i cannot without a CPU. if the CPU is D0 stepped (which it will be), and my motherboard is on BIOS version 0106, the CPU wont work. therefore i wont be able to boot into the BIOS without a CPU. quite a pickle. there's 3 way i can get it to work. buy ANOTHER i7-920, but the older version (C0 stepped, which is compatible) and then upgrade it and sell the CPU off. or remove the chip and flash it myself, or just buy a new chip, pre-flashed.