Soldato
The above^ is exactly what I want clarified before even considering Sandybridge upgrade.
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The above^ is exactly what I want clarified before even considering Sandybridge upgrade.
Only your motherboard is affected not the cpu and you will get a replacement april or may time and if all goes to plan they will deliver one to your door and pick up the old board as far as i understand it.
Alright.
Am I right in thinking that the 3GB/S SATA ports are affected. The 6GB/S are fine to use? In that case couldn't I just plug my hard drive into the 6GB/S SATA port on the motherboard?
The P8P67 board I'm using has an additional 2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports by Marvell so in theory I could just plug my hard drive and 2 optical drives into 3 of the 4 SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports and that would be fine?
Would like some clarification on this please!
Soldato
That is correct. The 6GB/s ports are unaffected and work as normal.
That's great to know. If I do swap the hard drive to a 6GB/s port would I need reinstall or reconfigure anything or would the hard drive just work as normal without any data loss or needing to reinstall Windows or anything like that?
I'm hoping it's just a simple plug & play method..
Yes just simple swap over works fine . Did for me on my 2 drives.
The ports that your hard drives / DVD drives plug into are the ones at the front left of the image linked:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/images/...P8P67-EVO/ASUS-P8P67-EVO-Motherboard-SATA.jpg
NO HOTLINKING. Naughty!
The light blue ones are the faulty ones. The white ones are the fastest ( Intel 6Gb ) and the dark blue ( Marvell 6Gb ) are a bit slower.
So use up the white ones first, then the dark blue.
I think a lot of people have read this and are starting to flap over something that tbh if it wasnt for the press release would not have known anything. I bet most peoples system are running without a hitch, and IF it turns out that there is to be a recall etc I'm sure that Overclockers will make sure everyone who bought a board from them is contacted and sorted . Sit back , relax and stop worrying.
The ports that your hard drives / DVD drives plug into are the ones at the front left of the image linked:
The light blue ones are the faulty ones. The white ones are the fastest ( Intel 6Gb ) and the dark blue ( Marvell 6Gb ) are a bit slower.
So use up the white ones first, then the dark blue.
Ah thank you very much for that, makes things a lot simplier.
I'm not too worried now. I'm glad that Intel are doing something about it though and I'm sure OCuk will deal with this well.
storm in a teacup...
I will be purchasing the Sandybridge bundle, i have the utmost faith in OCuk but i believe people are worrying needlessly (feel free to worry though!)
points to note:
it only effects the (P67 & H67) chipset motherbaords
It only effects SATA 3Gbps ports 1-5
there is only a slight chance of you experiecing the issues intel have mentioned(5%)
From what i have been reading the main concern that people have is that they have a stable functioning system.
Most people like me probably have multiple hard disks, the best interm solution is to have the hardisk containing the operating system/bootable partion etc on one of the sata 6Gbps ports and the optical drive on the other 6Gbps port.
That way if you are one of the few to have a problem, you will still have a system that you can boot up and use.
To see if it is the 3Gbps SATA port all you need to do is unplug the optical drive and replace it with the drive in question, that way you can ruleout a harddrisk failure or power supply problem etc.
if your worried about loss of data dont be, a small amount of data may get corrupted if the SATA port fails mid write. (this is no differant then losing power or turning the system off at the mains, instead of a gracefull shut down, if your one of those people that sometimes turns off the system as its taking too long to shutdown, they your probably not to worried about ata being corrupted mid write
If your data is that important you should be backing it up anyway.
There are work arounds if you still worried about it they purchase a seperate SATA controller.
For all of you still worried about having faulty goods, dont be, the sales of good act states that a retailer, can either replace or repair the item in question. And i have absolutely no doubt that OCuk will do the right thing as soon as the motherboard manufacturers get the replacemnt/repair sorted out, OCUK will pass it on to the customers.
It is not as if the motherboard is going to catch fire now is it, its just one component on board not working 100%
If it was a new car with something not working 100% and not life threatening, then the garage would repair or replace the part in question. They may need too order the correct part from manufacturer or wait till the new part is made. In the meantime the car is most likely road worthy, it may stall it may stop, you will be told what you can do to reduce the impact of this happening.
Faulty components suck, its not the end of the world though.. that apparently is 2012
I will be purchasing the Sandybridge bundle, i have the utmost faith in OCuk but i believe people are worrying needlessly (feel free to worry though!)
points to note:
it only effects the (P67 & H67) chipset motherbaords
It only effects SATA 3Gbps ports 1-5
there is only a slight chance of you experiecing the issues intel have mentioned(5%)
From what i have been reading the main concern that people have is that they have a stable functioning system.
Most people like me probably have multiple hard disks, the best interm solution is to have the hardisk containing the operating system/bootable partion etc on one of the sata 6Gbps ports and the optical drive on the other 6Gbps port.
That way if you are one of the few to have a problem, you will still have a system that you can boot up and use.
To see if it is the 3Gbps SATA port all you need to do is unplug the optical drive and replace it with the drive in question, that way you can ruleout a harddrisk failure or power supply problem etc.
if your worried about loss of data dont be, a small amount of data may get corrupted if the SATA port fails mid write. (this is no differant then losing power or turning the system off at the mains, instead of a gracefull shut down, if your one of those people that sometimes turns off the system as its taking too long to shutdown, they your probably not to worried about ata being corrupted mid write
If your data is that important you should be backing it up anyway. There are work arounds if you still worried about it they purchase a seperate SATA controller.
For all of you still worried about having faulty goods, dont be, the sales of good act states that a retailer, can either replace or repair the item in question. And i have absolutely no doubt that OCuk will do the right thing as soon as the motherboard manufacturers get the replacemnt/repair sorted out, OCUK will pass it on to the customers.
It is not as if the motherboard is going to catch fire now is it, its just one component on board not working 100%
If it was a new car with something not working 100% and not life threatening, then the garage would repair or replace the part in question. They may need too order the correct part from manufacturer or wait till the new part is made. In the meantime the car is most likely road worthy, it may stall it may stop, you will be told what you can do to reduce the impact of this happening.
Faulty components suck, its not the end of the world though.. that apparently is 2012
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I will be purchasing the Sandybridge bundle, i have the utmost faith in OCuk but i believe people are worrying needlessly (feel free to worry though!)
points to note:
it only effects the (P67 & H67) chipset motherbaords
It only effects SATA 3Gbps ports 1-5
there is only a slight chance of you experiecing the issues intel have mentioned(5%)
From what i have been reading the main concern that people have is that they have a stable functioning system.
Most people like me probably have multiple hard disks, the best interm solution is to have the hardisk containing the operating system/bootable partion etc on one of the sata 6Gbps ports and the optical drive on the other 6Gbps port.
That way if you are one of the few to have a problem, you will still have a system that you can boot up and use.
To see if it is the 3Gbps SATA port all you need to do is unplug the optical drive and replace it with the drive in question, that way you can ruleout a harddrisk failure or power supply problem etc.
if your worried about loss of data dont be, a small amount of data may get corrupted if the SATA port fails mid write. (this is no differant then losing power or turning the system off at the mains, instead of a gracefull shut down, if your one of those people that sometimes turns off the system as its taking too long to shutdown, they your probably not to worried about ata being corrupted mid write
There are work arounds if you still worried about it they purchase a seperate SATA controller.
For all of you still worried about having faulty goods, dont be, the sales of good act states that a retailer, can either replace or repair the item in question. And i have absolutely no doubt that OCuk will do the right thing as soon as the motherboard manufacturers get the replacemnt/repair sorted out, OCUK will pass it on to the customers.
It is not as if the motherboard is going to catch fire now is it, its just one component on board not working 100%
If it was a new car with something not working 100% and not life threatening, then the garage would repair or replace the part in question. They may need too order the correct part from manufacturer or wait till the new part is made. In the meantime the car is most likely road worthy, it may stall it may stop, you will be told what you can do to reduce the impact of this happening.
Faulty components suck, its not the end of the world though.. that apparently is 2012
Just go and purchase one no need to write a book.
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I really, really hope that's the case. I'm very happy to replace my motherboard with one that is defect free but don't exactly relish having to post it off & wait for a replacement a couple of weeks later.The recall is a no cost option to customers and manufacturers are working on a service of drop B3 board off with customer and collect B2 board, meaning the only downtime is the time it takes end-user to swap their board out.
I'll have a lot of respect for Intel & my mobo manufacturer (MSI) if that is indeed what happens. OTOH I'll be a bit wary of being an early adopter in future if it means having to be without my main PC whilst the board gets replaced...
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jeez, I feel somewhat sorry for Intel, thats a major problem..
Soldato
You shouldn't even have to pay the £10 shipping, it should all be covered for you IMO anyway.
Is anyone else considering not even sending theirs back when the replacements becomes available? Honestly the hassle of doing that, removing the motherboard , taking the cooler off and the CPU out, sending it back and for what, in my case absolutely nothing. I'm never gonna use more than 4 Sata devices and I don't intend upgrading again now for probably 3 years by which time the motherboard won't be worth much anyway so it's not like I'm gonna lose a fortune in resale value if I don't get it changed. Think I might just leave it as it is seeing as it's working fine and not tempt fate, could easily damage something else by swapping the board out
There are some who think like that myself included. I'd say its worth getting it swapped out as you may sell it earlier or maybe need the extra ports but again for some the hassle of dismantling their system is just too much and like you say if the plan is to keep it for 2-3years and your not using more than 4 SATA devices a lot simply won't bother. Then also add in the fact the board has a 3yr warranty as well which means you could send it back to Asus in two year times and they'd still replace it anyway.
Soldato
For the sake of it you might awsell have it swapped out. If your cable manangement is good then pulling it apart should be straight forward.
For MSI owners this has just been posted on techreport
''End users can register their Intel 6 Series notebook or motherboard with MSI by April 30, 2011 at http://us.msi.com/snb_replacement to be eligible for the following options.
1. HM67 gaming notebooks: End users are eligible to receive an upgrade to MSI's next generation gaming notebook upon its availability.
2. P67 and H67 motherboards: End users are eligible for a replacement with the new B3 stepping of the Intel 6 series motherboard when it is available in channel.
3. Shipping: To make the replacement as smooth as possible, MSI will provide end users with a UPS 3 Day shipping label for returns, and will deliver the brand new item by UPS 3 Day shipping, both at no cost.
MSI has also set up an e-mail hotline for all questions about Sandy Bridge motherboard and notebook replacements: [email protected]. The free three-day shipping seems like a particularly nice touch—especially for folks who, for one reason or another, might have trouble getting service from whoever sold them the affected product.''
''End users can register their Intel 6 Series notebook or motherboard with MSI by April 30, 2011 at http://us.msi.com/snb_replacement to be eligible for the following options.
1. HM67 gaming notebooks: End users are eligible to receive an upgrade to MSI's next generation gaming notebook upon its availability.
2. P67 and H67 motherboards: End users are eligible for a replacement with the new B3 stepping of the Intel 6 series motherboard when it is available in channel.
3. Shipping: To make the replacement as smooth as possible, MSI will provide end users with a UPS 3 Day shipping label for returns, and will deliver the brand new item by UPS 3 Day shipping, both at no cost.
MSI has also set up an e-mail hotline for all questions about Sandy Bridge motherboard and notebook replacements: [email protected]. The free three-day shipping seems like a particularly nice touch—especially for folks who, for one reason or another, might have trouble getting service from whoever sold them the affected product.''
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