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12-14-2020, 11:31 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-14-2020, 11:47 AM by dusan_silni.)
I am new to this forum and 1st of all hi everyone. I got an old Toshiba laptop from my sister which was unusable (missing charger, no HDD and had a broken case, missing caps on keyboard, corrupt windows... - the c660 from the title) so I decided to play a little and give it as a present to our grandparents. Upgraded from 2 to 6gb ddr3 1333, bought used case in great shape, charger, repaired keyboard, SSD, fresh win10...BUT. I made a huge mistake...to the topic:
CPU was Pentium B940 2c/2t 2Ghz Sandy Bridge
Socket is rPGA988B (G2) which in theory supports Ivy Bridge CPUs so I ordered BLIND an i5 3320m. You guess...no boot. You can hear CPU fan but no post. Is it doable to get the 3320m to work on Toshiba's rPGA988B by modding BIOS? TDP is the same 35w, but its 22nm...or should I try and replace it with i5 2520m which is same gen as b940, also 35w and 32nm? Thanks in advance.