Flaw found in Intel's new Sandy Bridge Chipset

[LockedOut]

So if you recently bought one of those new Intel CPU's along with a MB with the Sandy Bridge chipset there is quite a big flaw in the chipset. You might want to contact wherever you bought the MB for instructions on how to get a replacement which probably won't be available for a month or so.

As part of ongoing quality assurance, Intel Corporation has discovered a design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel 6 Series, code-named Cougar Point, and has implemented a silicon fix. In some cases, the Serial-ATA (SATA) ports within the chipsets may degrade over time, potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives. The chipset is utilized in PCs with Intel's latest Second Generation Intel Core processors, code-named Sandy Bridge. Intel has stopped shipment of the affected support chip from its factories. Intel has corrected the design issue, and has begun manufacturing a new version of the support chip which will resolve the issue. The Sandy Bridge microprocessor is unaffected and no other products are affected by this issue.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=20789

[silentsim]

This potentially means the next generation of Macbook Pro's will be delayed, since they supposed to use Sandy Bridge. (Info for the mac crowd here )

[photon]

Thanks, good thing I didn't jump in right away.

[Vulcan]

[FanIn80]

I don't know who thought making the controller out of sand was going to be a good idea in the first place.

[mykalberta]

HP currently doesnt have an offering for corporate orders. We were waiting on a few, I guess we will be going i7 for the time being.

[TSXCman]

the new 2500k and 2600k are insane for performance @ their costs. 2600k is like 3rd best cpu you can buy at 300$ish, while the competition costs >1000$

[photon]

Yeah, that's why I was going to grab one, I'm still pre-i7 generation on my CPU.

[Regorium]

I have a SB system, and frankly this doesn't seem like a big deal.

I guess it will all depend on how Asus (my motherboard manufacturer) handles the recall. My optimal solution would be to have them send me a SATA card with 4 ports on it to replace the 4 that will inevitably fail in the future.

Having to rip apart my computer to RMA the motherboard would be an extremely frustrating process - seeing as I would also be computer-less during that time.

[cKy]

Originally Posted by Regorium

I have a SB system, and frankly this doesn't seem like a big deal.

I guess it will all depend on how Asus (my motherboard manufacturer) handles the recall. My optimal solution would be to have them send me a SATA card with 4 ports on it to replace the 4 that will inevitably fail in the future.

Having to rip apart my computer to RMA the motherboard would be an extremely frustrating process - seeing as I would also be computer-less during that time.

I know with Dell when I RMA parts at work, they send the replacement first, and I have a certain amount of time to send the part back. Minimal downtime.

Sucks to take the machine apart I agree, but it's nice that they have recognized their mistake.