I’m new to the forum, i came accross the site looking for answers on my quest for modifying my LGA775 motherboard to accept a “brand new” chinese xeon X5450 that i just purchased. A picture of my beautiful setup is attached for your viewing pleasure…
I’m hoping that someone can shine some light on my old mobo… It’s an ECS G41T-M7 Also for reference I’m currently running a Core 2 duo Intel E5700 processor, 8gb RAM @1333mhz, a Kingston 120GB SSD NOW 300 boot drive, and an Ati Radeon Hd6670 1gb ddr3 Gpu, currently not installed because i put the heatsink the wrong way and i don’t feel like i need it for the microcode thing…
Also I downloaded some files which i’ll proceed to attach.
Also I didn’t mention, the current state of my pc is due to the fact that I already put the Xeon in there, and it worked, 3 times…
Until i messed with a smart halt function in the bios (don´t remember the actual name), which is something like a smart power saving function, and then it wouldn’t boot no more. It would stay stuck in the black boot screen with the windows 10 logo and a message below, something along the lines of “windows is preparing automatic repair”.
So, what I did was put back the old Pentium processor and format the pc. Now it´s up and running again.
@Marchestat Good you got it running again! Here is updated BIOS! I wasn’t sure what all you needed done, so I updated all originally included CPU microcodes + all for 771 mod too (All latest versions).
@Lost_N_BIOS THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It works flawlessly!!! Thank you man, you made my day.
I’ll attach a .zip file with both modded and unmodded ROM files, along with the program i used to flash the BIOS. Also i’ll leave a screenshot of the pc rendering a random object and the 4 core proof!
Definitely night and day. It’s now able to reproduce video fluently in 2k, when before it struggled to play @720p 60fps, despite de GPU being rated to 720p max. Also the performance of modeling programs such as Solidworks has improved substantially.
Don’t know about the case, I think it looks just too good to put it in my old shitty one… we’ll see.
Hello I’m new to the forum I’m currently running a Dual Core Intel E5400 processor, 4gb RAM @1333mhz, a WD 320GB HDD and a Radeon HD5450 1GB DDR3 GPU. With Windows 10 64b With pandemia my childs need more computers for study and play. I read this post. Then I modified my old LGA775 motherboard ECS G41T-M7 (V1.0) to accept Intel Xeon E5450. Unique difference with post is that Xeon is E5450 instead of X5450. Perfect!!! First, I actualize to the last manufacturer BIOS. All OK Second, I actualize to the last manufacturer BIOS mod. All OK Dual core E5400 works perfect Then I bought the Xeon E5450 I put it. It starts twice, and on the 3rd start appears “windows is preparing to repair”, or something similar Can you Help me? Thank you
@Urca - If you put in correct microcode in mod BIOS, and BIOS works, then let windows do it’s thing, it’s probably installing updates or installing something for the new CPU etc.
Hello @Hr_KaLeu I used the software recomended by @Marchestat upper in this post (AFUWIN 4.40) using "110902smod.rom" of @Lost_N_BIOS. For me works correctly and I believe upgrade BIOS with mod microcodes (CPU-Z shows instruction SSSE4.1)
@Lost_N_BIOS I put Xeon E5450 again and is working. CPU-Z shows Xeon E5450 but W10 System shows Dual Core E5400 Yes, yet I am working with 2 cores an 2 threads. Do I have to install W10 again? or you know other option. I don´t want shutdown pc… Do you help me? Thank you
@Hr_KaLeu Yes, AFUWIN is to flashear BIOS, to insert microcodes in ROM archive you must use "MMTOOL_3.22_1B_21Fix-BKMOD.EXE" for AMI BIOS. Fpr Phoenix or Award I don´t know.
@Hr_KaLeu - Depends on the BIOS type, MMtool or various CBROM versions (depending on BIOS), or Phoenix BIOS Editor
@Urca - You can try in device manager, uninstall CPU and reboot. If that does not work, I’m sure there is some way but I don’t know, best to do a clean install or a repair/in-place reinstall (This leaves all your stuff installed and in place)
@Lost_N_BIOS A question: Can I use this modded bios in another motherboard? Same model, just another one. Or does it come with MAC and some other things?
@kanutinbonbin - What BIOS, what post #? Ohh, BIOS at post #4? If yes, looks like only stock BIOS I modified, not user dump or anything like that, so you’re good to go using it
Hi! umm i have a pemtium dual core e5200 and i have the same motherboard you have a bios with the oc settings? becouse i need extra performance.and the microcodes tho to put a xeon on the future and how i install the custom bios?sorry and thank you PD:sorry my english is bad i am from argentina
.and the microcodes tho to put a xeon on the future and how i install the custom bios?sorry and thank you PD:sorry my english is bad i am from argentina