Motherboard Compatibility for Wolfdale and Yorkfield Processors
by Gary Key on October 29, 2007 4:30 AM EST- Posted in
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abit
abit will be releasing optimized BIOS spins for their P35 boards shortly and the IX38 QuadGT has full support out of the box. abit has confirmed their NVIDIA based 650i/680i motherboards will officially support Wolfdale and Yorkfield.
ASUS
The vast majority of the ASUS Intel-based chipset motherboards will POST and operate fine with the currently released BIOS spins. However, we expect of flood of BIOS updates from ASUS shortly to address proper processor recognition and to optimized BIOS releases for the performance oriented motherboards. ASUS is even trying to qualify their two 975X workstation motherboards and we expect an answer within 24 hours if this will be possible. Their complete lineup of NVIDIA-based motherboards will work, although a BIOS update will be required for full functionality.
Biostar
Biostar is offering full Wolfdale and Yorkfield support on their Intel P35, NVIDIA GeForce 7xxx, and NVIDIA 650i SLI products. Wolfdale is only supported on the 945GC chipset, and the 680i SLI is still an open question mark.
| abit Motherboards with Intel 45nm Processor Support | ||
| Model | Platform | Notes |
| I-45CV | Intel 945GC/ICH7 | Wolfdale Only with BIOS Upgrade |
| I-45C | Intel 945GC/ICH7 | Wolfdale Only with BIOS Upgrade |
| IP35 Pro | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| IP35 | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| IP35 E | Intel P35/ICH9 | - |
| IP35V | Intel P35/ICH7 | - |
| IX38 QuadGT | Intel X38/ICH9R | - |
| Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI | NVIDIA 650i SLI | In Qualification Testing |
| IN9 32X-MAX | NVIDIA 680i SLI | In Qualification Testing |
| . | ||
abit will be releasing optimized BIOS spins for their P35 boards shortly and the IX38 QuadGT has full support out of the box. abit has confirmed their NVIDIA based 650i/680i motherboards will officially support Wolfdale and Yorkfield.
ASUS
| ASUS Motherboards with Intel 45nm Processor Support | ||
| Model | Platform | Notes |
| P5KPL-E | Intel G31/ICH7 | - |
| P5KPL | Intel G31/ICH7 | - |
| P5KPL-VM | Intel G31/ICH9 | - |
| P5K-VM | Intel G33/ICH9 | - |
| P5K-V | Intel G33/ICH9 | - |
| P5E-VM HDMI | Intel G35/ICH9R | - |
| P5K-Pro | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| P5K-E Series | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| P5KR | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| P5K Premium | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| Blitz Formula | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| P5K3 Premium | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| Blitz Extreme | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| P5K3 Deluxe Series | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| P5K | Intel P35/ICH9 | - |
| P5K SE | Intel P35/ICH9 | - |
| P5KC | Intel P35/ICH9 | - |
| P5K WS | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| P5K64 WS | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| P5E-VM DO | Intel Q35/ICH9D0 | - |
| P5E3 WS Pro | Intel X38/ICH9R | - |
| P5E WS Pro | Intel X38/ICH9R | - |
| Maximus Formula | Intel X38/ICH9R | - |
| P5E3 Deluxe | Intel X38/ICH9R | - |
| P5E3 | Intel X38/ICH9R | - |
| P5E | Intel X38/ICH9R | - |
| P5E3 Deluxe WiFi | Intel X38/ICH9R | BIOS 0601 Optimized |
| Maximus Extreme | Intel X38/ICH9R | - |
| P5GC | Intel 945GC/ICH7 | - |
| P5GC-VM Pro | Intel 945GC/ICH7 | - |
| P5GC-VM | Intel 945GC/ICH7 | - |
| P5G-MX | Intel 945GC/ICH7 | - |
| P5WDG2 WS | Intel 975X/ICH7R | In Qualification Testing |
| P5W64 WS | Intel 975X/ICH7R | In Qualification Testing |
| P5N-E SLI | NVIDIA 650i SLI | BIOS update required |
| Striker | NVIDIA 680i SLI | BIOS update required |
| P5N32-E SLI | NVIDIA 680i SLI | BIOS update required |
| Striker Extreme | NVIDIA 680i SLI | BIOS update required |
| P5NT WS | NVIDIA 680i LT SLI | BIOS update required |
| . | ||
The vast majority of the ASUS Intel-based chipset motherboards will POST and operate fine with the currently released BIOS spins. However, we expect of flood of BIOS updates from ASUS shortly to address proper processor recognition and to optimized BIOS releases for the performance oriented motherboards. ASUS is even trying to qualify their two 975X workstation motherboards and we expect an answer within 24 hours if this will be possible. Their complete lineup of NVIDIA-based motherboards will work, although a BIOS update will be required for full functionality.
Biostar
| Biostar Motherboards with Intel 45nm Processor Support | ||
| Model | Platform | Notes |
| TP35D3-A7 Deluxe | Intel P35/ICH9R | - |
| TP35D2-A7 | Intel P35/ICH9 | - |
| P35D2-A7 | Intel P35/ICH9 | - |
| TF7150U-M7 | NVIDIA GF7150/630i | - |
| TF7100P-M7 | NVIDIA GF7100/630i | - |
| GF7050V-M7 | NVIDIA GF7050/610i | - |
| TF650i Ultra-A7 | NVIDIA 650i SLI | - |
| 945GC Micro 775 V6.1 | Intel 945GC/ICH7 | BIOS i9gcm814 - Wolfdale only |
| 945GC-M7 TE | Intel 945GC/ICH7 | Wolfdale Only |
| TF680i SLI Deluxe | NVIDIA 680i SLI | In Qualification Testing |
| . | ||
Biostar is offering full Wolfdale and Yorkfield support on their Intel P35, NVIDIA GeForce 7xxx, and NVIDIA 650i SLI products. Wolfdale is only supported on the 945GC chipset, and the 680i SLI is still an open question mark.
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Crassus - Monday, October 29, 2007 - link
Thinking about it - what happened to the chipset business of VIA and SiS? I remember a time when I was considering either one or the other, and now I haven't heard anything interesting about either in years. Have they given up only on the retail board market chipset business, or the whole business, or am I missing something here?MGSsancho - Monday, October 29, 2007 - link
VIA has a mainstream product, but they mostly focus on specially products and embedded devicesDukeN - Monday, October 29, 2007 - link
Just an oversight or is the most popular Asus P5K series board not supported yet? (I'm guessing it's probably the most popular of that series).Heidfirst - Monday, October 29, 2007 - link
abit's BIOS15 release for FP-IN9 SLI has:1.Support Wolfdale & Yolkfield (sic) CPU.
& presumably their forthcoming I-N73H/HD GF7xxx/630i mobos will be OK too.
MGSsancho - Monday, October 29, 2007 - link
=)bongsi21 - Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - link
MSI has a complete list of fully supported Wolfendale processors listed in their website. But the problem is there is alot of controversial in the web about the P6n motherboards having an approve list but wont work with wolfendale processors especially with E8400 C0 and EO series even from the current latest bios.I for one had that experience, just purchase an e8400 processor and the motherboard post wont even start.
So lets not thank MSI for a redundant list. :p If you want faqs and sources from my statement try typing in the Googlesphere: "MSI P6N-SLI + E8400"
Jedi2155 - Monday, October 29, 2007 - link
Thanks indeed, I love how my eVGA 680i board still has full support and is still a premier high end board nearly a year after I bought it.Deusfaux - Monday, October 29, 2007 - link
It appears to go beyond your information in places, even though its been up for weeks?http://event.asus.com/mb/45nm/">http://event.asus.com/mb/45nm/
Like what about the 975x board people are most likely to have - the P5WDH Deluxe?
gramboh - Monday, October 29, 2007 - link
It looks like my P5B-Deluxe will be ok, I'm assuming OC1333 means you have to manually set the bus speed/multiplier?