A problem requiring a "silicon fix" is bad news in the chipset business, and sadly that's what Intel is announcing. Its new Intel 6 Series chipset, Cougar Point, has been found to have a flaw, something to do with the SATA controller. Intel is indicating that the ports can "degrade over time," leading to poor i/o performance down the road. All shipments have been stopped and a fix has been implemented for new deliveries, but it sounds like recalls will be starting soon for those with this ticking time bomb silicon within. It isn't a critical problem right now, though, so if you own a Sandy Bridge Core i5 or Core i7 system keep computing with confidence while looking for a recall notice, but it is bad news for Intel's bottom line: the company is advising a $300 million hit to revenue.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/31/intel-f...pments-stopped/

OMG!!!!

Will this effect those who have already bought sandy bridge laptops? And if it does, does that mean they will be recalled? Will this also affect upcoming laptops like the ASUS N53SN's release date?

problem with new tech...

i think chance of recall is pretty low... OEMs would juz wait for the rig to OEM and then they replace the mobo...

so yeah, call up the svc center and ask them wat's their solution...

Thank god the N53SN hasn't arrived in Malaysia yet. If not I would have bought it. Blessing in disguise.
Do you think they would fix the problem by then?

Is this laptop or desktop first? Theres not even i5 SB's yet

well, most, if not all, the articles i read only mention abt desktops (quad core i7 and i5, so yeah)... but i won't be surprised to see reports of Sandy Bridge laptops with SATA ports failing... it's the same family of chipset afterall...

So... we are better off not buying any lappies for now?

well, Intel said the revised chipset will start shipping again in Feb, and expect to run at full capacity again in April...

so if u really must wait, dun buy until it's May...

i think for now juz call up the svc center and see wat's their stand on it... basically as far as the OEMs are concerned, it's a repeat of the GeForce 8M incident, except that Intel has admitted there to be a fault and is willing to corrext it...

This post has been edited by astria: Feb 1 2011, 01:09 AM

Hrm.. are these chipset problem causing my friend lappie bought last month ( HP- core i3) only alive just 2 days and die.
He then go back to shop and the shop consider - DOA - Dead On Arrival -...
Luckily he got 1 to 1 exchange on the spot ...

nope, that's a 5-series chipset that ur friend's laptop has...

it has got nothing to do with this issue...

omg....thank god asus delay n53sn!!!!!!!

thanks for da info.
But untill now i'm still wondering why my friend lappie just alive only 2 days

well, it's electronic that we re dealing with...

it can break the very next day u buy it (like ur friend's case), but it can also last so long such that u want it to die it also won't die...

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Added on February 1, 2011, 1:28 amdun see the delay has got to do with this issue...

if it's shipped in March, mean the latest time it gets produced is Feb... and Intel only starts shipping the revised chipset in Feb, and reaching full production capacity by Apr...

only in May then u should start feeling safe...

This post has been edited by astria: Feb 1 2011, 01:28 AM

i read the comments, only QM67 and P67 chipset are affected. most SB lappy in the market are using HM65 right?

so for people who bought a laptop with this processor, what does this mean?

have to return n wait for them to fix it?

sauce: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/cougar-po...idge-sata-error

so SB lappy like HP DV6 using HM65 is not affected amirite?

So does it mean that my Acer 5750G is not affected since it is using HM65 chipset?

So how bout alienware m17x-R3 ? I just place an order yesterday. Will it be affected?

dammit.will my 5750G be affected by this?

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/In...r-Point-recall/

According to this, it seems HM65 is also affected. Maybe those who have already bought Sandy Bridge laptops will be able to claim warranty when it fails.

To identify those laptops that have problems, look at the chipset number. For example, H67, HM67 etc. etc.

This post has been edited by 24seven: Feb 1 2011, 03:23 AM

Wow, all Sandy Bridge notebooks are affected lah, so Intel is issueing total recall among all HM65 & HM67 IC. So we have to wait 1 more quarter to get newer revision of SB notebooks.