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‎01-25-2011 11:22 AM

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From looking at the records I have - HP's never shipped a 6 core CPU with any of the Narra series of motherboards.  From what I've seen, BIOS 6.09 and later (6.10 is on hp.com as SP46431) -might- work with 6 core 95W CPUs on the Narra6 motherboard only, and even then only on systems that shipped with a 6.x BIOS initially.   Even then, it wouldn't be "supported" by HP...

 

From looking at the PM you sent me, your system shipped with Narra3 motherboard and 5.x BIOS. Again - you can't put a 6.x BIOS on a system that shipped with 5.x, even if it could be forced, there would be (at a minimum) Windows activation issues.  And you can't put a Narra6 BIOS on a Narra3 MB.

 

Not necessarily the answer you want to hear - but I just want to be clear.   Not supported by HP (or even tested) at all.  It potentially could work unsupported on a Narra6 motherboard if you have the latest 6.10 BIOS - on a system that originally shipped with a 6.x BIOS.

 

Not attemptable on other revisions Narra motherboards or any system that shipped with a 5.x BIOS.

 

-dm (a long-time HP employee, but the comments/suggestions here are my own, not my employer's)

 

 

-DM (HP Retiree)

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‎01-25-2011 12:04 PM

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Thanks for the heads up.  I think I will go with the Phenom II x4 945 too.  Seems a safer bet.

‎01-25-2011 12:10 PM

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I got it from a UK company - LambdaTek Component Shop - CPUs, Memory, Monitors, Printers, Storage, Networking, Software + more or maybe Conrad Electronic - Europe`s leading electronics and technology mail-order specialist

 

Sorry, not trying to spam the board, just drag and dropped them from Chrome favourites.

 

Good luck

 

‎03-03-2012 04:58 PM

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I've been working on a Slimline s5310y HP PC with this motherboard in it and saw the CPU wattage rating being 95 watts ... something I always check when looking or shopping for CPUs is their wattage rating ... the CPU your wanting to put in is rated at 125 watts ... which another person said to you months ago ... even if HP said the CPU would work the wattage rating should have told you something was not right ... I cannot mess with CPUs rated that hot because my work area is in the garage and during the summer ... it gets really hot out here ... I use a ABIT AN-M2 with 65 watt CPUs and I still have to go to the Bios and lower the multiplier down just to get on my PC in the day time and have a loud fan sitting on the work table keeping the mobo running cool ... 🙂

‎05-13-2013 01:14 PM

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Do you guys know if this board you're talking about:

 

Pegatron M2N68-LA Narra 5

 

Is this capable of running the following processor:

 

Phenom II X2 B59

80 watt...

 

 

Chris

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