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Asus provided complete details on their models and BIOS revisions that would support Kentsfield.: I) O$ O$ M8 v0 T
& g5 T8 D3 y5 S& w( W. ], O8 Q0 ]ASUS Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
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+ [2 u! I' k# p( Y& Y& ^, YP5WDG2 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0307 and later
; s. ?) N# E3 ^( S7 H& x% eP5W64 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0116 and later
& Z& X3 U. _. I5 XP5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 1403 and later
4 r# u2 n" s. aP5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later
' k- o& } u8 U# S! r0 v2 V5 jP5B Deluxe Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later
% W" x, }( }6 ~) v# zP5B Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released ( W a ^: l1 @3 }/ q! d2 g5 J
P5B-E Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released
/ V7 k% F) v: RP5B-E Plus (No US Model) Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0108 and later 0 \6 k' H% o. z: H
P5B-V Intel G965/ICH8 BIOS 0403 and later ( ?5 n( D6 `% K( R5 p: Q
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MSI
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; R% d) B2 u* j; X6 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. # n+ f4 @; p" b X, A$ u
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MSI Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
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975X Platinum V.2 MS-7246 BIOS V7.2 or later " r$ `4 m# N' C& K
P965 Platinum MS-7238 BIOS V`1.1 or later
- I+ U' n& J7 C8 ~ NP5N Diamond MS-7320 NO BIOS Update Needed 9 U1 V" y D8 y6 e
P5N Platinum MS-7350 NO BIOS Update Needed * R C$ e5 K5 E& E
% j$ Q' d) h: l4 L/ ^7 `7 M+ v/ vIt appears recent MSI 975X and 965 boards will have no problem supporting Kentsfield Quad Core processors.4 n z& \" Z4 [; R; X! P8 A
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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.. H' j6 h. M% _! W- ?
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Model Platform
Z0 g+ G) t4 `. C& E# t2 U0 F zGA-975X-DS5 Intel 975X
& _# L9 @. t0 X' O9 rGA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 / ] g9 q1 S( y6 K1 ^+ d; C
GA-965P-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel P965 & s' }- J6 `/ R ^
GA-965P-DS3 Intel P965 1 q0 {- k6 R( k# E0 h1 z3 R" j
GA-965P-S3 Intel P965
7 _$ |& p( W U+ B" mGA-965G-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel G965
; P3 z* v1 ^9 `0 z: B$ gGA-965G-DS3 Intel G965 4 U% a8 c! q5 b' H
GA-965GM-DS2 Intel G965 + g0 \, Q: R3 y8 G0 O
GA-946GZ-DS3 Intel 946 series 3 `0 q* o% @( w( w7 I
GA-946GM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 946 series
" v/ C$ ~/ J/ qGA-945P-DS3 Intel 945 series
7 \# V9 t) B7 L0 A. k" W* `! f) g6 ZGA-945PL-DS3 Intel 945 series
* r @4 {: \/ G0 ?! |+ WGA-945PLM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series 5 d; }* {" k' d; u+ ]
GA-945G-DS3 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series B2 u9 j& G0 B7 O9 H
GA-945GMF-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
9 y+ u# a0 w3 {; K$ B2 h( lGA-945GM-DS2 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.8 g% C& I1 i+ s4 W/ ?
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