Hi, I'm facing a dilemma and appreciate any advice.
A week ago I changed the stock i3-2100 cpu in a mid-2011 Dell Inspiron 620 at my office to a used i5-2500 I bought from ebay. I specifically looked for the non-K model (SR00T) assuming that with the locked multiplier it has probably not been exposed to much OCing and abuse. Computer started up fine and everything looked ok in bios and windows (7 ultimate 64-bit). Did prime test overnight with temps maxing at around 80 and no stability issue. Everything was fine until last night when I was running a remote session via Logmein to this computer when I was locked out. Next day when I went to office, saw the computer non responsive. Got a BSOD upon restart but it restarted fine the second time. Ran the Dell pre-boot diagnostic tests and everything passed (including cpu and memory). However, the computer started to show multiple BSODs later that day to the point that it couldn't load windows normally anymore (see screen shot below), while safe mode worked without issues. Doing clean boot and restoring to a number of earlier restore points didn't help. So I switched the CPUs again and sure enough, the computer started up normally with the old i3-2100 with no errors or BSODs.
So, here is the dilemma - I am still within the return period of the i5 cpu and can send it back to the seller, so is it safe to assume that the cpu is somehow defective, or could it be related to other issues (e.g. power supply not being adequate)? I searched here and have seen others installing similar 95w cpus in these machines, so I thought the PS should be able to handle it but then again if the cpu is defective, how come it wasn't flagged in the pre-boot cpu test or did cause issues while being torture-test under prime? What would you do if you were in my shoes?
Thanks!
PS: The computer uses integrated gpu and it has 2 HDDs plus an optical drive and 2x4GB ram.
A week ago I changed the stock i3-2100 cpu in a mid-2011 Dell Inspiron 620 at my office to a used i5-2500 I bought from ebay. I specifically looked for the non-K model (SR00T) assuming that with the locked multiplier it has probably not been exposed to much OCing and abuse. Computer started up fine and everything looked ok in bios and windows (7 ultimate 64-bit). Did prime test overnight with temps maxing at around 80 and no stability issue. Everything was fine until last night when I was running a remote session via Logmein to this computer when I was locked out. Next day when I went to office, saw the computer non responsive. Got a BSOD upon restart but it restarted fine the second time. Ran the Dell pre-boot diagnostic tests and everything passed (including cpu and memory). However, the computer started to show multiple BSODs later that day to the point that it couldn't load windows normally anymore (see screen shot below), while safe mode worked without issues. Doing clean boot and restoring to a number of earlier restore points didn't help. So I switched the CPUs again and sure enough, the computer started up normally with the old i3-2100 with no errors or BSODs.
So, here is the dilemma - I am still within the return period of the i5 cpu and can send it back to the seller, so is it safe to assume that the cpu is somehow defective, or could it be related to other issues (e.g. power supply not being adequate)? I searched here and have seen others installing similar 95w cpus in these machines, so I thought the PS should be able to handle it but then again if the cpu is defective, how come it wasn't flagged in the pre-boot cpu test or did cause issues while being torture-test under prime? What would you do if you were in my shoes?
Thanks!
PS: The computer uses integrated gpu and it has 2 HDDs plus an optical drive and 2x4GB ram.
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