Is the chipset intel problem a real problem?

[bardo]

Hello , I am a graphic designer working with 3d,video and animations. Im looking to build a new machine and my reseller suggest me to buy the latest Asus motherboard (P8P67delux ) . Now im reading that there are some problems in the latest mother board but my reseller he says that this problem is going to affect 2 ports that im never going to use.
Any suggerstions?
p.s. i really dont know too much about hardwares.
Cheers Marsio

 

[dawp]

yes, it's a real problem. it effects the sataII ports on the intel chipset and not the sataIII ports. if you are not going to use the sataII ports then it will not be an issue. and you will be able to exchange the board later when the updated chipset comes out around april at no cost to you.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Intel would not halt all the production and delivery of product with their chipsets in them, which could end up costing them a billion dollars to fix (maybe less), if they did not consider it a real problem.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I can't find any LGA1155 motherboards in retail stores around me. Either they are all selling like hotcakes, or they all got pulled. I think they all got pulled until this issue is resolved.

 

[Vette73]

Nope not a problem at all, intel just wanted to blow 1 BILLION dollars and they did not have time for a Vegas trip.


Yes its a real problem. Either get a 8xx series chipset board and build a AMD system or wait for the non-flawed Z68 chipset and build a Intel system.

 

[Dark Shroud]

The SATA 3GB ports can degrade over time and break. This will affect 5%-15% of board owners. The SATA 6GB ports are not affected. I have my hard drives pluged into the SATA 6GB ports and my drives plugged into the others. A SATA add-on card is a work around for this problem.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

WEll it sucks as I decided to take the plunge this weekend but couldn't find a freaking motherboard anywhere.

 

[eddietandy]

The SATA 3GB ports can degrade over time and break. This will affect 5%-15% of board owners. The SATA 6GB ports are not affected. I have my hard drives pluged into the SATA 6GB ports and my drives plugged into the others. A SATA add-on card is a work around for this problem.

My impression is that this would affect more like 100% of board owners using SATA II ports... eventually. Depends on how fast you burn through the faulty component, but every board has the flaw.

 

[Twsmit]

It's a real problem, but shouldn't affect 99% of end users in the short term. Availability of P67 boards is pretty scarce right now, so I doubt the OP will even be able to buy one.

However if the OP manages to get their hands on a board there should be no problem using it until it's replaced by the manufacturer in March or April.

 

[Melor]

I just returned a P8P67Pro MB today. It may be me, but I thought it was a bit slow on the DVD and Bluray drives. They were the only drives connected to the effected ports. All the other ports were populated with hard drives so I had to use the bad ports.

Paul

 

[tech960]

I have 2 raids running on the SATA II ports, so far no issues.. I'm guessing its going to take some time to fail

 

[sxr7171]

Ok. I'm glad Intel handled this the way they did. However, this may not affect many systems. It just means you have 2 working SATA ports instead of 8. This might not matter to someone who uses a NAS or otherwise can make do with the space offered by 2 HDDs. It also doesn't stop someone from buying an inexpensive PCI-E SATA card if and when they should need it.

 

[sandorski]

Only a problem for the User if they use the SATA 2 ports. I wouldn't pay Full price for such a Mobo or have to deal with replacing it in a month or so, but then again I never buy Intel so that's easy for me to say.