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    Q9450 on ASUS IPIBL-LA (HP name: Berkeley-GL8E)?

    BIOS version/date: American Megatrends Inc. 5.03, 6/1/2007 SMBIOS version: 2.5 Following up on Onlyl American's comment - I think I have the same issue coming out of sleep/hibernate but usually power down so it's not an issue. The only other noticeable issue is with auto-play for downloading...
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    Q9450 on ASUS IPIBL-LA (HP name: Berkeley-GL8E)?

    Seems to be running fine and at intended clock speeds. It does seem to be a little slower booting up, although I never timed it... and I suspect that might be due to the Vista SP1 upgrade since I have noticed some file associations, etc. also don't work anymore.
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    Q9450 on ASUS IPIBL-LA (HP name: Berkeley-GL8E)?

    - The driver update was just like what happens when you connect a new printer or other device and Windows updates the drivers automatically... with a re-boot required. - No problems so far. - I didn't do the BIOS update. HP tech support said it wouldn't matter for CPU swap and risk of...
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    Q9450 on ASUS IPIBL-LA (HP name: Berkeley-GL8E)?

    It works! Drivers were automatically installed on first boot-up and after re-booting everything works fine. I installed speedfan 4.34 to monitor CPU temp (and make sure I didn't botch the install)... and all cores are running <45C under load.
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    Q9450 on ASUS IPIBL-LA (HP name: Berkeley-GL8E)?

    BTW - I should get the quad in 1-2 weeks, will update this thread with the results.
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    Q9450 on ASUS IPIBL-LA (HP name: Berkeley-GL8E)?

    Thanks for the input. I should have mentioned that HP support advised against the BIOS update as he said "would not have any effect on different CPU's" and would be somewhat risky in terms of killing my current system. That first part struck me as a little suspicious... hence my post here...
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    Swap E6550 for Q9450 on HP OEM system?

    I am not a hard-core techie, but can get a new quad core for free and hoping I can drop it into my current ~6 month old system (HP Pavilion a6177c) without a lot of difficulty. HP does not officially support the 45nm parts on this board, but the FSB speed is matched... is there anything else...
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    Q9450 on ASUS IPIBL-LA (HP name: Berkeley-GL8E)?

    I am not a hard-core techie, but can get a new quad core for free and hoping I can drop it into my current ~6 month old system (HP Pavilion a6177c) without a lot of difficulty. HP does not officially support the 45nm parts on this board, but the FSB speed is matched... is there anything else...