Can I upgrade to a CORE 2 DUO?

[david.kozera]

Hi All! I currently have an HP 7250 Media Center Running Windows Vista
Premium. It has a Pentium D 820 processor inside right now and I want
to move to a Core 2 Duo e4400. I installed the processor last night
and the PC will not post! I Installed the old chip again and no
problem. I did all the latest MOBO bios updates from HP's website but
It still will not support the chip! I'll be very sad if I cannot get
this to work.

The Specs of my PC are:
HP Media Center M7250N
Pentium D 820 (Socket 775, 800Mhz FSB)
2 GB DDR2 Ram
250GB Sata HD
Asus P5LP-LE Motherboard (Specific to HP)
BIOS Release Date: 2006-05-01
BIOS Version: 3.17 - 04/20/2006 (Current BIOS if from the HP website)

I guess i'm just looking for a hacked BIOS that will run a Core 2 Duo
or some other way I can get this to run. Thanks in advance.

 

[Pooh-Man]

Hi All! I currently have an HP 7250 Media Center Running Windows Vista
Premium. It has a Pentium D 820 processor inside right now and I want
to move to a Core 2 Duo e4400.

According to these specs it doesn't support C2D cpu.


http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00379422

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00379616

You are supposed to check for that before you buy the cpu. You are going to
have to buy a new mb. I suggest an Asus P5K, standard version is fairly
cheap. But seeing as your computer is an HP you might need a new case and
PSU if they designed it to to be proprietary.

 

[nobody]

I guess i'm just looking for a hacked BIOS that will run a Core 2 Duo
or some other way I can get this to run. Thanks in advance.

Don't even try. Hacked BIOS may render your board useless, and a
probability thereof is much higher than the result you desire. You
can of course claim a warranty repair/replacement, if any of warranty
is still in force, but it smells fishy, doesn't it?

NNN