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October 18th, 2017 21:00
Inspiron 3650 i3 6100 to i5 7500
Hi, I have a Inspiron 3650 with an i3 6100 and I am trying to upgrade to the i5 7500. I put the new processor in and when I hit the power button it turned on for half a second and turned off (the power light was an orange color). I thought maybe this was an issue where the BIOS needed to be updated so I went to the support site and updated the BIOS that way with no effect. In theory the 6th gen skylake should be compatible with the 7th gen kabylakes since they both use a 1151 socket. What can or should I do?
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ejn63
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October 20th, 2017 17:00
Your best option: Return the i5 7500 and buy an i5-6500.
The next option: replace the mainboard with one from an Inspiron 3668, which DOES have Kaby Lake support.
speedstep
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October 19th, 2017 10:00
There is zero statements that skylake is compatible with kaby lake. Having the same number of socket pins is irrelevant. This is not supported and likely will never be supported.