Opty 175 Dual Core wont Fire Up

[akin]

Ok I have this mobo and have been running an older Newcastle for a couple of months no major problems until I install my nw Opty 175 Dual Core the machine will post but stalls after that. It reconises my SATA drives and leaves the POST screen then just gives me a blank screen with a cursor at the topleft hand side and sits there.

 

When it POST's it does say unreconied processor but having a read around here ppl have got this board to work with Opty socket 939 quite successfully.

 

I know these CPU'sare not officially supported but I not 100% convinced that its the CPU that is the problem.

 

I am running 705 bios as that was what the board came with I havent flashed the bios at all but will if I have too.

 

Any guidence would be appreciated

 

Cheers

[Tony420]

Flash to the latest non-beta bios that supports X2 cpu's.

[akin]

Flash to the latest non-beta bios that supports X2 cpu's.

 

Cheers the machine will not finish the boot process so I will have to chuck the newcastle back in and flash with the 824 BIOS and see how it goes

 

Cheers and thank you

[akin]

Cheers the machine will not finish the boot process so I will have to chuck the newcastle back in and flash with the 824 BIOS and see how it goes

 

Cheers and thank you

 

 

Well flashed to 824 and have it running had some issue's with the BIOS not saving etc had to unplug my SATA drives to that but like I said got it running

 

2.5 ghz with my OZC PC4000 2 by 1gig sticks running at DDR500 and prime95'ed both core all night so happy enough at the moment.

 

Cheers