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11-11-2009, 07:02 AM
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Intel Readies P55 Chipset B3 Stepping Update (http://www.overclockaholics.com/108042/Intel_Readies_P55_Chipset_B3_Stepping_Update.html)
Intel's is readying a hardware update for its P55 Express chipset, currently the only core-logic for the company's brand new socket LGA-1156 processor platform. The new B3 stepping of the P55 PCH will bring with it a little more than new MM number and S-spec numbers. A list of changes is as follows:
New MM number and S-spec numbers for the converted products;
Firmware and minor BIOS updates are required with the conversion;
Processor MRC/microcode update required to enable future processors;
Recommended storage driver upgrade from Intel MSM 8.9 to Intel RST 9.5.
Although it is listed that the MRC update enables 'future processors', Intel, in a statement issued to X-bit labs assured that the current B2 stepping of the chipset (found on current socket LGA-1156 motherboards) does not leave out support for any of Intel's new LGA-1156 processors that are slated for release in the very near future. The dual-core "Clarkale" 32 nm processor will be supported by both B2 and B3 steppings of the chipset. » Read full story (http://www.overclockaholics.com/108042/Intel_Readies_P55_Chipset_B3_Stepping_Update.html) Techpowerup
Intel Readies P55 Chipset B3 Stepping Update (http://www.overclockaholics.com/108042/Intel_Readies_P55_Chipset_B3_Stepping_Update.html)
Intel's is readying a hardware update for its P55 Express chipset, currently the only core-logic for the company's brand new socket LGA-1156 processor platform. The new B3 stepping of the P55 PCH will bring with it a little more than new MM number and S-spec numbers. A list of changes is as follows:
New MM number and S-spec numbers for the converted products;
Firmware and minor BIOS updates are required with the conversion;
Processor MRC/microcode update required to enable future processors;
Recommended storage driver upgrade from Intel MSM 8.9 to Intel RST 9.5.
Although it is listed that the MRC update enables 'future processors', Intel, in a statement issued to X-bit labs assured that the current B2 stepping of the chipset (found on current socket LGA-1156 motherboards) does not leave out support for any of Intel's new LGA-1156 processors that are slated for release in the very near future. The dual-core "Clarkale" 32 nm processor will be supported by both B2 and B3 steppings of the chipset. » Read full story (http://www.overclockaholics.com/108042/Intel_Readies_P55_Chipset_B3_Stepping_Update.html) Techpowerup