quite pissed off tbh...

[Stephen!]

He did, and found out the Dell BIOS is on a Foxconn motherboard and that Dell have stopped him installing a quad core CPU LOL

Man that sucks. Dell really don't like people upgrading their computers do they..

What's he going to do? Buy a new motherboard?

[Recursion]

bATX.... ouch

[Flisker]

i had this exact problem

i solved it, by unplugging everything (like PCI cards etc), unplugging prcessor power cable and fan. I took CPU out, cleaned thermal paste off (and off fan), put new thermal paste on (only the tinyest bit this time) plugged everything back in and worked

I tried that, still the same thing.

If I can't fix this tomorrow I'll phone up Dell Support (*Shudders*) and if they give me a load of ******** then I will moan at them then if they still won't do anything about it I will then buy a new MB and Case and migrate most of the stuff over to that and have a new PC.

[DaveTaylor]

Chris, if it had a Dell BIOS you should have flashed it before you upgraded.

[Luke]

good luck with dell support

i was on hold for 1 HOUR and hung up
in end, i just bought new printer ¬¬

[Flisker]

Hmm, If they keep me on hold for more than 15 mins I'll hang up and buy a new MB and case.

[Recursion]

I've always had fantastic support from Dell... but I was under a Business Account :eusa_whis

[Flisker]

Yea, cos you were under a business account they treat companies better than home users I'll moan at them if I get bad support

[Metric1]

I've always had fantastic support from Dell... but I was under a Business Account :eusa_whis

I am under business account too!

[Dentafrice]

I'm under a normal account, and have been for years.. and have always received great service from Dell.

I think one call went bad, because the stupid little operator being held against his will and forced to do technical service calls couldn't speak English.. so I just called back and got a nice American speaking guy.

I remember calling them before they enclosed Dell System Recovery disks with their PCs, and the guy said he'd be nice and dispatch a free set to us via UPS Next-Day air.

Always had great service@