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P5WDG2 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0307 and later
6 s5 X2 N: ^5 F3 w& `& g- t5 QP5W64 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0116 and later 5 J+ m Y$ c: P1 E9 y
P5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 1403 and later J$ ?+ l N- y7 [3 }! i0 g# T9 k* \
P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later
4 e5 N& v- p1 SP5B Deluxe Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later ' V" D l% N4 _- M1 G
P5B Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released
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P5B-E Plus (No US Model) Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0108 and later 1 j$ a7 F$ |6 [5 [4 t4 U
P5B-V Intel G965/ICH8 BIOS 0403 and later ) a1 x; I: @+ H2 H& N6 D4 ~9 D! v* i
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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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975X Platinum V.2 MS-7246 BIOS V7.2 or later
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5 A: N' a0 ~+ HP5N Diamond MS-7320 NO BIOS Update Needed
5 b1 u. k: w+ G X% 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./ ~! i2 F2 M- R
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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.7 |- |$ M* q# j" c: m& R1 v1 m5 ~
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Gigabyte Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards
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GA-975X-DS5 Intel 975X v6 D! z1 T$ h' @6 u
GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965 x$ q! F% }- I$ e: f K
GA-965P-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel P965 , H! V5 } F' r. C" T" e x$ m
GA-965P-DS3 Intel P965
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9 G" E S/ |6 D9 l1 b+ mGA-965G-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel G965
' s! E* N( A0 \7 c! O" k' WGA-965G-DS3 Intel G965 7 n& M+ F+ q" ~( t
GA-965GM-DS2 Intel G965
( u# v7 @! ~, _4 \GA-946GZ-DS3 Intel 946 series
: ?/ G5 l4 [! ]! `4 u# s. cGA-946GM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 946 series " S2 E' p+ h) s! N
GA-945P-DS3 Intel 945 series
7 ~- G" F, |) p; ^& DGA-945PL-DS3 Intel 945 series
2 p, z: W% {" _' w4 C8 d" @GA-945PLM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
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GA-945GM-DS2 Intel 945 series
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from Anandtech 9/28/2006
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