Go easy on the panic. April will be back to full distribution. Primary focus right now is replace what made it to market now. There will be parts available, just choose wisely. And if you're going to buy an Intel branded board make sure you buy from an Intel Authorized reseller so if you have a problem you can get it taken care of easily.
FWIW, Newegg is NOT an authorized reseller. The majority of their Intel product is grey market. That be all, Mr O. --- On Tue, 2/1/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [Eug-lug] Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset recall > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 4:09 AM > Intel announces Sandy Bridge chipset > recall > > Stop all sales! Silicon problem can't be patched. > > Intel says it won't be until April when fixed update of the > Sandy Bridge chipset will be fully available. Of course, > then it will be some time for motherboard vendors to > manufacturer/ship new system boards, and then some time for > system builders to build/ship new PCs. > > After major time investment in hardware shopping research > this last week, I planned to buy a new i7 Core Sandy Bridge > based PC this weekend. > > So now I have to decide to wait or buy two year old > computer technology. > > Now I think I'll just roll...ur, I mean build my own. Or > maybe both. > > http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-032263.htm > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
