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Sandy Bridge chipset problem.
on: January 31, 2011, 17:13:34 PM
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=20789
Make of it what you will but must be pretty serious if Intel is putting it's hand up .
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Re: Sandy Bridge chipset problem.
Reply #1 on: January 31, 2011, 17:23:05 PM
It's not that big a deal, but it looks like they are doing the smartest thing possible, getting it sorted as early as possible before the majority of units are sold. Good on them, rather than trying to sweep the issue under the carpet.
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Reply #2 on: January 31, 2011, 18:17:13 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on January 31, 2011, 17:23:05 PM
It's not that big a deal, but it looks like they are doing the smartest thing possible, getting it sorted as early as possible before the majority of units are sold. Good on them, rather than trying to sweep the issue under the carpet.
Recalls may happen though.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/31/intel-finds-sandy-bridge-chipset-design-flaw-shipments-stopped/
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Re: Sandy Bridge chipset problem.
Reply #3 on: January 31, 2011, 21:39:12 PM
Guess upgrading my gaming comp will have to wait I was planning to order a new chip, mobo and Ram towards the end of February, they are expecting there to be shortages of updated mobo’s till March/April.  :'(

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4142/intel-discovers-bug-in-6series-chipset-begins-recall

Do think Intel need applauding for the way they are handling this so far, they are estimating over 3 years of use it would see a failure rate of approximately 5 - 15%, which to me seems quite low given the time frame, but I guess they don’t want to risk being sued again after just paying out $1 ½ billion to Nvidia  :lol:
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Re: Sandy Bridge chipset problem.
Reply #4 on: February 01, 2011, 00:34:27 AM
if they have found one bug this fast could there be others not yet found ?
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Re: Sandy Bridge chipset problem.
Reply #5 on: February 01, 2011, 09:12:54 AM
Oh well, at least it's not going to fail imminently :heehaw:
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