dell optiplex gx280 cpu upgrade

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fallenh3art

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I was wondering if its possible to upgrade my Intel Pentium 4 3.20
GHz cpu with a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9705. If not can someone please explain why they wont. also its a mid size tower with a 550w power source (if that matters)

thank you.
 
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Kisianik
Before anyone made any terrible mistakes STOP.

According to official Dell those are the processors supported by GX280:

D7459 Prescott P4 Kit, 520, 2.8Ghz, 800FSB, 1MB
DD517 Prescott P4 64bit Kit, 521, 2.8Ghz, 800FSB, 1MB
D7460 Prescott P4 Kit, 530, 3.0Ghz, 800FSB, 1MB
DD519 Prescott P4 64bit Kit, 541, 3.2Ghz, 800FSB, 1MB
D7462 Prescott P4 Kit, 540, 3.2Ghz, 800FSB, 1MB
D7463 Prescott P4 Kit, 550, 3.4Ghz, 800FSB, 1MB
M8964 Prescott P4 Kit, 550, 3.4Ghz, 800FSB, 1MB
D7464 Prescott P4 Kit, 560, 3.6Ghz, 800FSB, 1MB
M8965 Prescott P4 Kit, 570, 3.8Ghz, 800FSB, 1MB

Dell engineers its BIOS, and BIOS not updated once new Dell model is released, and so on. Even GX620 is not compatible with Core 2 Duo, and it is many generations ahead of GX280...
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Sorry, I missed that.
 
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