Xbitlabs.com reports that its is now confirmed that Intel is playing the same bad socket joke it is known for again and current platforms from a lot of mainboard makers will not be compatible with Intel Prescott processor coming out this Fall. According to roadmaps I have just seen, a huge Taiwanese mainboard maker will start to offer mainboards with appropriate features and capabilities to support Prescott in the second half of August. Rancho*: We already reported earlier about the questionable support capabilities of today's i865/i875 mainboards. It appears that it is actually a fact of foresight with motherboard makers if current models can support Prescott or not. Asus says, or at least claims, that their P4P800 is able to: New power design supports Intel next generation Prescott CPU. I would suggest now that this has become an issue to inquire at the vendor if the model you desire has this option. If not, better buy something else.