arrrrggghhh

[miguel421]

work at microcenter... no big deal there.


actually WON the contest for attachment rates to Q6600's even though I'm not full time sales. the game was for a q6600 (though I just bought an e8400).

walk in today and the boss hands me a q9450 instead of the Q6600 I was promised.


just got my xfx 680i LT working with the 45nm c2d. won't post with the 45nm c2q any ideas here guys????? I need help really bad here and I would prefer NOT to swap out motherboards especially since I just got this baby up and running with my new 9600GT's.




of course this question goes along with today's fun at work. customer bought a "motherboard like item" to go along with his Q9300. this guy left the store without a motherboard, then came back and bought one of those stupid $25 ECS 945p motherboards... which says on the box for Pentium 4, Pentium D and netburst Celerons ONLY. return policy says he can't return the motherboard for refund, exact exchange only (of course he also cut off the UPC for the rebate).

just makes me laugh... at least my problem isn't 100% self induced

 

[Skraeling]

uhhh sell it?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Microcenter pricing:

OEM Q9450 - $349
retail Q6600 - $199

"arrrrggghhh
why did my boss do this to me"

"walk in today and the boss hands me a q9450 instead of the Q6600 I was promised. "

:laugh: it sounds like you're complaining about the situation Yes, the Q9450 is currently worthless to you, but come on, worst case scenario is you turn your prize into a cash bonus, and thus your bonus just increased from $200 to $350...heck, maybe even more if demand shoots up on these new quads like what eventually happened (still is happening) to the E8400.

Oh and BTW, I'm not sure you want to get your Q9450 working in just any motherboard, you'll need some pretty robust FSB speeds to match/surpass what a Q6600 can do, and that will require a pretty good motherboard. That being said, I think your best option (assuming a new motherboard is indeed out of the question) really might be to sell it...

 

[PCTC2]

LOL. I'll trade you straight up for my Q6600. PM if you want. I'll even throw in some cash if you want.

Otherwise, nice score.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I wish my life's problems were getting my shiney, new, free q9450 to work.

 

[Lonyo]

Buy the cheapest Celery you can and flash? Assuming there's a BIOS update that lets the 680 work with 45nm.
Otherwise do a FT with someone and ask for some cash as well.

 

[PCTC2]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Buy the cheapest Celery you can and flash? Assuming there's a BIOS update that lets the 680 work with 45nm.
Otherwise do a FT with someone and ask for some cash as well.

680 != yorkie compatible

 

[manimal]

woe is me, I just slept with Gisells Bunchen.... ^^ congrats and ditch that 680 and get a P35 and a fast single card. As far as I know you cannot use a Q9450 on a 680i board.

 

[bryanW1995]

I think that nvidia was having major problems getting 680i to work with penryn quads...as in they DON'T work with them. They are SUPPOSED to work with them, but I think that intel played dirty and changed a few things to make the 680i/penryn quads not compatible. Anybody out there with a 680i and penryn quad please let me know, however.

the current price difference between Q6600 and 9450 is about 150. that number is sure to shrink over the next 2-3 months and will eventually get to the tray price difference (which will be about $70 in mid-april) or less. Your best bet is to swap out your 9450 for a Q6600 for $125 cash or so and call it a day.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Yeah, I'm pretty certain that Q9450 will never work on the 680i

Your options

1. Sell or trade for Q6600 + cash
2. Sell the 680i and get a 790i board and DDR3 ram

 

[Cogman]

I want your boss! Sell the motherboard, get a new one (What, you are spending 20 extra after the sell of the motherboard?) and enjoy life.

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Yeah, I'm pretty certain that Q9450 will never work on the 680i

Your options

1. Sell or trade for Q6600 + cash
2. Sell the 680i and get a 790i board and DDR3 ram

790i isn't the only option. 780i boards are a bit over $200 and they'd work fine with the Q9450, or you can buy a 750i board for less than $150 that will work as well. With the 750i, you're not going to be breaking any FSB records, but as long as you are content with 3.6-3.7GHz I think you'll be OK.

 

[miguel421]

780 / 790i is a no go. have only seen BSOD's in xp and vista when using sata optical with sata raid running (have a pair of sata dvd-rw's a sata bluray burner and a sata bluray reader and raid 0 with 2 sata hdd's)

switching out to single high end gpu isn't going to happen either. paid $150 total for 2 9600 GT SC cards.



at the same time my original build was going to be to use my existing x1950 pro, an e2180, and the 680i LT (with plans to upgrade slowly). however that buget was quickly squashed and I blew twice what I planned on.

 

[bryanW1995]

just pull the Q6600/Q9450 swap as I mentioned earlier so you can avoid all the complications inherent with a complete system rebuild.

 

[hnzw rui]

Hey, I'd be glad to swap you my brand-new, still unopened in box Q6600 that just arrived via UPS from Newegg for the Q9450. Even give you some extra cash (within reason).

 

[PCTC2]

Originally posted by: hnzw rui
Hey, I'd be glad to swap you my brand-new, still unopened in box Q6600 that just arrived via UPS from Newegg for the Q9450. Even give you some extra cash (within reason).

I got first dibs.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Buy the cheapest Celery you can and flash? Assuming there's a BIOS update that lets the 680 work with 45nm.
Otherwise do a FT with someone and ask for some cash as well.

He can use his 8400 to flash the BIOS. That is, if there is a BIOS that supports quad core 45nm CPU's.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: miguel421
780 / 790i is a no go. have only seen BSOD's in xp and vista when using sata optical with sata raid running (have a pair of sata dvd-rw's a sata bluray burner and a sata bluray reader and raid 0 with 2 sata hdd's)

switching out to single high end gpu isn't going to happen either. paid $150 total for 2 9600 GT SC cards.



at the same time my original build was going to be to use my existing x1950 pro, an e2180, and the 680i LT (with plans to upgrade slowly). however that buget was quickly squashed and I blew twice what I planned on.

Yes, clearly you have no options.

Which brings me to next point, shouldn't this thread be in "Off Topic" forum as you obviously aren't interested in technical solutions to your problem but are more interested in whining about your life, your boss, and your job?

I've read your thread here and I gotta come clean and admit I feel like you bait-n-switched me just like your boss did. I thought I was going to read another "CPU and Overclocking" thread but what I got in the end was another "Wah! is me!" thread.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: miguel421
780 / 790i is a no go. have only seen BSOD's in xp and vista when using sata optical with sata raid running (have a pair of sata dvd-rw's a sata bluray burner and a sata bluray reader and raid 0 with 2 sata hdd's)

switching out to single high end gpu isn't going to happen either. paid $150 total for 2 9600 GT SC cards.



at the same time my original build was going to be to use my existing x1950 pro, an e2180, and the 680i LT (with plans to upgrade slowly). however that buget was quickly squashed and I blew twice what I planned on.

Yes, clearly you have no options.

Which brings me to next point, shouldn't this thread be in "Off Topic" forum as you obviously aren't interested in technical solutions to your problem but are more interested in whining about your life, your boss, and your job?

I've read your thread here and I gotta come clean and admit I feel like you bait-n-switched me just like your boss did. I thought I was going to read another "CPU and Overclocking" thread but what I got in the end was another "Wah! is me!" thread.

well done.

 

[hnzw rui]

Originally posted by: PCTC2

Originally posted by: hnzw rui
Hey, I'd be glad to swap you my brand-new, still unopened in box Q6600 that just arrived via UPS from Newegg for the Q9450. Even give you some extra cash (within reason).

I got first dibs.

Saw the post. Just thought he might want brand new.

 

[Scottae]

plenty of people on the list but I have a 4 Ghz Q6600 id trade you straight up.. if you want?

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Scottae
plenty of people on the list but I have a 4 Ghz Q6600 id trade you straight up.. if you want?

you got a 8 hour prime to prove this? Rule of thumb when selling a chip, you sell it at stock, unless you can prove its truely stable, some people like 8 hours others like 24 hours.

Otherwise your going to eat a lot of headache when he cant get it. (expecially 500fsb on a quad. You know how difficult that is?)

And im sure if he didnt want it, he would of sold it by now. So it looks like he wants to keep it.

Anyhow guys to stop this thread from being derailed, if you want to talk about trading or buying of his chip i ask you keep it in PMs.

Otherwise lets focus on his solutions. How to get the chip to work.

 

[SickBeast]

What about this motherboard?

It appears as though this may be your only option.

You'll probably be able to sell your CPU for quite a bit if you have to, as well.

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Buy the cheapest Celery you can and flash? Assuming there's a BIOS update that lets the 680 work with 45nm.
Otherwise do a FT with someone and ask for some cash as well.

He can use his 8400 to flash the BIOS. That is, if there is a BIOS that supports quad core 45nm CPU's.

I think that the quad core penryns are one of the main reasons for 780i. Originally 680i was supposed to support quad as well as dual core penryns but apparently intel changed the game at the last minute and 680i owners are SOL.

 

[miguel421]

you do have a point.


however I just found out that asrock (and no I will NOT use an asrock) has got not only the 680i but the 650i working with the quad 45nm. any idea how they pulled this off? or is there any word on when evga (yes the board is made by evga for xfx) is going to pull off the same stunt? or why is nvidia saying it can't be done? I'm confused and upset by this. you'd think nvidia's reference partner could do things that some low grade mobo maker could do.


asrock 680i

and

asrock 650i



and no I am NOT trading it or selling it. I WILL find a solution to this. then sell the e8400. if I wanted a Q6600 I'd simply have bought one at work for about $130 (stupid return policy lets the chips come back, gets sent to intel for testing and marked down massively).