And take care: these 1156/1366 sockets are very fragile. I know of at least two people who had some broken pins; I'm one of them, though it was probably the board that was DoA (I can't be sure as I didn't inspect it close enough before inserting the CPU).

[QUOTE=S485122;197057]This is certainly not so. The CPU's do not have holes for the pins of the sockets to engage. What happens is that the pins of the socket mark the contact pads of the CPU. [url=http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3661]See for instance the pictures on AnandTech.[/url]

Jacob[/QUOTE]

Yes this would be what I saw ... not exactly "covered" but lots of gold foil none-the-less.

Thanks

My current issue is since the MB only has 1 IDE and I need to connect a CD and HD I am having trouble finding appropriate bays close enough together that the IDE cable reaches between them. I am hoping I can buy a longer one???

[quote=petrw1;197080]My current issue is since the MB only has 1 IDE and I need to connect a CD and HD I am having trouble finding appropriate bays close enough together that the IDE cable reaches between them. I am hoping I can buy a longer one???[/quote]
Yes, often the IDE cables that come with motherboards aren't quite big enough to span some of the larger cases popular today for homebuilt computers. I had a similar problem when I was building my computer, and was able to get a bigger one at a local computer store. (If that fails, I'm sure Newegg's got them in all shapes and sizes.)

HELP!!!
 

Just set up and powered on the new i750 system and after MB startup and when it tries to start the OS I get this error almost immediately. I had to video tape it to get the error because it flashed on and cleared almost immediately. On the video I noticed the XP logo screen flash for the slightest instant; not even long enough to be bright.

It's not a new hard drive and I obviously cannot scan for viruses for as far as it gets. Not sure if the error message will help.

Thanks

[quote=petrw1;197109]Just set up and powered on the new i750 system and after MB startup and when it tries to start the OS I get this error almost immediately. I had to video tape it to get the error because it flashed on and cleared almost immediately. On the video I noticed the XP logo screen flash for the slightest instant; not even long enough to be bright.

It's not a new hard drive and I obviously cannot scan for viruses for as far as it gets. Not sure if the error message will help.

Thanks[/quote]
Quick question: was this OS installation done on this motherboard, or is it left intact from another mobo? If the latter, then you'll need to do a clean install on the new one. Windows doesn't take too kindly to having its IDE controller change on it midstream, and there's no way to make it roll with it without starting over. (Linux, BTW, has no problem with this; I learned that the hard way when I upgraded my computer from a P4 to a C2D and had one half of my dual-boot setup suddenly not work.)

[QUOTE=mdettweiler;197121]Quick question: was this OS installation done on this motherboard, or is it left intact from another mobo? If the latter, then you'll need to do a clean install on the new one. Windows doesn't take too kindly to having its IDE controller change on it midstream, and there's no way to make it roll with it without starting over. (Linux, BTW, has no problem with this; I learned that the hard way when I upgraded my computer from a P4 to a C2D and had one half of my dual-boot setup suddenly not work.)[/QUOTE]

Thanks...I think that was it. I looked up the error message and among many other ideas was this IDE controller mismatch from nwe HW. So yes I installed a new OS and all looks good so far. Thanks.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
 

to everyone who offered me advice and help over the last few weeks for my daring adventure. IT WORKS!!!!

:party:

It's Alive!
 

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVxe-c&feature=related[/url]

First Benchmark...
 

First benchmark...Stock; Q9550 for comparison (i5 is about 5% faster)

[CODE]CPU Model Program Speed (1024K) (1280K) (1536K) (1792K) (2048K) (2560K) (3072K) (3584K) (4096K)
i5-750 Windows64,Prime95,v25.9,build 4 2664 15.98 20.18 24.28 29.39 33.45 44.55 54.51 66.16 74.58
Q9550 Windows64,Prime95,v25.9,build 4 2832 16.97 21.72 26.31 32.09 35.4 47.01 56.63 69.05 77.44[/CODE]

P.S. It shows 20.18 for 1280FFT. I am getting 24 ms running all 4 cores.

I was getting 24.53 with all four cores loaded at stock. Now I am getting 17.6 at 1280K with all cores loaded running at 3800 with memory at 1520/9-9-9. Enjoy the overclocking process.

[QUOTE=garo;197165]I was getting 24.53 with all four cores loaded at stock. Now I am getting 17.6 at 1280K with all cores loaded running at 3800 with memory at 1520/9-9-9. Enjoy the overclocking process.[/QUOTE]

Interesting that you didn't experience a slowdown as your benchmark (for 1 CPU) and loaded 4 CPUS are the same time.