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Asus provided complete details on their models and BIOS revisions that would support Kentsfield.
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! U5 d9 H2 Q4 u5 Q: AASUS Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards N' z: B5 x. r# z; J; g9 b
Model Platform BIOS Revision ! ^9 F; o$ R9 j3 \
P5WDG2 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0307 and later ( j0 X# A- H @# @, g1 B/ Y8 o% n' ~3 I! Z
P5W64 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0116 and later
* S& m! b4 T) U* JP5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 1403 and later
/ { I. V5 x' f2 e* B* SP5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later
; f4 m) Q4 G$ K# B* J# gP5B Deluxe Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later
+ z8 m8 q8 w6 Z; M* [8 TP5B Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released
) a' S) C$ J2 T5 K/ r1 AP5B-E Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released
! N* X7 ~9 L. n4 T# YP5B-E Plus (No US Model) Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0108 and later / o0 E7 z' P6 h* [
P5B-V Intel G965/ICH8 BIOS 0403 and later & T' L, P0 S3 Q5 Y# E
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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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975X Platinum V.2 MS-7246 BIOS V7.2 or later / r1 e9 t5 H8 r1 K3 z9 U" Y1 Y7 C
P965 Platinum MS-7238 BIOS V`1.1 or later % `' Z& L0 w: @% i, W# g/ y j/ y+ @2 h
P5N Diamond MS-7320 NO BIOS Update Needed & w4 ]4 Q, l1 q) j- {
P5N Platinum MS-7350 NO BIOS Update Needed
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, J3 L0 I& C' DIt appears recent MSI 975X and 965 boards will have no problem supporting Kentsfield Quad Core processors.! }7 Y2 Y b0 R) p0 v* X8 ^
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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.: k- l6 V7 I" v6 O& p* V2 }
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GA-975X-DS5 Intel 975X ; H. @# G9 f' I8 P
GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965
2 E3 {8 B# l! kGA-965P-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel P965
: ^* G7 {! i( L! KGA-965P-DS3 Intel P965 8 [/ B8 v- T S% _$ P- P% I3 u
GA-965P-S3 Intel P965 & l% y" H9 o: A
GA-965G-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel G965 9 o9 A2 P! m7 j9 a0 M6 K* U i
GA-965G-DS3 Intel G965
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GA-946GZ-DS3 Intel 946 series 8 i' O- N) d F. p2 |! n$ W
GA-946GM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 946 series
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GA-945PL-DS3 Intel 945 series
% ^/ t; A% V, L; T. @GA-945PLM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
+ |5 |' {% P3 \& E$ E9 cGA-945G-DS3 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series 0 J; d& t8 w2 m `1 I
GA-945GMF-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series : k, v0 ^$ D. B9 F8 s) O
GA-945GM-DS2 Intel 945 series
/ X' J/ s! U |, ~. L6 EGA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945 series + O6 f+ T6 O4 T$ m1 C; B# b2 {
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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.1 G1 ` @: |, l" m/ ~9 b
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7 `) `) S$ C0 _: q' m3 G! ]. jfrom Anandtech 9/28/2006
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