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Asus provided complete details on their models and BIOS revisions that would support Kentsfield.
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ASUS Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards 5 |( G) W3 R+ x8 j: l c
Model Platform BIOS Revision
* A1 v1 h+ F/ n: V! v$ ]6 X' ]P5WDG2 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0307 and later ( A0 J& Y2 S) E0 t' W
P5W64 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0116 and later 9 o5 [1 j4 }# a0 I
P5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 1403 and later 8 x! U, d/ }: _0 N1 T3 ^9 W* z
P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later - ]3 S' Q9 o* [1 d! ^ A9 T4 N
P5B Deluxe Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later ) \: Y( n2 Y" [4 h- ?
P5B Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released $ z/ K) D# ]3 l+ ~+ O7 P
P5B-E Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released & U6 W, K! x% f" T; n
P5B-E Plus (No US Model) Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0108 and later 6 p# {2 V6 R) P+ I
P5B-V Intel G965/ICH8 BIOS 0403 and later
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MSI
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$ r6 b' T5 r6 \- q8 [9 P5 J FVersion 2 of the 975X Platinum is also called the MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp Edition. This model, MS-7246, was recently introduced to support Core 2 Duo and is a different model than the older MSI 975X Platinum, which is also called MS-7246, but does not support either Core 2 Duo or Kentsfield.
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MSI Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
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) Z1 g+ M$ d- H8 x" f975X Platinum V.2 MS-7246 BIOS V7.2 or later 5 A; ^$ L" z. H) P3 _
P965 Platinum MS-7238 BIOS V`1.1 or later
Q( i6 |* g) [: z8 i, SP5N Diamond MS-7320 NO BIOS Update Needed
, i. a1 ~9 n6 P4 E8 kP5N Platinum MS-7350 NO BIOS Update Needed 4 c+ W2 \/ l, \ @5 a& Z3 m+ R
% T/ s! I5 M5 ]1 yIt appears recent MSI 975X and 965 boards will have no problem supporting Kentsfield Quad Core processors., C, S6 @% @ p0 U: {
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Gigabyte
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Gigabyte provided an extensive list of models that would support Kentsfield. However, all of these models are Revision 2 boards that will be released in mid- October. Gigabyte made it very clear that all Revision 2.0 boards below will fully support Kentsfield.) D% i2 X7 d5 T! S; W! Y( O
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Gigabyte Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
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( a6 K) N; J* ~GA-975X-DS5 Intel 975X 8 M: J1 |: J( I0 }6 f9 E
GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965
7 r/ i0 M- P5 c. v0 b3 U, CGA-965P-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel P965
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GA-965G-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel G965
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GA-946GZ-DS3 Intel 946 series
8 [% _' S( h) j" M6 B; SGA-946GM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 946 series
4 b0 g" _: F) x FGA-945P-DS3 Intel 945 series / C3 M! l6 ^* H& g+ @5 x
GA-945PL-DS3 Intel 945 series
) D2 G* x5 \6 v/ iGA-945PLM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series % W6 f4 P4 t! [
GA-945G-DS3 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
9 a4 h, H5 h5 G9 H: \GA-945GMF-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
2 ^. s$ @* }, q( B' ^6 O! z' I: y6 {/ }6 QGA-945GM-DS2 Intel 945 series
9 F# }! Y3 p9 ~ d# N* r- i; [GA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945 series
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Gigabyte also advised AnandTech that some current Revision 1 boards would also support the Intel Core 2 Quad with a BIOS upgrade. Gigabyte will be providing a compatibility list of current boards that support Kentsfield as soon as testing and BIOS updates are complete.- G6 N5 H" d$ ]& w) u6 Y
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' O. Z; q; J, a& o6 j" D) Bfrom Anandtech 9/28/2006
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