Intel Discovers Bug in 6-Series Chipset

[Lloyd_mcse]

Intel Discovers Bug in 6-Series Chipset - Source

In our Sandy Bridge review I pointed out that Intel was unfortunately very conservative in one area of the platform: its chipset. Although the 6-series chipset finally brought native 6Gbps SATA to Intel platforms it failed to fix issues with 23.976 fps video playback. Intel also failed to deliver a chipset that can support SNB's processor graphics as well as overclocking. Today, things just got even more disappointing.
Intel just announced that it has identified a bug in the 6-series chipset, specifically in its SATA controller. Intel states that "In some cases, the Serial-ATA (SATA) ports within the chipsets may degrade over time, potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives.".

[Lloyd_mcse]

Outcasst have you found out anything more about this?

[Outcasst]

Yes mate, Looks like 5-15% of boards are affected. Only the SATAII ports are affected though, however those are the ones I use since the SATAIII does not support RAID.

Looks like I will have to return my board some time in April when they get the new chipsets out in the market.

A note for your shop though, all manufacturer's have advised etailers to stop selling the P67 and H67 boards until they can confirm they get the B3 stepping of the chipset.

[Lloyd_mcse]

Dam, that's a nightmare.
Yeah that was my concern, I'll email my motherboard suppliers in a min see what they are doing about it.

[Lloyd_mcse]

Replacement Program - http://www.anandtech.com/show/4154/a...ement-programs

[Outcasst]

Only for the US so far.

[Outcasst]

Aria.co.uk now have the B3 revision of my motherboard in stock, so I will more than likely be sending mine back for an exchange sometime next week.