Intel Identifies Sandy Bridge Chipset Design Error, All Shipments Stopped

[Taskforce]

You know i think its about time they start making motherboards with sockets for chipsets along with unlimited CPU bandwidth, that way when its time to upgrade we wont have to buy a whole new board with practically the same features.

 

[virtue]

i blame will.i.am

 

[cadaveca]

I think the whole 3-year thing is due to most mobo's having a 3-year warranty..so within the board's warranty, it wil lfail, and as time goes on, the chances of failure are greater...so at the end, there may be a very high percentage of boards that fail.


5% isn't bad, most manufacturing is about 10%, AFAIK, so well within norms. It's the increasing percentage over time that is the problem, IMHO.

 

[Zen_]

Intel told Anandtech regarding the frequency of the flaw: "over 3 years of use it would see a failure rate of approximately 5 - 15% depending on usage model." If the issue does manifest itself, you will experience slower read and write performance, but data integrity, according to Intel, won't be an issue.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20030052-1.html#ixzz1Cf8r0uRE

Don't know whether I'll exchange my board ASAP or wait for the ports to die...it's so annoying RMA'ing a vital component and not having a computer for over a week.

Also, I just noticed newegg has deactivated ALL socket 1155 motherboards, if someone hasn't posted that already.

 

[cdawall]

I think the whole 3-year thing is due to most mobo's having a 3-year warranty..so within the board's warranty, it wil lfail, and as time goes on, the chances of failure are greater...so at the end, there may be a very high percentage of boards that fail.


5% isn't bad, most manufacturing is about 10%, AFAIK, so well within norms. It's the increasing percentage over time that is the problem, IMHO.

thing is we are seeing reports now under heavy use they die. stupid things like i was looking at one of these for my HTPC those drives are almost constantly running as it runs as a DVR as well so yea dead mobo would piss me off.

 

[Psychoholic]

Oh well.. if you dont feel like waiting on the RMA if and when your 3gb ports die, SATA 6GB Drives can be had for as little as 59 bucks these days.

EDIT : Not sure if the Intel 6GB ports are backwards compatible, probably not or they wouldn't have included the 3gb ones.

 

[chevy350]

Micro Center pulled all the 1155 boards as well. Just got off the phone with them to see where I stand "if" something should go wrong. Being I bought it before the defect was found and still under their 30-day warranty I can just bring it back in and get something else. Unfortunately I now only have this 1155 cpu so I'll just swap cable over to the Marvell ports and see what Asus does in the near future and if it ever dies or not.

 

[15th Warlock]

EDIT : Not sure if the Intel 6GB ports are backwards compatible, probably not or they wouldn't have included the 3gb ones.

They are

 

[Dave65]

Why has NewEgg pulled all there SB CPUs also if this is just a motherboard problem?

 

[Jstn7477]

Glad I bought my new laptop (Toshiba A665D-S6091 with AMD P940/M880G/SB850) for a nice price instead of waiting for Sandy Bridge laptops (if those use the same or similar chipset).

 

[..'Ant'..]

Well I'm happy that I didn't upgrade to Sandy Bridge and I was about to also.

 

[Psychoholic]

Hrmm... since they are backwards compatible anyways, why doesnt intel just drop the 3gb ports and use only the 6GB ports, wouldn't that be a pretty simple fix? lol

They are

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Hrmm... since they are backwards compatible anyways, why doesnt intel just drop the 3gb ports and use only the 6GB ports, wouldn't that be a pretty simple fix? lol

Because the controllers aren't mature enough, which is why they have the SATA 2 ports.

 

[xBruce88x]

edit: and that ^

I guess b/c a controller with 6 6GB ports would have cost more than 2 6GB and 4 3GB (or however many..)

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Just switched to sata 6, aside from my samsung making the most alarming noise ever on start up it went fine. Can't tell a dif.

 

[Mussels]

at least the problems only on the boards, and not the CPU's.

 

[btarunr]

at least the problems only on the boards, and not the CPU's.

Yeah, but without the boards, the processors are useless. Every LGA1155 board uses that faulty chipset today. So the entire platform is hit because there's no alternative chipset provider.

 

[Robert-The-Rambler]

Well.....

Being an early adopter is akin to parachuting with just one chute. If it doesn't work you are SOL and stuck waiting for an RMA with an ETA that is TBA.

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

In the pc world everyone is always an early adopter of something or another. Unless you only ever buy year old used parts for your upgrades.

 

[Syborfical]

Intel Epic Fail !!!
So glad I like to wait for second Gen Technology

 

[15th Warlock]

Yeah, but without the boards, the processors are useless. Every LGA1155 board uses that faulty chipset today. So the entire platform is hit because there's no alternative chipset provider.

I have to agree with you, there's no point in continuing to sell processors if all the mobos in the channel have this defect.

Although I love my SB system (I'm yet to see any performance degradation ), and I appreciate Intel's sincerity and the fact that it looks that they're willing to do anything to solve this problem and please their costumers, there's no denying that Intel wouldn't be in this position if manufacturers like VIA, SiS, Nvidia and even Ati weren't out of the Intel chipset business.

Even though some chipsets from those manufacturers were not as fast as Intel chipsets, there would have been a backup platform for SB CPUs.

Now the damage is done, and this has marred what would've otherwise been, one of the most successful hardware launches in recent history.

And even though SB procs are perfectly fine, and the bug itself isn't as crippling as most ppl are trying to make it sound, the fact that SB sales have effectively ended for the time being (both mobos and CPUs) could have been prevented if there were more chipset manufacturers giving ppl different choices to enjoy this new architecture.

In the pc world everyone is always an early adopter of something or another. Unless you only ever buy year old used parts for your upgrades.

Yes, this is the price to pay if you want to be in the bleeding edge of technology, I mean, C'mon, I bet that if ppl saying they are glad they weren't guinea pigs for Intel's new procs would've been offered a free upgrade to a SB system, most of them would've gladly accepted it

 

[Psychoholic]

Heck, i'd still buy one new from newegg.. and slap some 6GB drives in that system and call it a day. They should just keep selling them with some sort of disclaimer.

 

[Deleted member 74752]

I knew something was up after blowing up 7 OS installs in a row lol.

Seriously tho, for those with mb's already in hand don't rush to rma them just yet. I think the one month estimate is wildly optimistic and there is no sense in going without your pc any longer than necessary. Just use the SATA 6.0 Gb's connectors until replacements become widely available...then rma the mb.

 

[Web]

I have no regrets being an 'early adopter' and don't have a problem removing the board(s) for rma when the time comes... shit happens

 

[hv43082]

Freaking a mang. Just sold my i7 mobo and CPU and bought SB combo and now this news. Sigh.