3.8Jake

Thank you for replying! On the flash tool, i've tried just selecting program all check box and manually selected all blocks. It appears to flash correctly. I shut down and manually clear cmos then load optimized defaults in bios upon boot. The end result is still the same. Could the flash tool be buggy in windows 10? Edit, I've tried with windows 7 pro 32 with my c2d and the result is still the same when trying to run my e5440. =/

I followed this guide and I couldn't get my e5450 to post at all. I tested the cpu in a lga771 motherboard and it worked no problem. I saw that only the q9550 was ever officially supported so I picked up a e5440 on the cheap and got it to post no problem. Using the computer in windows however presented another problem. If windows 10 loaded, it was extremely slow. I'm using the modded bios as well. Do I have a bad motherboard or is this shuddering to be expected on all g45m03 rev3 boards with a xeon mod? The c2d I have works without any issues before and after the mod.