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ASUS Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
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0 ^6 o8 I1 j/ G9 J F; w/ x; WP5WDG2 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0307 and later # M" z+ w, c. `5 r, D
P5W64 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0116 and later
2 K4 y$ q$ J' i- NP5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 1403 and later
& Q! i3 f: g& `; q* sP5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later / o9 Y* a( ]2 @7 Q8 G" }9 E4 E
P5B Deluxe Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later
) l5 Z0 d/ M+ V* v3 lP5B Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released
V4 c$ j2 G1 g9 c1 \: E2 l8 IP5B-E Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released 5 K& Z2 c' A$ j8 S2 R' Y/ k
P5B-E Plus (No US Model) Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0108 and later
( P! _+ c$ W( s3 K8 J* M% VP5B-V Intel G965/ICH8 BIOS 0403 and later 8 R0 ?4 ^$ E8 b: v4 r3 V
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; m/ Y0 q- Z5 K# ~$ ?! uVersion 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. + Y y' r, ~( r ^0 c4 W; l1 x
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Description Model # BIOS Revision
6 g7 c2 a; q( [1 B975X Platinum V.2 MS-7246 BIOS V7.2 or later
; d1 t* s# ]0 \* a" G5 W) ]7 RP965 Platinum MS-7238 BIOS V`1.1 or later
) g6 O9 t; c0 D2 Q0 K% a# @P5N Diamond MS-7320 NO BIOS Update Needed 2 R" q* j- k& F0 }
P5N Platinum MS-7350 NO BIOS Update Needed
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" f$ S" V9 t4 U+ G& F$ LIt appears recent MSI 975X and 965 boards will have no problem supporting Kentsfield Quad Core processors.6 X, y0 {. u: i! ?: ?6 @ T
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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.& C; ^9 H, `( @ B1 k6 Y+ u, h L
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Gigabyte Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
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GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965
]3 V9 Q9 j( w' x/ d% j' @5 ^GA-965P-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel P965 , Y- s) t5 [- o0 P
GA-965P-DS3 Intel P965 1 q- B' {1 Q5 n8 C+ b3 k! B
GA-965P-S3 Intel P965 : [, Y' Z' S2 ?; a, q' |0 M
GA-965G-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel G965 6 E: \& l X& ^: Q8 x$ o
GA-965G-DS3 Intel G965 5 R" V; W; a# v# Z
GA-965GM-DS2 Intel G965
- v% c; x# P3 {' E; {1 mGA-946GZ-DS3 Intel 946 series
3 }& k+ A2 N0 P$ x& b( SGA-946GM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 946 series 8 R; o2 C8 \+ W) y9 |+ p
GA-945P-DS3 Intel 945 series % {2 u. d9 l* ]! e* H
GA-945PL-DS3 Intel 945 series
+ P3 s2 m, _5 C' U* m/ W: ~GA-945PLM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series ! s- n' k" p: _
GA-945G-DS3 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series # @" o* U1 J; o+ r! w8 p5 \
GA-945GMF-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
0 o3 Y& d( C) O1 W# f/ G4 @" w! SGA-945GM-DS2 Intel 945 series % {; R. n+ R( w/ \( B. X6 I% s, b% z$ k# O
GA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945 series # V* Y u- E. z
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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.
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