Help get my beast POSTing! Need loan of i7 920 or similar to update BIOS

Hi guys,

Am building a PC with parts I've been sourcing for the last 18 months or so. I had to put it on hold for a while but I finally finished the machine. It's a games beast and video editing setup.

Here's the problem. I built the chassis and prepared it for first boot. The board would not POST, but all fans, power buttons etc. work. Fans on the VGA card also spins.

I took it to the local repair shop and they say it's a bios issue. The bios is old and isn't up to date. Looks like I got sent old stock. They can't update it because they don't have a supported CPU.

I need to get hold of a suitable CPU to get the PC booting properly. From the release spec, an Intel Core i7 920 will do the trick,...

CPU support for the board.

The problem is I don't know anyone who has this CPU.
Can you boardies help me out?

Edit: I should add I just want a loan of a cpu to get the bios updated.


Specs for the machine are as follows: