Intel Core i3-3220 3.30ghz (Ivybridge)

[deano24]

Built 2 machines with the i3 chip both with the gigabyte z68ap-d3 motherboard, both dont want to boot, is the chip not compatible to the board? just strange how both machines fail in same way?

 

[Jokester]

I suspect being the older Z68 chipset you might need a BIOS update to get it to recognise a IB chip.

 

[deano24]

Thanks for that. can't get them to start to do bios so change of boards me thinks.

 

[linktoinsanity]

Should go for a B75, H77 or Z77 with a 3rd gen chip anyway.

Or...Borrow a Sandy from a friend and use that to flash the BIOS.