Testing a CPU

[Tokeegee]

So I got a Core i7 860 for free from a friend, and I want to build a Hackintosh with it. I found this on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Thinkcentre-M90P-LGA-1156-DDR3-SDRAM-Desktop-Motherboard-71Y5975-IQ57N/122809220970?hash=item1c97ffff6a:g:ZbgAAOSwEZdaCz1c , and I was wondering if I got this to test the CPU, how would I turn it on? I couldn't find a motherboard diagram, and I assume that with it being a Lenovo board, it doesn't have a normal power header like a board for building a custom rig. I really just want to know if the CPU works, then I'll go and get a nice motherboard for it. No local computer shops will test it either

 

Thanks for any help!

[TheGleaner]

Why did the friend quit using it?

[Tokeegee]

1 minute ago, TheGleaner said:

Why did the friend quit using it?

It was in an old family PC that he inherited, and he got a notebook for christmas with an i7 4700hq and a gtx 765m, so he just uses that for gaming now.

[TheGleaner]

1 minute ago, Tokeegee said:

It was in an old family PC that he inherited, and he got a notebook for christmas with an i7 4700hq and a gtx 765m, so he just uses that for gaming now.

so the rest of that pc is gone?

[RedSector]

That motherboard has standard power header in the middle of the board under the two orange sata ports.

[Tokeegee]

Just now, TheGleaner said:

so the rest of that pc is gone?

Yeah, the reason he has the cpu, is because he threw away that PC and kept the CPU just because he wanted to. He also has the Radeon HD 5770 that was in it, but no one really wants it. The computer was some old Dell desktop.

[Tokeegee]

1 minute ago, RedSector said:

That motherboard has standard power header in the middle of the board under the two orange sata ports.

I meant like starting it up, I know how to power the board, just not how to turn it on.

[TheGleaner]

Just now, Tokeegee said:

Yeah, the reason he has the cpu, is because he threw away that PC and kept the CPU just because he wanted to. He also has the Radeon HD 5770 that was in it, but no one really wants it. The computer was some old Dell desktop.

oh, I was gonna say use that to test it, he want to sell that 5770?

 

seen other post, there should be something labeled "power" or 2 pins you could jump

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, Tokeegee said:

I meant like starting it up, I know how to power the board, just not how to turn it on.

The motherboard will have standard headers to plug your power button, reset button, etc into. Find the one for the power button(it'll be labeled something like PW switch), and short out the two pins. It will send the signal to power on the system.

[RedSector]

1 minute ago, Tokeegee said:

I meant like starting it up, I know how to power the board, just not how to turn it on.

What ?

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it doesn't have a normal power header like a board for building a custom rig.

 

its a normal board ... has same pins to start as custom rig with the same power setup.

[TheGleaner]

3 minutes ago, Tokeegee said:

I meant like starting it up, I know how to power the board, just not how to turn it on.

see second picture(if ebay would zoom...) I believe one of those pins you could jump to start it

[Tokeegee]

1 minute ago, RedSector said:

What ?

 

its a normal board ... has same pins to start as custom rig with the same power setup.

so would it be labled on the board, like any other custom system?

 

The only OEM PC's I work with are old HP Core 2 Duo Systems, and they have proprietary power connectors, so I was just assuming that other OEM's did that.

[Tokeegee]

1 minute ago, TheGleaner said:

see second picture(if ebay would zoom...) I believe one of those pins you could jump to start it

I didn't even see the little diagram there, that does look like just regular motherboard power/reset headers.

[RedSector]

Picture 4 under the ram looks like it. 

 

 

And the one u mentioned

[Tokeegee]

Just now, RedSector said:

Picture 4 under the ram looks like it.

Yeah, TheGleaner noticed it on picture too as well.

[Tokeegee]

I think I'll buy it, and I'll post about if it works or not.

[RedSector]

proprietary boards sux but it will do to test.  hard to get x58 board 2 and wont be new.

[Tokeegee]

With an 860, I'm not expecting anything to be new. I have 8 GB of generic DDR3 just sitting around, so an 860 and 8GB of RAM should do the trick. If I try to do my hackintosh project with this, the chipset might end up being the problem. According to Lenovo's website, these boards have a Q57 chipset, and I'll have to look into the capability of that.

[RedSector]

Only other advice is don't try to run RAID off the motherboard of an X58 or that age and Windows 10. It most likely wont work. Intel dropped support and ROM upgrade is bigger than BIOS can often take.

[Tokeegee]

I'll probably just use some 250gb HDD I have laying around