Those people you found that upgraded, they upgraded to the same CPU as yours with the same computer and power supply model as yours? Did you check those posts as to the procedure they used? If you are on the latest BIOS and the motherboard does not see the CPU, and you know that CPU works with the motherboard, it may simply be a bad CPU you got. I would guess you bought this CPU used. Is there a way you can test CPU in another system?