CPU Install Trouble (Xeon 1240v3)

[SK1981]

Hello community,

I am a little puzzled and frustrated at the moment.

So i purchased a Asus Z97-A mobo to pair with a Xeon 1240 v3. I received a smoking deal on the mobo, hence the Z purchase, but that's beside the point.

The problem is when I went to install the CPU, the notches in the cpu don't align with the pegs in the slot! As you can see in the picture, the notches sit a few mm away from the pegs.

I'm lost at the moment. I know for sure that these two are compatible (LGA1150). What am I missing here? I know....such a noob.....

 

[6R1M01R3]

by all means that processor should work with that motherboard but it clearly won't fit in the socket. I can only think that its some manufacturing error, either on the motherboard or processor.

 

[junkeymonkey]

well ??? thing is on the face of the chip it just states intel e3 1240 ?? [I think was for sandy bridge ??

now ??? ones I looked at show intel e3 1240v3 for 1150 haswell ?/

may look in to that [pull up some screenshots ]

why is yours missing the v3 part ??

 

[6R1M01R3]

Yeah, what monkey said, since this is what the 1240v3 looks like http://static.nix.ru/autocatalog/intel/161561_2245_draft.jpg

 

[SK1981]

Oh my....I've made a huge mistake!

Thank you for the quick solution gentlemen. I do believe i was too trigger happy on an Ebay listing.

DOH!

 

[junkeymonkey]

ya - you got the wrong chip I think - 1240 1155 sandy 1240v2 1155 ive [so to say ] 1240v3 haswell

1155* Xeon E3-1240(D2) Sandy Bridge

1155* Xeon E3-1240v2(E0) Ivy Bridge

from here ??
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z75%20Pro3/?cat=CPU

1150* Xeon E3-1240 v3(C0) Haswell

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H87M/?cat=CPU

on the face of the chip it should be printed ''intel - xeon - e3 -1240v3 '''

I hope you did not try to force it in and screw up the pins in the boards socket ??

 

[synphul]

Exactly as junkeymonkey suggested, it's the wrong cpu for that socket. That's a xeon e3-1240 (no v indication meaning v1), the e3-1240V3 for haswell/1150 says e3-1240V3 on it and the fitment slots for the socket pegs are up higher right in line with the top of the ihs. That's precisely why intel slotted the cpu's and sockets accordingly, to prevent pairing the wrong parts together.

 

[junkeymonkey]

nice screen shot that I was looking for . shows what I was getting at nice and clear