It looks like only Thunderbirds are effected, but it doesn't go into details as to what exactly the problem is, or does. This copied from Cnet News
http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2198230.html?pt.yfin.cat_fin.txt.ne:
<< The bug, which was discovered last week during internal testing, prompts computers containing the chip to "lock up," said a Gateway spokesman. Few computers with the 1-GHz Thunderbird have been shipped to customers, and the problem so far has cropped up with only a certain percentage of computers in the lab, the spokesman added. The company has not yet received reports of defects from customers.
Although the cause of the problem has yet to be determined, Gateway executives said the chip itself is not the likely cause. Instead, the flaw probably results from the overall design of the system or other components.
"It involves the 1-GHz with the Thunderbird. We don't know the cause. We are looking into the problem," the spokesman said. "We think it is a motherboard or power supply issue." >>
http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-2198230.html?pt.yfin.cat_fin.txt.ne:
<< The bug, which was discovered last week during internal testing, prompts computers containing the chip to "lock up," said a Gateway spokesman. Few computers with the 1-GHz Thunderbird have been shipped to customers, and the problem so far has cropped up with only a certain percentage of computers in the lab, the spokesman added. The company has not yet received reports of defects from customers.
Although the cause of the problem has yet to be determined, Gateway executives said the chip itself is not the likely cause. Instead, the flaw probably results from the overall design of the system or other components.
"It involves the 1-GHz with the Thunderbird. We don't know the cause. We are looking into the problem," the spokesman said. "We think it is a motherboard or power supply issue." >>
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