Greetings! I stumbled across this forum when doing a search on Google. Would be thrilled if you could provide me some direction. I read the forum rules and I believe I have included what is necessary...
***I typed the Title wrong, my apologies! It is T4200-
T7300***
As the title says, I am attempting to upgrade my Dell Studio 1537 from a T4200 (Pentium D 2 Ghz/1M/800) to a T7300 (Core 2 Duo, 2 Ghz/4M/800). This machine is based on the Intel 45 Express Chipset.
Anyway, before putting in the new processor, I updated the bios to the latest version Dell provides: A11. Put the new CPU in, and I get the folioing error when I boot:
- No Microcode Update Loaded for Booting Processor
Press to resume,
Pressing F1 allows the system to boot just fine, so it is certainly usable. But I want to resolve this to eliminate any potential issues, and simply so I can restart remotely without having to press the F1 key.
I see another user, babaganoosh, was attempting a CPU upgrade on a 1537 a couple of years ago, but it was a different CPU. And it looks like a modded bios was not created. Here is a link the A11 bios, extracted from the Dell updater:
http://www.thestuffthings.com/files/Dell...ashabl.rom
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated indeed. I think I have provided everything necessary, but if anything else needs to be provided, I will be ready to respond. Thanks!