Good news to consumers. Intel has changed its mind to give P965 to support the upcoming quad-core Kentsfield processors. Kentsfield is Intel?s first quad-core desktop processor for extreme users in which Intel pushed to appear no after than this year. In the original plan, 975X chipset is the only one supporting the new processors. But two weeks ago, manufacturers have received surprising news that Intel had changed its mind to give P965 a new pose.

However, the road to make P965 to support quad-core Kentsfield Processors is not that easy. Besides VRM (Voltage Regulator Module) 11.0, it also requires a set of GTLREF Voltage Dividers containing 124 Ohm Pull Up Resistor and a set of 210 Ohm Pull Down Resistor with 1 uF capacitor, which are used to connect pin G10 and F2 of the processor. As some of the P965 products are designed not following these rules, which is not supposed previously, it?s not all P965 products could give support to quad-core Kentsfield Processors. For those manufacturers which used 975X based design to make P965 products, fortunately, they are escaped from redesigning to give support. We suggest users better to ask whether it support Kentsfield before buying P965 product, expanding your upgrade ability.

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