Hi, first of all your bios type is AMI and yor request should go to the "AMI/AWARD bios mod request" thread. Also I beleive this is your computer model : HP Pavilion a6733it Desktop PC. I checked HP support webpage but there is no download link for your bios.
Sorry Yes, I can formulate in better way. Is it write in the BIOS to 'forbid' to use some special CPU series (by example quad-cores). I mean, are the PC makers artificially lock their Bios to be use just with limited cpu, although the motherbords are all the same and should be able to handle every cpu (that the chipset permit, of course) So, if it write somewhere in the Bios, is it possible to make a mod bios that permit to use cpu planed for chipset series. P.S. In fact, I have a HP dv6 with PM45 and P8600 on it. On Intel site, this chipset is the "high end one", and should be able to handle quad-core procs too. In fact, I tried, and no it don't work. It seems, there is a limitation somewhere, and I wondered if it's not the Bios. After reading the Inside H2O web pages, it seems that these new Bios are 'easy programming' for PC makers, and permit them to better isolate PC series. So, in conclusion, they can create more 'marketing' PC serie with exactly the sames hardware...
I suppose so... but we don't had the same tool like the manufacturer... so we can't mod everything to alter the BIOS