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4 g) g l0 P$ O+ H# uAsus provided complete details on their models and BIOS revisions that would support Kentsfield.
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ASUS Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
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r. @" X# \) f' Z, GP5WDG2 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0307 and later 2 {% b) i9 Z" F4 S& f0 f* Q9 `
P5W64 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0116 and later
+ c( M+ \1 h( V" p; X) V7 F) e0 A Q& yP5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 1403 and later
. H8 h% _/ t/ A6 ^# |8 U" w1 |: FP5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later
& e2 n: K7 F/ o( r# _P5B Deluxe Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later 3 S9 D% ^' n: W; {
P5B Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released ( _4 s6 F5 t7 p# U6 A/ K
P5B-E Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released 2 F8 s3 R7 o& C( r! A4 u4 l
P5B-E Plus (No US Model) Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0108 and later 4 t# B/ r9 p( V# `$ Z' i6 _0 ?) Z. u
P5B-V Intel G965/ICH8 BIOS 0403 and later ) ]0 n5 x6 {! Z
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4 y$ u4 T' ?2 A7 P1 {; _' jVersion 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. . q; g( ?# @7 @0 e& h$ s A
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975X Platinum V.2 MS-7246 BIOS V7.2 or later + p& e3 g, G& w2 ^& }1 Y
P965 Platinum MS-7238 BIOS V`1.1 or later + x; S o6 S9 f; p
P5N Diamond MS-7320 NO BIOS Update Needed
3 U4 A; s& b9 i. H7 o; [% aP5N Platinum MS-7350 NO BIOS Update Needed
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It appears recent MSI 975X and 965 boards will have no problem supporting Kentsfield Quad Core processors.
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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.
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GA-975X-DS5 Intel 975X 1 r6 W6 Y; g8 V
GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 / h. `, e% j" ~4 b/ f, c L
GA-965P-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel P965 6 B6 E" Y0 F# I- b5 S% C' ^8 H
GA-965P-DS3 Intel P965
! B/ i/ h% C8 t. L( D5 }GA-965P-S3 Intel P965
% S; i. B! L+ bGA-965G-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel G965
3 P5 Z6 V: J# I7 U. jGA-965G-DS3 Intel G965 1 J l* H* P& l; q: w# b0 a8 X0 S) T+ x
GA-965GM-DS2 Intel G965
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1 O; K/ c8 `, N+ x0 HGA-946GM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 946 series
$ L, R& n1 @, ^+ C) @, nGA-945P-DS3 Intel 945 series / A; t/ k# U# ~. T
GA-945PL-DS3 Intel 945 series
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GA-945G-DS3 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series ; o) U' S2 i/ W5 J3 d" m5 Q! W$ W
GA-945GMF-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
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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.! u o2 X1 B+ g4 U, [/ Z
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from Anandtech 9/28/2006
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