. Can anyone help me understand what the issue could be? Because clearly the socket isn't an issue and I thought that was pretty much the determining factor. Sorry for making anyone think hard since its older hardware. I don't have the budget for anything new right now so I'm trying to make do. The pc is a Lenovo ideacenter k300.

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