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Asus provided complete details on their models and BIOS revisions that would support Kentsfield.. U$ f. s, f2 b: f/ ]
" h* |$ t+ K* L/ NASUS Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
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P5WDG2 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0307 and later
6 U3 h' ~+ a( J( D% { RP5W64 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0116 and later
# g4 ~6 d4 I# S0 y4 U2 a) C/ IP5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 1403 and later ( w, e4 ~8 Z$ ]6 d
P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later J* N. {0 R. b5 ] Y
P5B Deluxe Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later ; Q/ z2 D& g3 b$ l( ~6 F* m& J5 U
P5B Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released / k9 x$ W: P6 g: b& e3 Z# R
P5B-E Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released
{; c; p0 j) c' CP5B-E Plus (No US Model) Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0108 and later 6 D) y9 x G0 I I
P5B-V Intel G965/ICH8 BIOS 0403 and later 9 |# h' ^0 S! b% U4 T: y4 a, I8 Y
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Version 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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: D* O' ^5 V8 L975X Platinum V.2 MS-7246 BIOS V7.2 or later ' H# p0 I- G+ F6 p$ {# I
P965 Platinum MS-7238 BIOS V`1.1 or later 2 k$ g$ X2 c% Q. g: \3 H
P5N Diamond MS-7320 NO BIOS Update Needed / X5 Y! L2 E# U& u6 i5 S! g
P5N Platinum MS-7350 NO BIOS Update Needed " b C5 P' Z1 P3 h
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It appears recent MSI 975X and 965 boards will have no problem supporting Kentsfield Quad Core processors.% {! r- A4 U+ g
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/ K P: |3 u# T8 E& T. |# i! WGigabyte 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.0 B& k: z7 S% ^0 {& D* [
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Gigabyte Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards 4 y. a$ e6 Y* t- E, e
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GA-975X-DS5 Intel 975X 1 V/ e+ y9 ]# `
GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965
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GA-965P-DS3 Intel P965
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GA-965G-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel G965 ' e( n4 ?9 G2 K
GA-965G-DS3 Intel G965 1 b' K% y h/ _. h% T, F
GA-965GM-DS2 Intel G965
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GA-946GM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 946 series
0 V5 Q8 f) K2 q% ZGA-945P-DS3 Intel 945 series
N" s' G) B7 p! u3 eGA-945PL-DS3 Intel 945 series
/ `& B/ `- n7 M: OGA-945PLM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
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GA-945GMF-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
, q0 w" J" Q* b: QGA-945GM-DS2 Intel 945 series , @5 M: M* n T# r: b$ 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.) d2 F8 w& j& w, f# v
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