Reviving old board

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I have an old board P4m800pro m v1.0a that I'd like to use again. It doesn't support e7200 I have but I have another core 2 duo e4700 (65nm, 800mhz fsb) lying around. Official website doesn't says it supports it but can This board run e4700?

 

amigafan

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Unfortunately that CPU is "Conroe" microarchitecture, but the latest BIOS updates for the MOBO mention only Cedar Mill/Presler and 805 CPU (Pentium D) which belong to the previous "NetBurst" generation.

So even if you'd update your MOBO to the latest available BIOS, there is nothing to corroborate the belief that the e4700 could be even unofficially supported.
 

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Well something is wrong with mobs any way. I have tons of processor lying around and before trying out e4700 I decided to try Pentium D 925 and the windows crashed. Bios is up to date and mobo is fine. I got a bsod with uncorrectable hardware error. Do you think it's a bad processor?
 

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Works fine with other processor. P4 and D 935. Tried core 2 duo e4700. Looks like this project is a waste of time.

Thanks