[Request] Bios support for Intel D865GSA

[Falco]

The i865G chipset never supported Core series processors. Your only choices are Netburst based Celerons, Pentium 4s and Pentium Ds.

If you want a cooler running CPU in that board, Intel did make some 65W Pentium 4s towards the end of their lifespan. Intel did one final die shrink called the Cedar Mill, which was 65nm. The last D0 stepping of the following CPUs were 65W parts and ran MUCH cooler. Make sure you get the D0 steppings listed below, the earlier steppings were 86W parts.

Pentium 4 631 (sSpec - SL9KG)
Pentium 4 641 (sSpec - SL9KF)
Pentium 4 651 (sSpec - SL9KE)

And obviously avoid Celerons entirely. Intel didn't think that plebeians using Netburst Celerons deserved power saving features and disabled EIST, so they can't clock ramp. They run balls to the wall constantly and crank out tons of heat.

The Cedar Mill parts also supported EM64T, so you can run some but not all 64 bit operating systems. Windows 7 64 bit and Linux will work, but later versions of Windows started to use instruction sets that the Pentium 4 lacks, and won't work.