So I just got my new CPU today, it's an i5-3470. So without doing much research and only watching one video on how to take out the old CPU and install the new one, I got to work with it. I have put in new HD's, graphic cards, and power supplies with no issue. So how hard could a CPU and fan be? Pretty damn hard... I got the CPU installed with no issue, but the part I thought would be easy is turning out to be really hard, the fan. The fan the CPU came with is not screws like my old one. It is those little pins that you punch down and twist. Problem is, I don't know if my motherboard is compatible with those pins. They won't push down and the screw holes are preventing the little white part from going all the way down. So I came up with a solution, just use my old fan temporarily until I can figure it out.
So I installed my old fan, which has screws, and screwed it down. Ready to go I thought, I plugged everything bag in and hit the power button. Nothing happened. I mean the lights on the computer turned on, but neither of my monitors showed up. Just a normal black screen.
Now I have heard that sometimes you have to update your BIOS before installing an Intel CPU, but I did not know that until about 10 minutes ago. Is it true? I come from an i3 processor so I would think I would not have to update BIOS for an i5. Anyways, if anyone could help that would be great.
So I installed my old fan, which has screws, and screwed it down. Ready to go I thought, I plugged everything bag in and hit the power button. Nothing happened. I mean the lights on the computer turned on, but neither of my monitors showed up. Just a normal black screen.
Now I have heard that sometimes you have to update your BIOS before installing an Intel CPU, but I did not know that until about 10 minutes ago. Is it true? I come from an i3 processor so I would think I would not have to update BIOS for an i5. Anyways, if anyone could help that would be great.
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