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I didn't think the CPU is removable. Usually, the CPU is soldered to the iMac logic board.
There is no way I know to do this and Apple does not provide any firmware updates for such a modification.
If this didn't work for a user who already tried this, it is not going to work for you.
iMacs have NO user upgradeable components or any way of changing the firmware that Apple now embeds the firmware and any ROM instructions directly into the CPU, now. There is no longer a dedicated ROM chip that you can Flash and change firmware or any other instructions, now.
I am pretty confident that what you want to do IS NOT possible.
Sorry.
May 29, 2015 1:56 AM