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Asus provided complete details on their models and BIOS revisions that would support Kentsfield.* E3 Y6 m0 c( T( o; \
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ASUS Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
/ {7 K |; c% w) b- ?. r; EModel Platform BIOS Revision 3 {0 g& d6 W! B) S
P5WDG2 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0307 and later
3 V' F" z: `2 [2 X" q( zP5W64 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0116 and later " x7 ?: G" p3 S! @6 [
P5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 1403 and later 5 K4 n" f2 R. j( J" E
P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later & y/ b# o% L6 B( m% K" n6 K7 w
P5B Deluxe Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later : D" D @- @6 X' O. \: x
P5B Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released
$ `. U9 y/ H) Q% PP5B-E Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released 0 h! d8 h9 d- n& Q8 t+ D' e
P5B-E Plus (No US Model) Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0108 and later 3 | H6 A* n* {* ~- ^
P5B-V Intel G965/ICH8 BIOS 0403 and later 6 s" e* K, B9 X) Y0 g1 [4 Y
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MSI
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, E" n8 s: X6 Q3 B, dVersion 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* \* A- x. T
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975X Platinum V.2 MS-7246 BIOS V7.2 or later
4 z7 f6 e- @" R, t- S( OP965 Platinum MS-7238 BIOS V`1.1 or later
7 v" ?) \! I! Y. ]P5N Diamond MS-7320 NO BIOS Update Needed
) J/ t5 P) K* }* o* R, s! j9 CP5N 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.( W4 R4 L3 B) w6 M" T( [$ O
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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.. l* e# \$ H3 D, G/ m+ ~% x, P
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Model Platform
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, ~) a7 O6 M/ i; IGA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965
2 M7 g ~3 V Y* x( q7 gGA-965P-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel P965 4 x: S" E8 t4 N2 @
GA-965P-DS3 Intel P965 1 o q7 J! a- c% s$ A9 Q1 m# G# y; e+ I
GA-965P-S3 Intel P965
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GA-965G-DS3 Intel G965 5 X9 U1 k( m! P, P
GA-965GM-DS2 Intel G965
; Z& r% v( O- k) FGA-946GZ-DS3 Intel 946 series + [3 ^+ q% B X5 ]8 F, U
GA-946GM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 946 series " E' C( Y9 a3 X0 w' h
GA-945P-DS3 Intel 945 series
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+ t5 J; m% u* a9 ?: C3 s; A, u' _! s& hGA-945PLM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
4 W4 A, l# |2 ^+ b0 j O0 d& uGA-945G-DS3 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series / ]1 b: n" W% ^- s
GA-945GMF-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
* V- E/ n( m) M* \) w5 dGA-945GM-DS2 Intel 945 series
) G2 k' @4 R# o, ]0 _5 nGA-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.
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