New cpu supported by older mobo?

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I have Gigabyte H61 mobo.
On the supported cpu they list several Ivy bridge cpu and several Sandy bridge cpu.
What is the chance' that a new cpu (G2030) will work on this mobo although it is not listed as supported by it?
Thanks, Doron
 
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That is indeed odd. They are all LGA1155 and use the same socket.

The G645 is 1 year newer than the 860, and a little newer than the 640. It's possible Gigabyte just stopped updating the BIOS for that particular motherboard so it doesn't support the newer processors. Their newest BIOS is from Q1/Q2 2012 and the G645 was released in Q3 2012. I guess they just stopped supporting that particular motherboard/processor set.

Sources:
G640: http://ark.intel.com/products/53486/intel-pentium-processor-g640-3m-cache-2_80-ghz
G860: http://ark.intel.com/products/53492/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G860-3M-Cache-3_00-GHz
G645: http://ark.intel.com/products/69116/intel-pentium-processor-g645-3m-cache-2_90-ghz
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That is indeed odd. They are all LGA1155 and use the same socket.

The G645 is 1 year newer than the 860, and a little newer than the 640. It's possible Gigabyte just stopped updating the BIOS for that particular motherboard so it doesn't support the newer processors. Their newest BIOS is from Q1/Q2 2012 and the G645 was released in Q3 2012. I guess they just stopped supporting that particular motherboard/processor set.

Sources:
G640: http://ark.intel.com/products/53486/intel-pentium-processor-g640-3m-cache-2_80-ghz
G860: http://ark.intel.com/products/53492/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G860-3M-Cache-3_00-GHz
G645: http://ark.intel.com/products/69116/intel-pentium-processor-g645-3m-cache-2_90-ghz
Mobo CPU Support list: http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3917
Latest BIOS versions: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3917&dl=1#bios
 
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Hi, I am glade to let you know that my mobo does support Intel Pentium G2030.
It was tested and approved. Now I am going to buy the G645 and test it too.
Thanks for your help.
 
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