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[mdzcpa]

Yah I guess only EVGA is laughing now huh

Some folks say EVGA knew...but I doubt that. They were delayed IMO.

But, I guess even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.

[zalbard]

LOL...looks like EVGA could come out smelling like roses now. Their delay likely saved them a ton of cash and they will be ready to hit the ground when the fixed chipset arrives. Funny how things work out sometimes.

Chipset Design Flaw
http://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...nting-Solution

Quite ironic, indeed.
Good point!
And yeah, I doubt they knew about it. More of a delay due to so many engineers jumping the ship...

[Eldonko]

Exactly, I pretty sure they didnt know any more than anyone else they just lost their mb team so there was a delay. Hopefully their Classified line is not already manufactured with bad chips.

[Ket]

While I suspect intel knew about the issue prior to first shipments, theres no specific details about the SATA issue with P67 so nobody can really say if the issue is a issue or a non issue, at least not yet.

[zalbard]

While I suspect intel knew about the issue prior to first shipments, theres no specific details about the SATA issue with P67 so nobody can really say if the issue is a issue or a non issue, at least not yet.

There are pretty specific details, from Anand, for example. All SB chipsets are affected.

[Ket]

From what anand are saying, it reads more as though there was a faulty wafer at the beginning of production (first 100,000 - 500,000 lets say), hence the bug being reported by their customers. As a result intel are issuing a recall and chipset revision as a safety precaution, theres no guarantee any consumers will see this problem. All very "ifs and buts" IMO.

[jmn2519]

I'm now going to wait for either z68 or the new socket 2011 slated for q4.

[Ket]

It seems quite unlikely consumers are being affected and the recall and revision are being done as a safety precaution. I'm not saying people won't get this problem, some might, but lets not blow this out of proportion.

[Eldonko]

EVGA says no EVGA P67 boards will be affected by the recall

[godsfist]

It seems quite unlikely consumers are being affected and the recall and revision are being done as a safety precaution. I'm not saying people won't get this problem, some might, but lets not blow this out of proportion.

Yeah it's only a 1 billion dollar boo boo

[Ket]

Not all chipsets have the problem. At most, over the space of 3 years the failure rate is expected to be 15%. Which, of course, means 15% of 1 billion. The figure would be significantly lower if intel knew which boards would be effected, but they don't so have to recall all of them.

[bro20000]

It could explain y my vertex 2 died!

[Falkentyne]

From what anand are saying, it reads more as though there was a faulty wafer at the beginning of production (first 100,000 - 500,000 lets say), hence the bug being reported by their customers. As a result intel are issuing a recall and chipset revision as a safety precaution, theres no guarantee any consumers will see this problem. All very "ifs and buts" IMO.

I trust Ket on this. He's been around long enough to have seen plenty of other "revisions" from all sorts of parts. Manufacturers changing board revisions in a hurry, crystals changed, ICs changed...it's been going on for years. And whenever a revison of something comes out, you never see a recall of the previous version. Unless parts were actually dying or blowing up.

Asus never recalled their P5wdh's when the v1.0, 1.1/1.2 revisons were stuck at auto vcore (or minimum 1.4 manual, IF manual worked) on wolfdale cpus...despite bioses coming out to support them, when only the 1.4 (maybe 1.3) revisons gave proper range.

Abit BH6 1.1 allowed AGP 2x at 150 FSB (provided sidebanding was off), when 1.0 version would lock hard around 120 FSB. But maybe this is apples and oranges.

Even though something that affects HDDs would be more critical than something that affects OC'ing ability, obviously...

Why do I have a feeling that no one on these forums will be affected by this?

[papatsonis]

u miss something.. all these "examples" you mention.. if left at stock.. weren't actual PROBLEMS.... this one IS...

edit : and as always.. take with a grain of salt.. ALL comments from already owners of P67 boards.. like "in 3 years i dont care if it happens", or " its very rare, it works ok on me".. ->the last 10 days i bought.. to add..

[godsfist]

Not all chipsets have the problem. At most, over the space of 3 years the failure rate is expected to be 15%.

All chipsets have the problem but degradation is dependent on heat, frequency of use etc and they are forecasting 15% failure rate.. but the design flaw is contained in all of them.

[danielkza]

It could explain y my vertex 2 died!

Not at all.

[bro20000]

was planning on getting the maximus today and still no stock! Anyone know what the Asus P8P67 Pro is like at clocking memory!