GA-965P-DS3 1.1V and INTEL CORE DUO E8600 3.33Mhz. WILL NOT POST!

[treeheights]

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

[Pottypete]

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

[treeheights]

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

dave