Motherboard compatibility

[iKatoz]

I bought a ASUS P5L-VM 1394 motherboard and a Intel Q6600 processor but only after seeing that the PC wasn't posting I've read that these two components were not compatible.

With a Pentium 4 works so it's not the motherboard.

Is there a way to make them work or I wasted money?

 

Thanks for the help

[Ophidio]

That board only supports Dual Core LGA 775 Chips, the Q6600 is a Quad Core that's why it isn't working. 

[iKatoz]

I bought them at a garage sale and I took it for granted that would work since they were both socket 775.

 

Thank you for your answer

[tiggar47]

23 minutes ago, iKatoz said:

I bought them at a garage sale and I took it for granted that would work since they were both socket 775.

 

Thank you for your answer

Most of 775 Socket Motherboards support both Dual and Quad cores.

[Quaker]

Check ASUS's website for an updated BIOS.

[iKatoz]

11 minutes ago, Quaker said:

Check ASUS's website for an updated BIOS.

The BIOS update supports new CPUs but only dual core.

 

Another question that I forgot to do: if the CPU it's not supported I shuld receive an error message or directly no POST like in my case?