I don’t have another slotket to try, unfortunately.
They’ve become quite pricey!
I suppose I should just ignore the pre-post beep code. The system ultimately boots and works fine. The fixer in me just wants to know what, if anything, is ‘wrong.’ 😀
Cbb wrote on 2025-02-21, 10:50:Grem Five wrote on 2025-02-11, 17:45:Jasin Natael wrote on 2025-02-11, 15:51:as long as Dell didn't lock anything in the BIOS. .........
Faster processors might work as I dont think there is any hardware reason they shouldn't just maybe a Bios reason. You may be able to flash the Dell bios but you will replace any booting logo of Intel or Fujitsu with Dell logos. Bios may or not want to flash as it would have a different identifier string but could probably be forced on there if that comes up. There is always the option of using a Bios modding tool to add the support but I have not dabbled in that and dont know that side.
I've got a Dell GX1 system with 440BX board (yep, proprietary one) and since BIOS version A08 all CPUs clocked higher 600MHz are in black list, the system refuses to POST. You need to flash A07 or earlier BIOS version.
I mean the Dell BIOS even for another system series may cointain some restrictions in CPU support so I will think twice before flashing it.
Do you happen to have A07? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
aderius wrote on 2025-07-18, 00:01:Cbb wrote on 2025-02-21, 10:50:Grem Five wrote on 2025-02-11, 17:45:Faster processors might work as I dont think there is any hardware reason they shouldn't just maybe a Bios reason. You may be able to flash the Dell bios but you will replace any booting logo of Intel or Fujitsu with Dell logos. Bios may or not want to flash as it would have a different identifier string but could probably be forced on there if that comes up. There is always the option of using a Bios modding tool to add the support but I have not dabbled in that and dont know that side.
I've got a Dell GX1 system with 440BX board (yep, proprietary one) and since BIOS version A08 all CPUs clocked higher 600MHz are in black list, the system refuses to POST. You need to flash A07 or earlier BIOS version.
I mean the Dell BIOS even for another system series may cointain some restrictions in CPU support so I will think twice before flashing it.Do you happen to have A07? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
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