Intel Sandy Bridge discussion

[The Sorcerer]

Intel hit with chipset design flaw in Sandy Bridge rollout | ZDNet

 

[mukherjee]

Intel hit with chipset design flaw in Sandy Bridge rollout | ZDNet

Owwww no..there goes my upgrade

 

[The Sorcerer]

Sandy Bridge "Cougar Point" chipset has design flaw, recalls imminent :: TweakTown USA Edition

 

[rahul18348]

Just read this article on intel's site
Intel Identifies Chipset Design Error, Implementing Solution

I guess i'll postpone my purchase for a while until bulldozer comes out

 

[topgear]

Intel hit with chipset design flaw in Sandy Bridge rollout | ZDNet

TFS.

more details :

*www.anandtech.com/show/4143/the-source-of-intels-cougar-point-sata-bug

Owwww no..there goes my upgrade

Better wait for Z68 !

 

[funkysourav]

isn't the design error prevalent only in 2nd gen Intel Mobility Core i5 and i7 processors?
Desktop segment hasn't been hit yet right?

 

[paroh]

Is every motherboard manufacture use intel chipset like asus , msi or this is only the intel motherboard and is the sandy bridge processor are free from any flaw?

 

[Ishu Gupta]

Yes everyone uses intel chipset (for intel processors). And no SB CPU are fine.

 

[rockfella]

Ah comeone i need a cpu for 3 k mobo for 2.5k for my next set-up

 

[paroh]

Yes everyone uses intel chipset (for intel processors). And no SB CPU are fine.

So that means asus, msi and all other motherboard manufacture are effected by it

 

[vickybat]

^^yes, you got that right. The pch will get a revision in newer boards and intel will call up all existing ones for chipset replacement.

 

[Cool Comps]

So the proccys are fine and only the motherboards have to be replaced.
BTW when do you think the new Motherboards will be available in india.
And what will the name be
(ie how will we make out whether the chipsets are the revised ones or original ones)

 

[mukherjee]

Went to MD Comp today. Had a talk with Mr.Pradeep and the Intel Kolkata guy,Arif. He confirmed that all P/H 67 sales have been stopped and not to buy till new stocks come. That will be in late March or April. Maybe the new PCH will be known as Revision B !!!!
So Z68 and Bulldozer are better bets now. Pray they arrive soon.

 

[vickybat]

^^ Bulldozer is stil a long way. Maybe Q3 or Q4 2011.

 

[Vishw]

So there is no immediate danger with using Sata II ports, right?

 

[Ishu Gupta]

^
Just use Port 0 and Port 1 (They are SATA3 AFAIK).

 

[Tech&ME]

^^yes, you got that right. The pch will get a revision in newer boards and intel will call up all existing ones for chipset replacement.

This is a massive recall excercise by INTEL will cost INTEL billions of dollars. This is similar to a recent recall by TOYOTA for its cars which costed them billion + billions of dollars.

So there is no immediate danger with using Sata II ports, right?

YES, but they will run slow.

 

[Ishu Gupta]

YES, but they will run slow.

They won't run slow, they'll slow down over time (like in 3yrs). Not much difference.
I'm not sure if the device will slow down or the port.

 

[Vishw]

^
Just use Port 0 and Port 1 (They are SATA3 AFAIK).

Only two? Man, I've 4 SATA & 2 IDE HDDs & one DVD RW.. how am I gonna connect all those?

 

[Ishu Gupta]

^
By buying a Z68.

EDIT: You can go for a PCI board with SATA ports. Will that work? Or just wait for 2 months.