(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - March 1, 2011) MSI Malaysia is glad to announce that shipments of the MSI 6 series mainboards equipped with the new Intel B3 stepping chipsets are estimated to arrive at various local distributor venues on 3rd March, 2011. The mainboards are scheduled for retail in the following week. The affected mainboards are listed below.

MSI Mainboards
Intel P67: P67A-GD65, P67A-GD55, P67A-GD53, P67A-C45, P67A-C43.
Intel H67: H67MA-ED55, H67MA-E45, H67MA-E35.

MSI Notebook
Intel HM67: GT680R

Replacement Solution
Announcements to kick-start the Sandy Bridge Replacement Program will be made upon receipt of the shipments.

Additionally, MSI Malaysia regrets to inform that there has been a delay in the shipping of the MSI SATA2 Addon Card. To address the consequences of this delay, affected users are given the option to swap the mainboard in the interim pending delivery of the MSI SATA3 Addon Card to their preferred addresses via Poslaju. The other option available would be to wait for the restocking of the MSI SATA3 Addon Card anticipated to be completed by 31 March 2011. Those who prefer this option will have the opportunity to make a mainboard exchange and receive the MSI SATA3 Addon Card on the same day.

The MSI Malaysia Representative Office shall be the designated replacement center for all affected users in the Kuala Lumpur/Selangor area. Affected users from outside the area are required to contact their respective dealers for replacements. To qualify for a replacement, kindly provide MSI Malaysia with the faulty mainboard (with the valid Serial Number sticker still intact) and Proof of Purchase.

Hotline Information
For any questions related to Intel 6 chipset issues, compatible SATA ports for your mainboard, return enquires, or other support issues, kindly call the MSI Malaysia Hotline at 1300 22 1986. Our customer service will be happy to answer any question you have, and to provide all necessary support. Your satisfaction is important to us.

MSI Malaysia Representative Office Address
Suite B-5-1, Plaza Pantai,
No. 5 Persiaran Pantai Baru,
Off Jalan Pantai Baru,
59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Official Replacement Announcement Link: http://my.msi.com/sandybridge_replacement_...ent_update.html




MSI P67/H67/H61 (B3) Mainboard are ready for solving all SATA (B2 Stepping Chipset) issues. End users in India/Indonesia/Malaysia/Philippines/Singapore/Thailand/Vietnam who buy/swap MSI P67/H67/H61 (B3) Mainboard will get chance to take big prize home! Register it now!



Term & Condition:

• Warranty issue for prize: MSI only cover MSI brand products, the warranty may different from each region, please check further info with our authorized distrubutors in local, for Apple products, please check with Apple store.
• MSI has right to publish some winners’ personal information on website.
• In case of shortage, MSI has right to change to other prize in equivalent value.
• Shipping condition: door to door, MSI will pay all of shipping cost.
• Should tax liability arise, it will be the responsibility of the winner to notify its (their) own Government's relevant tax department. MSI and any of its subsidiaries take no responsibility or liability for taxation or for any other costs incurred in connection with the prize received in this promotion.
• If registration information given is incorrect, the privilege to participate in the prize draw will be forfeited.
• MSI may, at its discretion, change the program content, or withdrawing this program at any time without notice.

Official Sandy Bridge, Bravo! Link: Click Here!!

This post has been edited by MSI-MY: Jul 11 2011, 11:23 AM

Dear DarkNite,
Thank you very much. We really appreciate it.

Dear TechnoG,

It's a 2 port SATA 6.0 Gbps Card.

Dear DarkMist,
Thanks for the support. It's a PCIE 1X card. Customer outside of KL will have to contact the respective dealers where the product was bought.

Dear dlwl,
Once the new B3 stepping came in, it's ready to be swapped.
And you get a free 2 ports SATA 6 Gbps card during the swap process.

Dear ron4,
The affected product will only be the motherboard, while the CPU is not affected.

Dear owikh84,
One of our notebook affected also, and notebook user might not be sensitive on the chipset used. And local retailers often 'sell' out notebook by their code name.

For this announcement thread, the program only applicable to MSI P67/H67 products, while other make not sure how it works.
Thank you all for the support.

This post has been edited by MSI-MY: Feb 16 2011, 03:21 PM

Dear ZzZzz...,
There should be sufficient stock for retails.
Thank you for the support.


If possible, it's best to have both of them.
Thank you.

This post has been edited by MSI-MY: Feb 21 2011, 10:21 AM

Dear Maxram,
As per schedule, the B3 stepping should be arriving in end of March. But however stay tuned on this thread as we will announce it once dealer get their hands on it.
Thank you.

This post has been edited by MSI-MY: Feb 23 2011, 10:55 AM

Dear Zakov,
Once the new B3 stepping motherboard is available, we will announce in this thread, and users can drop us a call 1300-22-1986 to reserve their replacement set and also to get their SATA 6Gbps card.
It would be faster if you are able to drop by our office for the replacement process.
Hopefully this could be able to clear up some of the question.
Thank you.

Dear all,
We are glad to announce Wave 2 Announcement. Kindly refer to the 1st post. It's a MSI SEA program. Hope you all like it!

Dear powerwoot,
Our replacement center will be doing the swapping process while the new B3 unit will available on the shelf in our resellers shop once we make an announcement of stock availability once we get hold of new B3 sets.
Please stay tuned in this thread.

Dear DarkNite,
Why not? The competition are for those who bought B2/B3 motherboards, and ir you are one of them, feel free to give it a try.
(edited as I misinterpreted the content of the MSI Sandybridge Bravo Lucky Draw)

Dear ZzZzz...,
Now you can still purchase the available B1/B2 board off the shelf from reseller, and you get free SATA card once the new B3 motherboard is available for swapping.

Dear alcllee,
Thanks for the support. We will announce in this thread once the new B3 motherboard is available.

This post has been edited by MSI-MY: Mar 2 2011, 03:32 PM

You got PM.

Should be coming very soon. Just hang on a while. Or you can the non B3 set 1st, in order to qualify for the lucky draw and also for the SATA card.

Ok understood your situation. No issue, stay tuned in this thread. We will announce once it's available.

The competition are available for those who bought B2/ B3 MSI Sandybridge motherboards.
Please consider to buy 1st as you get a SATA 6Gbps card ma.
(edited as I misinterpreted the content of the MSI Sandybridge Bravo Lucky Draw)

Dear yinchet,
Sorry to missed out your question.
To identify B3 chipset motherboards, MSI will be renaming all the new SandyBridge motherboards with (B3) attached to the original models. Please refer to the example below:

Sticker on the motherboard to show new B3 stepping motherboard.


The product code sticker on the box will show (B3) at the end.


at the front of the motherboard where the product name is will shown (B3) as well.


The serial number sticker at the back of the motherboard will show (B3) as well.


Or you can download our MSI 6 Series Sata Scan Program to check whether if it's the B3 stepping you got.

More information can be found here:SandyBridge Chipset (B2/B3) Identification of MSI’s 6 Series Mainboards

Thank you.

This post has been edited by MSI-MY: Mar 2 2011, 03:30 PM

UGPM

Dear yinchet,
Thanks thanks.

Dear powerwoot,
It's coming very soon.

This post has been edited by MSI-MY: Mar 2 2011, 10:28 AM

Dear Maxram,
I checked through the T&C, and customer who bought B2/B3 also entitle for the MSI SandyBridge Bravo Luck Draw Contest. But for the SATA 3.0 card only entitled for those who bought B2 and going to swap for B3 motherboards only.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Dear archonixm,
In order to participate in the contest, end user need to register the product at MSI Sandybridge Bravo Contest. Where else the swapping part can be done at the reseller point, but may I know the mobo is purchased from which dealer? As if your location is in Klang Valley, we would recommend to do the swapping at MSI office. Where else, we could arrange the swapping to be done at reseller point.
Please let us know the final decision as we will guide you throughout the swapping process.
Thank you.

Dear archonixm,
Yah, that is our office address. Swapping is done in our office. Yes, please call us at 1300-22-1986 for more information and there might be some slight delay on the SATA card. ETA of the SATA card would be in beginning April. I would recommend that both swapping and redeeming SATA card to be done at once. Please drop us a call when we announce the ready stock of new 'B3' in this thread.
More information can be found at MSI Malaysia Sandy Bridge Replacement Program
Thank you.

Dear all,

We are glad to announce that our distributors have received the shipment of new Sandy Bridge B3 motherboard. The early shipment is due to a favor from Intel by allocating some B3 chipset to us earlier that predicted. Thus as per the initial plan for the shipment to reach our shore on April 2011, the SATA card shipment couldn't make it to Malaysia. This is due to pre-allocation of the SATA card couldn't be allocated to the Multimedia Production Line.

Therefore, MSI customer who is anticipating for our MSI Malaysia Sandy Bridge Swapping Program, we regret to announce that there is a glitch on the SATA card redemption process. Therefore we provide the 3 options as below:
1) Swap new B3 motherboard first and we will courier out the SATA card by PosLaju to end user once we get hold of the stock of SATA Card.
2) Swap new B3 motherboard first. Then drop by to MSI Malaysia Office once again to collect the SATA Card upon stock arrival.
3) Swap new B3 motherboard and the SATA Card together in April 2011 once we get hold of the stock of SATA Card.

However for all the options above, please do take note that end user are required to call MSI Malaysia at 1300-22-1986 two working days before dropping by to our office to ease the allocation process.


Lastly, we would like to apologise to all MSI Sandy Bridge users for the inconvenience caused due to the early shipment of the new B3 mainboard.

Thank you.

Dear Maxram,
I think PC Depot in Prai has it. But to make sure, please drop them a call 1st.
Thank you.


Dear Skidd Chong,
Sorry as not sure which shop in Digital Mall has it. But you are able to find the MSI B3 motherboards in Low Yat.

This post has been edited by MSI-MY: Mar 4 2011, 09:56 PM

Dear Zakov,
If you are around Klang Valley, I would advise you would be able to drop by our office. Feel free to drop us a call 1st.
But for the time being, the SATA 6Gbps card is not here yet. ETA should be around April. You can opt to wait for it until the SATA card is here then only proceed for the swap.
Thank you.