Nobody's buying Slot 1 boards any more. 440BX is 7 years old. So if we have to inconvenience the entusiasts with the 7 year old chipsets to support the new stuff, so be it.

That said, the issue just went away slot_1 should be able to be merged back together. I just received an email back from intel, and only the latest microcode update is necessary. I'm done with everything up to and including socket 478, so I should get to lga775 tonight.

-Corey