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My PC won't start.

ZIZOU932 Posted messages 7 Status Member -  
 Winux -

I just bought a new processor for my PC; it's a project I've been working on for a month, which is to buy a desktop PC. It's a Lenovo H50 that contains an i3 6100 and a GT 720. Anyway, I upgraded the graphics card to a GTX 1060 3GB, added a new, more powerful power supply, and 8GB of RAM. So far, everything was working very well, but today I just received my new processor, an i5 9400F. Once installed and everything reconnected, when I try to start the PC, all the fans spin but stop after a second. However, when I remove the new processor and put the old one back in, everything works and the PC starts up. I even tried the new processor with the old power supply and the old graphics card, but it still doesn't work. I also removed one stick of RAM out of two, and it still doesn't work. So I'm starting to believe that the processor has a problem, or maybe the motherboard, but I don't see what problem it could have since everything works perfectly with the old processor.

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  1. Winux
     

    Hello,

    It's not compatible, you can't put a ninth generation Intel Core on a platform that supports the sixth or maybe seventh with a BIOS update, and then, watch out for overheating and wear of the VRMs on a consumer motherboard when hosting a higher-end CPU.

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    1. ZIZOU932 Posted messages 7 Status Member
       

      So I need to update the BIOS or is it really incompatible because I was under the impression that it's the same socket so it is compatible.

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    2. Winux > ZIZOU932 Posted messages 7 Status Member
       

      Well, no, the chip on the motherboard and its firmware are incompatible.

      The eighth-generation motherboards are the only ones that can support the ninth-generation i5 9400f with a simple update.

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    3. ZIZOU932 Posted messages 7 Status Member
       

      I just saw that normally the motherboard is an h110m.

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    4. Winux > ZIZOU932 Posted messages 7 Status Member
       

      You need at least an H310M.

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    5. ZIZOU932 Posted messages 7 Status Member > Winux
       

      Thanks for the advice and the help, in any case now I know that my next upgrade will be a motherboard.

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