PC Not Booting With Supported CPU

[Trusty_2]

I Bought a new motherboard, a Gigabyte 945gcm s2l. This is a LGA 775 motherboard. On their website it says that this motherboard supports core2duos. When I try to boot to windows it freezes on the windows logo, this CPU worked in a different motherboard in my sff proprietary dell optiplex. I also have a gtx 750 that should be working even still it is the same issue with integrated graphics. I put in a celeron into my new motherboard and it booted fine. I shut it off and put in my duo and it booted but the PC thought that this was the celeron as it stated in task manager and so I restarted and again it freezes at the windows logo. I reinstalled windows to no avail. I reset CMOS didn't work. I genuinely don't know what to do please help. I've been saving forever for this, I can't gey a job because I'm too young and so I can't afford a better PC. Please help me thanks.

 

[terry4536]

I would suggest updating the motherboard BIOS.

 

[terry4536]

If you haven't done a fresh install of Windows since installing the motherboard, then you are still running on the drivers from the previous motherboard.

Do a fresh install of Windows.

After that update the device drivers including the motherboard chipset drivers and graphics driver.

Here is the download page for your motherboard . You can download the drivers and BIO for your motherboard here.

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-945GCM-S2L-rev-10#support-dl-driver

The graphics driver can be downloaded and installed from here.

http://www.geforce.com/drivers

 

[Trusty_2]

Towards the end I state that I reinstalled, and seeing as though the celeron worked and the duo didn't eliminates that possibility. As for the bios update I have no idea where to see for an update and how to update.

 

[spentshells]

What model is the cpu

What model is the celeron?

Not all core 2 are equal

I'm assuming your motherboard only supports the older core 2 chips 65nm not the "newer" 45 nm

We need the chip names

 

[Trusty_2]

Core 2 duo e8400, celeron e1400

 

[Trusty_2]

I updated bios and it worked like a charm, ur amazing u told me exactly what to do and where to get the files from u absolute legend beast GoD!!!!!!!