1600 4gb dual channel ram

Yes, they're offering an exchange but it also depends on our local retailers. But since most shops provide at least a 1 year shop warranty they should assist us in the most convenient way possible.

This shouldn't be treated like an RMA case in my opinion, it should be like a 1-to-1 exchange.

I don't think you can compare this case with cars, since we know the flaw is isolated only to SATA II ports and does not affect the functionality of the whole system. A spare tyre included in every car is a backup for the existing working tyres, in this case the ports available will most likely not even include the faulty Intel PCH SATAII chipsets.

Only two Intel SATAIII ports, plus the addition of other ports using a third party controller(Marvell) like I mentioned before.

If the systems won't ever make use of these ports, there is no reason not to use these chips. It would be a shame not to salvage them. Win-win situation for Intel and their OEM customers.

This is no different than die harvesting CPUs or GPUs.

Remember soft-modding gpu cards , ie ATI 9500->9700, that was a hit and miss, they were basically stripped down of their original full spec & functionality but served their purpose as a lower tier product. More recently unlocking cores on AMD, etc.

Why do you want to change mobo now?You already have a P8P67-LE,right?

hii guys, want to ask something..
i just bought the asus p8p67 LE mobo on last sunday,
but i have no time to instaling it.. and this night i open it.
but i see there no sata cable from asus in there, but there is only 4 gigabyte sata2.0 cablein there..waaa...
what should i do? just buy i new sata3.0 cable or go to the shop back? and how much sata3.0 cable cost?