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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: treeheights on November 22, 2009, 03:14:24 pm

Title: GA-965P-DS3 1.1V and INTEL CORE DUO E8600 3.33Mhz. WILL NOT POST!
Post by: treeheights on November 22, 2009, 03:14:24 pm

So im excited!. I get the ga-965p-ds3. nice motherboard,its revision 1.1v but thats ok i think....

upgraded to bios F14 along with the drivers and that

I put in a pentium 4  630 scotsdale or something along with the 8800 ultra....goes well....no problems!

I want to beef it up a bit so i get the E8600 intel...the board wont even post...grrrrrrrr!

whats up?? It says on the box core duo ready! the gigabyte site says the e8600 is ok on qvl...

what am i doing wrong.....???

dave

Title: Re: GA-965P-DS3 1.1V and INTEL CORE DUO E8600 3.33Mhz. WILL NOT POST!
Post by: Pottypete on November 22, 2009, 04:01:53 pm

Hi,
If you check the Cpu support list the E8600 cpu is NOT suported, :(
http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_Model.aspx?ProductID=2314#anchor_os
Your revision Is 1.1 ? :'(
Only the 3.3 revision will support it,  but not officially though, ::)

Regards

Title: Re: GA-965P-DS3 1.1V and INTEL CORE DUO E8600 3.33Mhz. WILL NOT POST!
Post by: treeheights on November 25, 2009, 01:26:08 pm

bugger...you are right.....why dont they just list the cpus they do support...morons we are...

dave