Right, but the motherboard for a lot of systems from that era were a nonissue. If the /chipset/ supported it like with the 440 line then most boards would handl

Right, but the motherboard for a lot of systems from that era were a nonissue. If the /chipset/ supported it like with the 440 line then most boards would handle it. And, by your own suggestion, this isn’t a fault of Intel and more of OEMs sucking. I mean, I guess Intel could have tried mandating it or something but meh