CPU broke PC?

[Luckyshyco]

I recently put a new i5 4960k intel processor in my computer, upgrading from a terrible old i3 model. It turns on and works fine, but everything is 10x slower, from opening basic tabs, and especially playing the games I was hoping to improve. Thermal paste, heat sink, and cpu are all placed properly.

Specs- http://prntscr.com/99cljx

I just want to know what I should do to fix this horrendous lag, since right now, my phone is easily 80x faster than my computer at loading a page. Heck, opening this website took around 5 minutes. It's really bad, and nothing else changed. The only solution I could ever think of is a new PSU, but I think if I didn't have enough power, it wouldn't even turn on.

 

[N3rdR4ge]

1. check that your motherboard has it's most recent bios update.
2. did you make sure you didn't bend any pins on the motherboard's socket doing the swap? that'd cause any number of problems.

 

[Luckyshyco]

1. check that your motherboard has it's most recent bios update.
2. did you make sure you didn't bend any pins on the motherboard's socket doing the swap? that'd cause any number of problems.

I will update my bios, I'm positive I didn't bend it while putting it in.

Update: WOW, my motherboard gained support for my processor 2 days later than the day I had my BIOS installed. UNLUCKY! Installing the new one now. This process isn't easy...

Update 2: NOPE! Windows 10 will not allow me to run the Efiflash I need to update the BIOS, so there is no way to update it? Someone help please.

 

[Luckyshyco]

1. check that your motherboard has it's most recent bios update.
2. did you make sure you didn't bend any pins on the motherboard's socket doing the swap? that'd cause any number of problems.

BIOS updating is not working completely as intended. First, there is no readme file. Second, when I click efiflash to begin the process, it gives me an error. Another error is gotten about my 64 bit system when I click the autoexec. Here is the image of the file with the errors. How can I fix this to update my BIOS, after looking at the update notes, I'm POSITIVE this is what I need!

http://prntscr.com/99cxr8

 

[cst1992]

Try doing it from within the BIOS instead of Windows. If you have the latest BIOS file on a flash drive, it may let you upgrade without booting into Windows at all.
And, did you read the GIGABYTE Guide?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/275856-30-gigabyte-guide

 

[Luckyshyco]

Try doing it from within the BIOS instead of Windows. If you have the latest BIOS file on a flash drive, it may let you upgrade without booting into Windows at all.
And, did you read the GIGABYTE Guide?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/275856-30-gigabyte-guide

Okay, I will use a flash drive tomorrow and try it that way. My efforts must be halted today, because there is no flash drive nearby and it's very late.

 

[Supahos]

Yes that board was built before win 10 existed I suspect it's bios flash utility doesn't work in windows 10... and for future reference in wouldn't ever flash a bios in an OS anyway... If one little thing goes wrong you've bricked your computer potentially forever. Always flash one in the bios

 

[cst1992]

wouldn't ever flash a bios in an OS anyway... If one little thing goes wrong you've bricked your computer potentially forever.

Not really; with the exception of @BIOS.

Modern motherboards have the DualBIOS option: if a BIOS flash goes wrong, there is a backup BIOS that can be used to POST.
And flash utilities are constantly getting updated. It won't happen that they'll not add support for Windows 10.

 

[Luckyshyco]

I cannot get into the USB boot mode, so I guess the computer is just broke forever. I also switched back to windows 7, but that didn't help.

 

[cst1992]

I wouldn't come to that conclusion - especially when the PC otherwise works.
Try jumping the CMOS(there should be a jumper on the motherboard) or taking out the battery. It'll stop when POSTing, indicating CMOS settings to be wrong. You can then get into the BIOS. There is no reason to boot from USB.

 

[Mysticjbyrd]

You are probably trying to execute a windows 7 executable to update your bios.

 

[Luckyshyco]

I wouldn't come to that conclusion - especially when the PC otherwise works.
Try jumping the CMOS(there should be a jumper on the motherboard) or taking out the battery. It'll stop when POSTing, indicating CMOS settings to be wrong. You can then get into the BIOS. There is no reason to boot from USB.

I'm just going to let some guy at best buy do it, it's wasting my time.