Sorry for two posts in a row, but I just called Intel Pre-Sales.

The rep told me that the PCN that mentioned that the 304 board would be available on 04/16/2006 meant that that is the date Intel would be shipping out the boards to their distributors.

He also said that the board has NOT been delayed.

And finally he said that the 304 board being compatiable with Conroe processors was purely "guess work" at this point (since this is not officially public from Intel).

I also asked how a customer is supposed to be sure they are buying a specific board revision or a specific CPU stepping when E-tailers are not willing to advertise or physically look for the info printed on the side of the retail boxes. He said that unfortunately Intel cannot police/enforce e-tailers to give this info and the only way to be sure is to find a brick and mortar store that you can physically cherry pick the items yourself.

So after the phone call, I ordered the board and a Pentium D 950 from Newegg. If they are the wrong revision/stepping, I will just buy a P965 and a Conroe this Fall. *shrug*

Sorry, but I have been waiting almost 2 months with all the parts for my new PC except for the Motherboard and CPU.....I am sick of waiting =(