No booty....

[Hugh Manatee]

Memory installed
power supply check

CPU... couple small snags....

To start with the new intell fan that came in the box has these weird plastic drywall screw looking fasteners, but the mobo has standard screw holes, I figured I'd use my old fan for awhile till i find some fresh grease, just watch the temp, no big deal(the old fan actually has a bigger heat sink so I think i'd use it anyway), but I go to power up the pc with the new cpu in it, no boot, not even  the bios startup... I put the old one back in, it worked, and looked at the specs..... ruh roh:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c02980014

relevant info:

Socket type: LGA 1155

Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:Processor   TDP
Core i7-2600 (Sandy Bridge) quad core   95W
Core i7-2600s (Sandy Bridge) quad core   65W
Core i5-2500 (Sandy Bridge) quad core   95W
Core i5-2500s (Sandy Bridge) quad core   65W
Core i5-2500t (Sandy Bridge) quad core   45W
Core i5-2400 (Sandy Bridge) quad core   95W
Core i5-2400s (Sandy Bridge) quad core   65W
Core i5-2390t (Sandy Bridge) quad core   35W
Core i5-2300 (Sandy Bridge) quad core   95W
Core i3-2120 (Sandy Bridge) dual core    65W
Core i3-2100 (Sandy Bridge) dual core    65W
Core i3-2100t (Sandy Bridge) dual core    35W

The thing I got:

Intel Core i5-3470 Processor + Fan( 1)

Now it's the same interface, L1155 or whatever, but I dunno if my i5 3470 will work with this mobo or if I just got a lemon or if I botched the install... Will i need some sort of bios upgrade or whatnot or am i hosed... I haven't kept up with CPU stats in a long while so all the numbers and stuff don't mean much to me anymore... If we can't get this working lemme know if i need to return this thing before some type of deadline too... I hate to waste the part...

I'll fuck with the video card in the meantime...

[CowCrusher9]

Oooops. My bad.
Let me see if I can get a swap on that.

[Hugh Manatee]

so square peg round hole situation or can I salvage this?

[Lusankya]

Is there maybe an update for the motherboard that could help? I know my motherboard came standard before the ivy bridge processors came out but it had an update that would allow it to run an ivy bridge processor. I believe it was a BIOS update if I'm not mistaken.

[Lusankya]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1155

Your chipset has the ability to support ivy bridge processors according to the chart. Maybe Cow can dig up something.

[CowCrusher9]

Have already arranged an exchange.
HU PM me an email so I can send the RMA shipping label.

[Hugh Manatee]

Video card in, my FPS in MWO went from the 30-40 range to 60ish, it only slows when there's either lag or a cpu buildup

[CowCrusher9]

Cool. Did you change your settings to higher detail?

[Hugh Manatee]

One last stupid question, do I have to have some special envelope or box to ship this in, or can I just use any little old box with any handy packing materials I have on hand with no other labels as long as the RMA thing is on it?

[CowCrusher9]

Yes, any box will do as long as the RMA label is on it.

[Hugh Manatee]

I forgot to mention, I got the RMA in the ups on monday. It should be on its way.