it's not really that simple...

the issue now, as far as end users are concerned, is if the OEMs would recall the laptops, and if not, wat re they going to do if the mobo spoilts after the warranty...

not so simple again... Dell only offered 1 more year of warranty to cover GeForce 8M on top of the original warranty (ie if u ve 1yr warranty for the laptop, ur GPU is covered for 2yrs in total), and nothing after that... to date there are still quite a number of ppl who re still using the original XPS and Inspiron with GeForce 8400M GS, and they are already over the extended warranty...

seldom u see OEMs like BenQ who is willing to cover the GPU indefinitely...

an as far as i can remember, Acer and Asus kept mum during the GeForce 8M issue...

so depending on the OEMs, the outcome may be different too...

depends on which port u plug into...

SATA ports ARE HDD ports...

depends on how the laptop is configed...

usually it's Port 0 for HDD, Port 1 for optical and others for e-SATA...

for dual HDD both Port 0 and Port 1 would be HDD... and the rest for optical and e-SATA...

btw, i thought u were asking abt desktops... the satements u quoted is for desktop mobos...

depends on if u re in an urgent or not... i guess if i were u i would juz use and then service it when possible...

dun be the first to send in?

wait till June/July then service it?

I believe this applies in US and some other countries only ( at the moment ).

I've called up technical and sales support of the companies above. NONE knows a damn thing about the faulty chipset.

It's normal practice. While Intel acknowledge the problem, OEMs won't be too happy with the decision. They simply can't wait until a fix is issued and need to clear their inventory as well as trying to achieve sales to boost their earnings and balance sheet. Intel is winning either way. Not all are affected and in the end, the amount needed for the Cleanup will be less than the estimated 700 millions, as OEMs keep flogging out the affected chipset.

Sometime, i really wonder why such a critical flaw is not being detected and being fixed before it is being shipped to the customer.

So will Acer sells their Sandy Bridge lappys with discounts now?

Okay, we already know that only the 3 Gbps SATA ports are affected and not the two 6 Gbps ones.  Here's my question:  Does this mean that the internal HDD and dvd drive on notebooks are safe?  I'm guessing that they'll be using the 6 Gbps ports, but I might be wrong.
Also, I heard that the new chipset (ZM series or something like that) to replace these faulty ones are supposed to have better handling of the built-in Intel HD whatever-it-is graphics.  What kind of problems are the current chipsets having?

Well, its already like that for the long time...

is N43JF equipped with it ? lol

hey guys i just checked C-Zone pricelist. The N53SN price it says RM3499. The Asus brochure is RM 3599. Which wan more accurate???
I think we will be seeing the N53SN early next month

     
do they have stock now??? when will it arrive????
     

Found a seller in lowyat youngkeen selling rm3499 also, I pmEd him about all the latest asus new series laptop, but no response :-S

Yea HP dv6 GPU is not bad. But HP is famous with heat problems. Might want to reconsider the N53SN instead??

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Added on February 27, 2011, 9:15 pmbtw does anyone know the diff between GPU that are DDR3, GDDR3 and GDDR5???

Nope. U can go their website to check but currently only January-February product guide available for notebook.

Jst wait and see. Tomorrow is March ady. hehe