Intel finder fejl i nyt chipsæt

Kokken (2) skrev:

I det mindste gør de da noget for at begrænse skaden/fejlen, det er da altid noget.

Anandtech skrev:

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I just got off the phone with Intel’s Steve Smith (VP and Director of Intel Client PC Operations and Enabling) and got some more detail on this morning’s 6-series chipset/SATA bug. Cougar Point (Intel’s 6-series chipsets: H67/P67) has two sets of SATA ports: four that support 3Gbps operation, and two that support 6Gbps operation. Each set of ports requires its own PLL source. The problem in the chipset was traced back to a transistor in the 3Gbps PLL clocking tree. The aforementioned transistor has a very thin gate oxide, which allows you to turn it on with a very low voltage. Unfortunately in this case Intel biased the transistor with too high of a voltage, resulting in higher than expected leakage current. Depending on the physical characteristics of the transistor the leakage current here can increase over time which can ultimately result in this failure on the 3Gbps ports. The fact that the 3Gbps and 6Gbps circuits have their own independent clocking trees is what ensures that this problem is limited to only ports 2 - 5 off the controller.

Intel has already halted production of its 6-series chipsets and will begin shipping fixed versions of the chipset in late February. You can expect motherboard shortages through March at least. Intel hopes to be able to meet demand by April.

Tech Report says that whilst SOME fixed chipsets will come out from the end of February, the bulk shipment is in April - and that's before it gets put onto motherboards and shipped out to customers. In effect this is a Sandy Bridge platform delay until May. Those initial fixed chipsets are probably going to go to to OEMs first. Basically Sandy Bridge is NO GO until May for most OEMs.

Nyheden skrev:

...Heriblandt Apple...

SlettetBruger (12) skrev:

Nogen der kan komme med en god "Derfor køber man AMD" Trollcookie til Terra? :)

Decipher (11) skrev:

Det kan godt være, at det er mig, der er fat'svag - men er det ALLE boards med P67/H67 eller er det kun nogle af dem? Har lige købt et P67 i forrige uge ... nitte at man ikke engang kan checke om det er fejlbehæftet, og ikke kan få nogen information om, hvordan man får det byttet uden beregning hvis det ér fejlbehæftet. Er jo fx ikke helt vild efter at skulle betale fragt igen.