Intel Identifies Chipset Design Error, Implementing Solution

**initialised** · 02-04-2011, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by generics_user

i love the msi ad on the top right of this forum

MSi rep just dropped off a GD80, the PCH bug made my tech :banana::banana::banana::banana: inspired boner go limp.

On the plus side: 10 USB 3.0 and 10 USB 2.0, must be a fantastic reason to buy this over say a GD55

**generics_user** · 02-04-2011, 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by initialised

MSi rep just dropped off a GD80, the PCH bug made my tech :banana::banana::banana::banana: inspired boner go limp.

On the plus side: 10 USB 3.0 and 10 USB 2.0, must be a fantastic reason to buy this over say a GD55

looks great!
but the lack of sata ports is disappointing; i don't get why they don't make boards with a decent second Raid controller onboard (decent doesn't mean it has to use cache)

i still hope that msi is going to release a Z68 ITX board with 6+1 sata ports; full size DDR3; proper PWM; 4x USB 3.0; x16 pcie; powered esata and a black pcb with blue slots
but zotac is much more likely to release something like this (or at least a P67 based device), all other manufacturers fail to put 6 sata ports onto their biards

**initialised** · 02-04-2011, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by chew*

I think that analogy is flawed and a tad extreme. For that purpose fixed.

that is like saying the workaround to a flat tire is just to drive with a mismatched tire size

serves the purpose but its not gonna give the same ride

Think of it as a space saver spare, it'll get you home or until you get the regular tyre fixed.

**NEOAethyr** · 02-04-2011, 11:50 AM

Think of it as 4 tires.
Where the manufacture didn't tighten down the lugs on 3 of the tires, and they have a good chance of falling off on the way home.
Once the tires fall off, you might as well keep driving on the 1 tire that you have left (all wheel drive).

I'm, just messing.
I had to do a car analogy.

**gcardinal** · 02-05-2011, 02:48 AM

I dont get why people are so upset with this issue. I think its a gift from Gods!

I will buy new board today (if I can find it), use it for 11 month, then when new mb's hit the marked I will get a replacement or cash back.

recall - its like a green-card

**initialised** · 02-05-2011, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by gcardinal

I dont get why people are so upset with this issue. I think its a gift from Gods!

I will buy new board today (if I can find it), use it for 11 month, then when new mb's hit the marked I will get a replacement or cash back.

recall - its like a green-card

Yup, push the one you've got to it's limits, it'd be rude not to since they'll be replacing it for you soon anyway.

**zalbard** · 02-11-2011, 08:11 AM

FUD: Intel to start shipping new 6 series chips by February 14th

Intel has announced that its will start shipping its B3 stepping 6-Series chipset chips by February 14th. In case you somehow managed to miss this one, we are still talking about Intel's chipset that is plagued by the now quite famous SATA 3Gbps bug.

Intel is still sticking behind its promise that it will ship these products by the end of February. The new stepping has several updates including the change of revision ID from 04h to 05h, BIOS update to 1.1.4 and minor metal layer change improving lifetime wear out with no changes to functionality or design specifications (the one that fixes SATA 3.0Gbps issue).

Of course, bear in mind that this is the date when Intel will ship the new B3 revision chip to the manufactures and most certainly doesn't mean that you will see it in channel. We had a nice chat with a couple of people and in most cases it takes one week to get it to manufacturers, two weeks in order for them to put it on their motherboards and around six weeks for the final product to reach its destination. Of course these are rough timelines that also depend on the region and minor changes can happen.

As always, OEMs will probably get the first batch and channel might get it, in the best case scenario, by the end of March or in early April. Of course, there might be a lot of people waiting for a replacement so you have to count them in as well, and there is no way to find out how big will the first shipment be so you might see the new B3 Sandy Bridge on retail/e-tail shelves sometime in April or even later.

Of course, as we wrote earlier, some retailers/e-tailers and OEMs are still happily selling the old B2 revision.