i though only reviewers received the A revision chipset and that all consumer boards where based on the B revision?
This is why you ALWAYS wait till the second stepping CPU's and chipsets are out before buying a all new platform. If you live by this rule your life will be ALOT easier, and its not like it takes more than 6 months after launch to get to the second stepping so its worth waiting. At least this is what i have learned from my years of buying PC's(first PC i owned was a 486)
Mine says revision 9...?
Please click on the SouthBridge in Device Description, that's CPU you got there
/edit: Try with the latest beta on their web site...
@Hogan773
Well there is already two of us, Asus P67 Pro also with the Rev. A (if you look at the voters profile, that's why I made this vote public).
Please click on the SouthBridge in Device Description, that's CPU you got there
/edit: Try with the latest beta on their web site...
@Hogan773
Well there is already two of us, Asus P67 Pro also with the Rev. A (if you look at the voters profile, that's why I made this vote public).
Northbridge and Southbridge are both in numbers...hmm.
cat hwinfo.log | grep -A10 SATA
25: PCI 1f.2: 0106 SATA controller (AHCI 1.0)
[Created at pci.318]
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1f.2
Hardware Class: storage
Model: "Intel SATA controller"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x1c02
SubVendor: pci 0x1458 "Giga-byte Technology"
SubDevice: pci 0xb005
[b]Revision: 0x04[/b]
Driver: "ahci"
Driver Modules: "ahci"
I/O Ports: 0xfe00-0xfe07 (rw)
I/O Ports: 0xfd00-0xfd03 (rw)
I/O Ports: 0xfc00-0xfc07 (rw)
Sorry if this has been answered, but if I just stick with the 6Gbps ports and buy a SATA add on controller card wouldn't that be a solution to not having to deal with tearing out my motherboard?
I think the retailers should give people the option of either full free RMA for a fixed board when they come out, or get a $25-$50 cash rebate (covered by Intel) to make up for having paid for something you don't get or is hobbled, or a free add on card to restore the functionality.
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Intel regrets using cheese in the SATA controller area of the chipset.
What kind of defect would cause this? Manufacturing?
I could definitely go for the free add-on card option, as I don't really want to rip out my tidy new install.
Bad idea. The reason I say that is because if it effects the SATA port area of the chips then it could also start to effect other areas as time goes on. I don't think this was a re-design of that part of the chip but instead is a change at the fab to correct something in manufacturing.
Just be glad they caught it now and not 6 months from now.
Yes. And keep in mind that if you have a Marvell SATA III (6 Gbps) controller it is not meant for optical drives, only data drives. So one thing to keep in mind when deciding what to do. That might be what I do since I can't think of anything else I plan on using the expansion slot for at the moment and I'm not using the 3Gbps ports right now anyway. It sticks in my craw a little bit that my new motherboard isn't exactly what I paid for but all things considered this is NOT the huge deal most people are making it out to be...at least not for me. I think the retailers should give people the option of either full free RMA for a fixed board when they come out, or get a $25-$50 cash rebate (covered by Intel) to make up for having paid for something you don't get or is hobbled, or a free add on card to restore the functionality.
My guess is people who bought less expensive boards without additional 6Gbps ports and need more ports will go for options 1 or 3 whereas a lot of people who bought more expensive boards and who still have enough available unaffected ports without using the 4 bad ones might just take the cash rebate and be happy.
That's how I'd handle the situation if I were Intel and their partners but what do I know? I'm just an idiot customer who paid full price for beta hardware.