Quad Core 2.4 Ghz Q6600 in Dell Vostro 400

[Amagosa999]

Hey all, im using a Dell vostro 400, 4 gigs ram, 500gb hdd, 3.0 Ghz E6850 Core 2 Duo processor and Geforce 8800 GTS gfx card. Running on Windows XP Pro 64 bit.

I aquired a 2.4 Ghz Q6600 quad for xmas and thought that installing it would be fairly simple since i have replaced processors before.

Once i finished installing the processor i fired up the machine, absolutly bugger all happend. the case fan, power pack and heat sink fan were all working, but the machine just wouldnt boot. i have consulted several of my friends and we came to the conclusion my BIOS must have been out of date for the processor.

Updating it from version 1.0.3 to 1.0.10 i thought this would solve the problem. which it did not.

I do a LOT of rendering for my university assignments and any help would be very much appreciated. In my order i specifically asked dell for a machine that could handle quad core. i hope they havent mislead me.

please reply asap

many thanks

chris

 

[Amagosa999]

Sorry, im not much of a techie, *** you mind explaining how to wipe the cmos, and what it actually does to the motherboard.

and i have tried the removal of the motherboard battery, no luck

thanks

chris

 

[Amagosa999]

We insisted to dell that the motherboard be suitable for quad core before we paid for it, dell have confirmed this in black and white, This isnt exactly an old machine im using here guys. Regardless of wether the board is a standard dell board or not it should run it. i have updated the bios and no luck.

Chipset is P35/G33/G31, found it out off cpu-z and a few of my associates who build their own machines have confirmed that that is suitable.