Sandy Bridge design flaw - Intel halted on NASDAQ - updated 2/8/11.

Zorkorist · Feb 1, 2011

It's a huge deal.

So many people have invested in Sandy Bridge, and were ready to rollout.

Including Intel, of course.

-John

Zorkorist · Feb 1, 2011

mv2devnull said:
Would you be so kind and give a link to cards that do have four SATA2 ports and do provide Intel RAID just like the chipset does?

It'll probably be a Marvel chipset, but there are a billion PCIe sata controllers on the market. Somebody above in this thread posted a $30, after rebate, Highpoint 4 port Sata 6Gb/sec PCIe controller.

-John

Locut0s · Feb 1, 2011

Again Zorkorist what is it you do again? You mentioned you work in the industry.

Dadofamunky · Feb 1, 2011

AdamK47 said:
I feel so sorry for all of you who already bought Sandy Bridge.

Gee Adam, thanks. Spare me. I have a machine that remains at about 90% the level of performance of yours for perhaps - 1/5th? less? - the money. I'm not worried about data corruption, thanks. And I feel sorry for anyone compelled to spend $1000 for a CPU that is already matched by a $300 CPU that many of us already now own. See, it goes both ways.

LiuKangBakinPie · Feb 1, 2011

It still lacks the bandwith of the x58 chipset.
What expansion slots btw

mv2devnull · Feb 1, 2011

mv2devnull said:
Would you be so kind and give a link to cards that do have four SATA2 ports and do provide Intel RAID just like the chipset does?

Zorkorist said:
It'll probably be a Marvel chipset, but there are a billion PCIe sata controllers on the market. Somebody above in this thread posted a $30, after rebate, Highpoint 4 port Sata 6Gb/sec PCIe controller.

Thank you. You did fail to answer my question. None of the devices that you mention does what I did ask for. :thumbsdown:

Zorkorist · Feb 1, 2011

Yeah, pretty princess. I can't promise you that that pea you feel, isn't really a rock.

-John

thilanliyan · Feb 1, 2011

Castiel said:
Had an X6 system, Returned it for a 760 rig which i replaced with SB. X6 couldn't hold a candle to either.

in what metric?

Zorkorist · Feb 1, 2011

LiuKangBakinPie said:
It still lacks the bandwith of the x58 chipset.
What expansion slots btw

x58 and a 9xxx still competes. (which says a lot) Nothing wrong with X58 at the time. Hotest rod on the market, obviously.

-John

kingznake · Feb 1, 2011

Can anyone tell me If the Mobile Intel HM65 Express Chipset is affected by this? I keep hearing P67/H67, but ive also been told that its ALL 2nd Gen i-7 that are affected.

This link here http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/01/31/sandy-bridge-chipsets-3.jpg , states that the Mobile Express HM65 is Cougar point, which means its affected??

F1shF4t · Feb 1, 2011

Zorkorist said:
Ports 0 and 1 on Couger Point, are the 6Gb/sec sata. Laptop manufacturers may well have not have used ports 2-5, the broken 3Gb/sec ports.

-John

On my HP DV7 sandy bridge laptops the port ditribution is as follows:
0 - HDD1
1 - HDD2
2 -
3 -
4 - Optical Drive
5 - eSata port

So if Ports 0-1 are unaffected the worst case scenario is optical drive and esata port stop working.

Zorkorist · Feb 1, 2011

kingznake said:
Can anyone tell me If the Mobile Intel HM65 Express Chipset is affected by this? I keep hearing P67/H67, but ive also been told that its ALL 2nd Gen i-7 that are affected.

This link here http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/01/31/sandy-bridge-chipsets-3.jpg , states that the Mobile Express HM65 is Cougar point, which means its affected??

Yeah, you are affected...

http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?codeName=37529&code=cougar+point

-John

kingznake · Feb 1, 2011

F1shF4t said:
On my HP DV7 sandy bridge laptops the port ditribution is as follows:
0 - HDD1
1 - HDD2
2 -
3 -
4 - Optical Drive
5 - eSata port

So if Ports 0-1 are unaffected the worst case scenario is optical drive and esata port stop working.

Did you pull down your notebook mate? is there anyway i can check this for myself? im parranoid....

Zorkorist · Feb 1, 2011

F1shF4t said:
On my HP DV7 sandy bridge laptops the port ditribution is as follows:
0 - HDD1
1 - HDD2
2 -
3 -
4 - Optical Drive
5 - eSata port

So if Ports 0-1 are unaffected the worst case scenario is optical drive and esata port stop working.

It would help out a lot of Sandy Bridge HP people if you could verify that 0 and 1 are the 6Gb/sec ports.

But yes, my understanding is that 0 & 1 are the 6Gb/sec ports and will not ever have a problem. Your DVD is probably safe on the 3Gb/sec port, and your esata is probably fine too.

-John

richierich1212 · Feb 1, 2011

thilanliyan said:
in what metric?

superpi

F1shF4t · Feb 1, 2011

kingznake said:
Did you pull down your notebook mate? is there anyway i can check this for myself? im parranoid....

Used the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" tool so not sure if its the actual SataIII ports. Will take the back cover off and see if there are any mainboard markings.

Castiel · Feb 1, 2011

thilanliyan said:
in what metric?

Everything.. Especially IPC and memory bandwidth

kingznake · Feb 1, 2011

F1shF4t said:
Used the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" tool so not sure if its the actual SataIII ports. Will take the back cover off and see if there are any mainboard markings.

what do you mean sataIII, why wouldnt it be? The tools says port 0 and 1 for the hdd's, but it doesnt say if its sataIII

kingznake · Feb 1, 2011

F1shF4t said:
Used the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" tool so not sure if its the actual SataIII ports. Will take the back cover off and see if there are any mainboard markings.

Let me know how its goes with the search for markings

Zorkorist · Feb 1, 2011

If you have Cougar Point Chipset, and six sata ports, almost for sure sata 0 and 1 are the 6Gb/sec ports.

-John

kingznake · Feb 1, 2011

I just looked further into the intel rapid storage technology program, and it states that SATA transfer rate is 3Gbps for ports 0 and 1. port 4 which is my optical drive transfer rate is 1.5gbps, so i dont know whats going on.

F1shF4t · Feb 1, 2011

kingznake said:
I just looked further into the intel rapid storage technology program, and it states that SATA transfer rate is 3Gbps for ports 0 and 1. port 4 which is my optical drive transfer rate is 1.5gbps, so i dont know whats going on.

The IRST tool shows the current transfer speed, so you'd need a drive which supports 6Gbps to have it come up as such.

BTW didn't find anything on the mainboard indicating port numbers.

Zorkorist · Feb 1, 2011

Intel Rapid Storage Technology is software, and in general software people don't have the slightest idea about hardware.

Do you have a Sandy Bridge computer? Do you have six sata ports?

If so, port 0, 1 are the 6Gb/sec ports and will not be affected by the Intel recall. Ports 2-5 are the suspect ports.

-John

kingznake · Feb 1, 2011

Zorkorist said:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology is software, and in general software people don't have the slightest idea about hardware.

Do you have a Sandy Bridge computer? Do you have six sata ports?

If so, port 0, 1 are the 6Gb/sec ports and will not be affected by the Intel recall. Ports 2-5 are the suspect ports.

-John

Yes, i do have a sandy bridge computer, but i wouldnt know how many sata ports i have because its a laptop and its an enclosed unit.

Zorkorist · Feb 1, 2011

kingznake said:
Yes, i do have a sandy bridge computer, but i wouldnt know how many sata ports i have because its a laptop and its an enclosed unit.

How many ports does BIOS show you?

-John

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