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ASUS Kentsfield Compatible Motherboards ( K% L9 C% u9 W5 _' k: S
Model Platform BIOS Revision # \; O `4 ~0 o+ J' W& H0 K
P5WDG2 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0307 and later 9 l* b3 D. i1 o& f* L
P5W64 WS Professional Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 0116 and later # r% r; K/ z+ I
P5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X/ICH7R BIOS 1403 and later
; S% Z1 l7 v9 V! O a8 dP5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later # X- z5 r6 l: v; E4 A1 m
P5B Deluxe Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0709 and later
. ?1 ~9 u, s/ n& n: {" NP5B Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released 5 Y8 H) D, P( z7 G
P5B-E Intel P965/ICH8 BIOS to be released 4 H0 Z3 `& A3 |- d+ b4 k0 x
P5B-E Plus (No US Model) Intel P965/ICH8R BIOS 0108 and later
& _/ `2 E% C+ P) {& v% NP5B-V Intel G965/ICH8 BIOS 0403 and later
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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. " k! O% b) O+ h/ w/ j
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P965 Platinum MS-7238 BIOS V`1.1 or later : u. ~1 g7 h3 u P! ^. M
P5N Diamond MS-7320 NO BIOS Update Needed . B% R8 [ H8 E( }! |
P5N 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.
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Gigabyte
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, M8 l) m0 V# nGigabyte 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.; w3 [! G8 b" b4 M8 ?' p
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2 z6 O6 }: J; G @) [GA-965P-DQ6 Intel P965
X* n7 D6 c2 m: h4 D, yGA-965P-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel P965
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GA-965P-S3 Intel P965 . g% y6 s6 g# G v! B6 v
GA-965G-DS4 (Not Available in Americas) Intel G965
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GA-965GM-DS2 Intel G965
3 n' r: t. l4 I5 x' N4 }$ ]( jGA-946GZ-DS3 Intel 946 series 5 T0 N2 V+ j* e3 N0 J
GA-946GM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 946 series . ^2 y6 ^" D% G3 @1 F
GA-945P-DS3 Intel 945 series
7 a* ?- `/ B# X/ o0 FGA-945PL-DS3 Intel 945 series
7 u! R( x/ ^# P; f" |5 hGA-945PLM-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
" O1 t' j x% O9 q# aGA-945G-DS3 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series 7 F% _6 b! p* w& ^, L
GA-945GMF-DS2 (Not Available in Americas) Intel 945 series
. O, L3 g* ^1 S1 w4 xGA-945GM-DS2 Intel 945 series
2 m# Y6 @$ S" A# NGA-945GZM-S2 Intel 945 series 6 \! j/ Q. r! R) R, l
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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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from Anandtech 9/28/2006
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