Can i use this ASUS H97 mobo for intel Xeon 1231 V3?

as long as its listed in the boards supported cpu list and with its supporting bios just because its a 1150 don't mean it will work as said above

from the board you linked above

https://www.asus.com/my/Motherboards/H97ME/HelpDesk_CPU/

Xeon E3-1230L V3 (1.8GHz, 4C, HT, L3:8M, 25W, rev.C0) ALL 0301 - your board has to have bios 0301 or higher prior to using this chip

as with asus and there sad support info [reasons I dont use asus anymore] it says bios 0333 was its first release ??? go figure ?

that's asus for ya ...