# Problematic Hardware
I got all of my new hardware yesterday evening…. and as usual when putting together a new PC from parts there are problems.
Every part of the computer is awesome… except… the BIOS version on the motherboard works with *some* Quad Cores, unfortunately my new Quad Core isn’t one of those. Fortunately future versions of the BIOS (which are downloadable and easily installable) do include support for my new Quad Core. Unfortunately because of the BIOS<->Processor incompatibility the computer won’t even start up, and so won’t even get into the BIOS Setup mode.
So the only way to fix this problem is to use an earlier processor in order to start to computer up to get into BIOS mode in order to upgrade the BIOS (using a USB Memory Stick) so that we can put the new processor in so that it starts up properly. And unfortunately, because nobody in our near vicinity owns a socket 775 based processor we’ve had to buy an über-cheap one from eBay which won’t come until tomorrow (probably).
So, as you can probably understand I’m going to be a little bit (alot) annoyed until we’ve got this working.
Just so that you are aware about this, here are the model numbers:
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Energy Efficient 95W edition Socket 775 (2.40GHz) G0 Stepping L2 8MB Cache OEM Processor
- Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 PCI-E Onboard Audio ATX Motherboard (Revision 1.01G, which comes with an 05XX BIOS…. when the newest BIOS versions are in the 11XX)
Things will be a lot smoother once it’s all working. I’ll be able to work a lot more efficiently.
