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    Inspiron 15R N5110 Upgrade B950 to i5 2410M failure

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Squeeeze, Jan 23, 2013.

  1. Squeeeze

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    Hello,

    first sorry for my bad english cause i'm french.

    I have a Inspiron 15R n5110 with a pentium B950 and it worked well but i would like to upgrade it. So i buy an used i5-2410M on ebay to upgrade.
    The problem is that the computer is not booting at all (heatsink ON and heatsink OFF but black screen) or sometimes it boots to the windows loading screen and then make a BSOD with the error "MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION"

    I would like to know if the processor is not working? cause my dell have last bios A11 on it and it seems that i have a good enough AC Adapter (90W).

    thanks.
     
    Squeeeze, Jan 23, 2013
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Does it BSOD with the old B950 in it?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 23, 2013
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    no BSOD with the B950.
     
    Squeeeze, Jan 24, 2013
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Probably a bad processor, I would look to return it.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 28, 2013
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