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?  

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

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 ...

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

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

Doesn't matter, there's a flaw and I'm not going to settle for the price I'm paying. So hopefully there's a solution for this from the resellers.

I'm guessing a delay in shipments till they get new motherboards.

Hmm... do you think companies like Asus who haven't released their laptops won't care and just continue clearing the flawed stock that has already been produced?

Hopefully will have a recall if its effected...Coz we are buying a Faulty item...and they announced its their fault...unless if they dont announce...then waiting for us to RMA is the ninja move...

Of course they care, Mucro does. They've been great with replies to me about this.

They'll keep me informed.

Plus Sager has halted shipments of laptops because of this problem.

effect on msi gt680 too?

However, if you did purchase a 2nd gen Core i5 or Core i7 system in the past few weeks, please contact your manufacturer. Intel will be working with OEMs to provide replacement motherboards as necessary.

That time still naive mah, haven't learn the lesson yet. Luckily no problem.

well if it's acer
u can just send it back to replace
u got ur warranty thr
and i'm gonna do it when i'm back from japan in march if they got their replacement stock

if they extend my warranty to 3-4 years it will be good enough.if they want to replace the whole system it will takes some time.
they might want ur old system back they processod it for some time before issuing a 'replacement' system.

after going through all the page... it still didnt mention the solution? theyre going to replace only?

if it really design flaw they have to redesign?

or just the material of the chip?

They are not sure if they are gonna replace it cause if they replace them they will suffer a loss of around 700 million US dolalrs...read from an article.

Right now intell is producing a new chipset version of the i7 to replace the old one.

The flaw of the chip is the material....the silicon.

Since Samsung offered to replaced their laptop for free do you think Lenovo will???
Can't seem to find any news on their website bout this.