The Anandtech article makes it pretty clear that the faulty transistor is
legacy design from earlier chipsets and doesn't even matter so they just
switched it off in the revised chipsets to solve the problem. Since this
is a hardware issue they probably can't fix it with a BIOS revision which
is why they've stopped selling them. Funny thing is that it's the revision
B chips that are faulty but the revision A's had no such problem. Also,
Intel could only replicate the problem in an oven at high voltage to
simulate use over years of time. Probably not a biggy for us desktop
enthusiast's why upgrade regularly. Duncan, don't get one of these boards.
Ok? LOL
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:49:04 -0600, FORC5 <[email protected]> wrote:
not sure what to do but since this build will put two SSD's on the 6gb
ports and one DVD on the 3gb ports, should not be a problem.(HOPE) DVD
does not get used much. DO not know if that matters. I wonder if they
will come out with a bios update to lower the voltage.
Random thinking.
FP
At 05:07 AM 2/1/2011, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with:
I keep reading that some h67 boards may not be affected. Howeer, I
don't understand how that could be.
On 1/31/2011 12:09 PM, FORC5 wrote:
anyway to tell the defective part by date or number ?
just received a i5-2500K
should contact newegg maybe and just order a replacement ? not even
mounted yet.
The one and only time I ever jumped off the fence early.<:-|
fp
At 10:03 AM 1/31/2011, JRS Poked the stick with:
If you just purchased a system powered by Intel's Core i5 or i7
chipset, get
ready for a return or repair.
Intel has a chipset issue that affects the launch of Sandy Bridge.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/intel-hit-with-chipset-design-flaw-in-sandy-bridge-rollout/44257
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