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Motherboard CPU support page lists particular stepping of CPU. Can I use different stepping?

Bouowmx

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ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 supports Intel Pentium 4 651 stepping B1. Can I use different stepping (C1 or D0) of same CPU?

I have motherboard on-hand, and I want to play around with Prescott (65 nm) with HT.

Text copied from Reddit; trying to get more answers.
 

vailr

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Yes; any stepping that's the same or newer than the one specified should work fine.
 
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LTC8K6

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Technically, it's Cedar Mill, not Prescott.
B1 was the first released stepping.
C1 added EIST