Intel chipset flaw in Sandybridge rollout

[snowbound999]

Intel hit with chipset design flaw in Sandy Bridge rollout | ZDNet - http://zd.net/es62i0

[Ryan]

We have posted something here as well: http://www.pcper.com/#NewsID-9689

I have questions into the major MB manufacturers and hope to get a response today.

[TheGlasMan]

Profits of $3.0 billion and then chipset errors that cost about $1 billion; quite a month for Intel.

I think it will cost more than 1 Billion, over all. Sandybridge is now dead until the new boards are ready. Every board made so far is junk. I don't know if they can be sold as new with a new chipset, if parts will be salvaged to use in new boards or if it will be cheaper to trash them.. Money either way.

[Nightowl224]

I'm glad I did not have plans to go Sandybridge, and decided to stick with my P55 chipset board and processor.

[Parn]

Bleeding edge makes customers bleed. Never jump onto the new tech too quickly.

[Pehu]

We have posted something here as well: http://www.pcper.com/#NewsID-9689

I have questions into the major MB manufacturers and hope to get a response today.

It is pretty badly handled to me it seems. Most retailers and manufacturers have supposedly got no info at all about the problem yet and if there is going to be a full recall it is IMHO pretty damn criminal to keep selling the boards and computers with a known problem. I guess it isn't a known problem until Intel officially (and separately? The info is out, so what is the problem?) contacts each and every single manufacturer, retailer, etc.

[akibatek]

Spent the day in the electronics district - Akihabara - here in Tokyo. All retailers have pulled all P67/H67 motherboards, regardless of maker, off their shelves. Strange to see empty spaces on the shelves.

[Keven]

Wow, this is crazy. I wonder what Intel will do for all the pre-built Sandy Bridge machines (from OEMs like Dell, HP, etc.)

If I didn't have a huge tax bill this year (I work as a freelance writer so no withholding during the year), I probably would have bought a new Sandy Bridge proc + MB by now. This is my "I was supposed to fly on the plane that was hijacked" story. Can't believe I almost got bit by this.

[somarilnos]

It's good for them that they found this now. If this news coincided with the release of Bulldozer, it would probably cost a lot more than the billion dollar price tag they're throwing on this one.

[alex666]

I am slowly in the process of updating my DS3 system and came incredibly close to buying a Sandy bridge mobo (Asus P76 Pro) and the i7 2600k. I mean, I was all ready to push the final "buy" button at Newegg. But I was a little bothered by some of the individual reviews of the Asus board and the Gigabyte equivalent was out of stock. Then GTX 560 Ti cards came out, so last Friday I swooped up the MSI version listed below, which is now out of stock

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127565

I am so glad I hesitated. I'll wait for Intel to fix the chipset (and the mobo makers to tweak the bioses) and upgrade in April or May. This is going to be a real mess for Intel and the mobo manufacturers. I don't recall a new rollout where the chipset was screwed up like this. I remember the phenom bug and geez, even a butg in one of hte early pentiums, but that was in the cpu itself, not the chipset. This has to piss off the mobo makers. What a mess.

marty

[AMDTurbo]

Same here, I almost pulled the trigger 2 days ago......

[Ryan]

Spent the day in the electronics district - Akihabara - here in Tokyo. All retailers have pulled all P67/H67 motherboards, regardless of maker, off their shelves. Strange to see empty spaces on the shelves.

Having been there as well, that would be odd. Usually those shelves are PACKED.

[Nightowl224]

Checked with a local retailer, any P67 and H67 motherboard they had, along with the cpu's was yanked from retail and system builds, and the boards are being sent back because of this mess.

I'm happy with my P55 board and i5 750.

[mrsound]

Unfortunately I did pull the trigger. I am the proud owner of a New MSI P67A-GD65. Hopefully it won't be so painful.

This is the quick response I received from MSI Tech Support: Dear customer, problem is with the sata 3.0 it should still work under 6.0 but at this time we do not have any replacement for this board, We are working closely with Intel to solve this issue quick as we can ,Soon as we resolve this problem you will be the first person i will contact. thank you for understanding.

Well I'm not so sure about the line I will be the first person they contact but they are a good company. I'm sure it will work out in the end, it always does.

[wonkanoby]

http://www.msi.com/news-media/news/1178.html