Hi,
it's been a terrible day.
I recently upgraded to e8400, after using a e2180 for 5 months along with specs in my signature/profile.
It wouldnt boot past the MSI/BIOS screen no matter what so i decided that the BIOS needed updating (i was on 1.7) and flashed/updated via live update to 1.10.
i then put the e8400 and it booted past the bios screen (i can also access the bios) to the "boot with safe mode, normal settings, etc etc" screen. But, no matter what you choose on this screen, it just restarts and loops this cycle of booting to that, then falling over again and again.
The e2180 still works in it, but not the e8400.
HELP! What is at fault here? I can't test cpu in another pc because i dont have one thats 775 socket. The motherboard came "core 2 duo ready" but apparently not!
What do i do?!
Thanks,
Ollie