Im hoping a bios modification would give me support from 2nd gen to 3rd gen as the i7-3770 has lower power consumption then the i5-2400
which then means with a case mod ill be able to run the new gtx 1650
any help would be hugely appreciated

@imbatman - What is the brand here, and what chipset is used in the motherboard (Check with CPU-z, motherboard tab, show an image if you are unsure) Please link stock latest BIOS.
Also, look at the BIOS chip on your board, what is the model ID printed on the chip?

ive attached the cpu-z screenshot
unfortunantly i cannot locate my bios chip
and here is the url for the latest bios version https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp88501-89000/sp88541.exe

Show me some images of your motherboard if you are not sure which is BIOS. I also need to know the full proper model name, it should be printed on the bottom of the system on a sticker. Your title says 8200 but your CPU-z image says 1495
Never mind, I see General Q67 chipset does not support Ivy, your only option is new motherboard or lower TDP CPU if heat or power draw is the concern

@Lost_N_BIOS is correct, your motherboard has a Q67 chipset and that cannot run Ivy-Bridge (to the best of our knowledge). Don't put lipstick on a pig; invest the money you would have spent on a 3770 into a more modern platform for your 1650 - Haswell i3s/i5s are extremely cheap.

Bummer @_haru - I saw you posted and was hoping you jumped in here to tell us the new secret method had been found to make this work. Thanks for confirming what I found

Appreciate the responses

I have news for you! I am not sure if there is any help but atleast it is interesting and worth to update.

https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2018/12/20/announcing-coreboot-4-9/

Coreboot supports now HEWLETT PACKARD HP COMPAQ 8200 ELITE SFF PC !!

If you do not know what is coreboot I suggest you to check it. There is possibility that you can get cpu support with open source bios / uefi.

^ with a quick look I think they have done it with Thinkpad T520 laptop. Running Ivy Bridge with Q67:

Zitat

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Sandy and Ivy Bridge processors use the same socket, and a mainboard
with the socket can support both types of CPUs. However, they use
different native graphics init code for LVDS and cause a crash if
running the wrong code.

This change detects the CPU type and then selects the right code to
run. It will add some more code in ramstage. It also merges the
{SANDY,IVY}BRIDGE_LVDS symbol to one SANDYBRIDGE_IVYBRIDGE_LVDS.

Tested on a Lenovo T520 with i7-2630qm and i7-3720qm

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This is the BIOS chip.

Some Q67 support IVY without this, QM and another I can't remember, but the regular Q67 does not (Maybe it does with above method, or maybe not and the reason they got above method working was due to using the other variant of Q67 that does allow it)

We can change LVDS code/settings in vBIOS modules with a BIOS edit, if that's all that this coreboot method is doing to allow this. If you find the correct setting requited let me know and I can make test BIOS using that.

^ 8200 SFF has Intel Q67 Express, so I quess that is the one that supports Ivy. But I am not sure.

EDIT: T520 has Mobile Intel QM67 Express. So maybe not.

ok im confused lol
so can i get ivy bridge running?

@raun0 - No, Q67 express is the generic limited one, there QM67 that can support Ivy, and another variant too I think but unsure if it can or not.
General/generic Q67 can't do Ivy, but unsure if the above coreboot stuff gets around that or not, do they specify if they were using Q67 or QM67

@imbatman - sorry, no, you need other board, or choose different SB CPU for this board.

appreciate your time mate