Intel announced yesterday that it had discovered a design flaw that affects its Intel 6 Series (code-named Cougar Point) chipsets.
The chip-maker said it has implemented a silicon fix for the problem. 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 HDDs and DVD drives.
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Intel is doing a first-class job of handling the communications about this problem. They will have a new chipset to my MB manufacturer as soon as possible, who will send me an RMA shipping label so that I will suffer no expense. Swapping motherboards is easy for me, and my system is working fine as I have taken the HDs off of the SATA2 ports.
I have the Newegg notice informing me of the situation and that they will contact me when the replacement board is in.
Kudos to Newegg, and Intel for the way they are professionally handling this.
Although, I wish Gigabyte had written me as well to explain how they will be handling the boards.
I guess Intel really DID learn from the faulty Pentium chip rounding-error fiasco. Kudos to Intel for actually learning from their mistakes, unlike most big companies out there... AT&T, you paying any attention?
