P67 motherboard (CPU overvoltage error)

Soldato
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Hey guys,

So in a bit of a confusing pickle here, Recently built an older based P67 (LGA 1155) system consisting of the following -

  • Intel Xeon E3-1220 3.1Ghz
  • 8GB Ram (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz
  • Asus P8P67 LE Motherboard
  • PNY CS900 240GB Solid State Drive
  • Seagate Pipeline 500GB Hard Drive (5900 RPM 16MB Cache)
  • HD 5450 1GB Graphics Card.
  • Corsair CX 650 W 80 PLUS® Bronze Certified Power Supply
Now i started this system up, All seemed well. Installed windows 10 that went well, System restarted to complete the windows install etc, Then i got a BSOD.

Now, I know Xeons are not really meant to be in Desktop PCs but it should surely work, it was detected fine (in bios) before the update.

i thought id check the Motherboards bios see if it was a compatibility issue with Ram/CPU. And low and behold the bios was the VERY first version the board ever come with, there was like 10 bios revisions after that, So i updated to the very latest bios offered on Asus page for that motherboard and that said update was successful.

However, Now when i start the PC i either get absolutely noting on the screen OR if it does decide to show anything i get a "CPU overvoltage error" press F1 to go into BIOS..i press F1 and nothing happens its froze.

Has my board bricked? :o It does have a socketed BIOS so i can easily swap this out but ideally don't want to if i don't have to.

The bios update was done within the bios also, Not in windows (i never seen windows boot lol)
 
Reset the cmos using the jumper on the motherboard , remove bios battery and power from the wall then leave for 10 minutes.

Replace and try to power up.
 
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