It is all a grey area at the moment, it is just something where we all have to wait and find out (boring I know). - People are panicking and create rumours out of nothing, let’s just wait for the official press release and we can see from there, assuming things isn't helping anyone at all.
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Id wait for them to come down in price if you wanna grab a barginwhich they will inevtably happen to get rid of stock although you will prob have to agree that your buying a half faulty product.
That's not a bad plan, I'm just a really impatient person... I don't suppose any of these reduced boards will be sold through retail though will they? They'll probably appear on an auction site.
I'm looking at the Asus Pro board, 4 SATA ports are enough for me.
The no downtime in all honesty I seriously doubt this, I actually mentioned this to Intel last night and they simply said in regards to downtime for end users there will be *NO* compensation and made it clear anyone trying to get such compensation would loose. It might be harsh but I guess at the same time they know most people will cry wolf if they think they are gonna get some money for doing so and Intel also know that any serious business user will be un-affected as Sandybridge is not available in server platform.
But lets wait and see I am sure the motherboard manufacturers will be looking at the fastest and most hassle free process available.
What I would recommend is that all Sandybridge owners register their mainboards with the manufacturers if this is an option and keep an eye on motherboard manufacturer websites.
Is the sale return an offer of refund or just exchange and is that for all makes of motherbords thats affected by the faulty chip ?
Is it wrong that I'm still tempted to buy one of these boards?
Not at all, this would have no impact on me buying one at all. This issue would never effect myself and as such I'd not care at all about it. At the same time those who are worried, well we got plenty of the older 1156 and 1366 kit available.
Lets wait and see, I suspect there will be multiple options but we will probably have to wait until after Chinese New Year for all the answers. As it stands now use your system as normal.
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Is it wrong that I'm still tempted to buy one of these boards?
your not the only one, i'm "trying" to wait till April for a new cpu stepping, yet ive had the kit in my basket a number of times allready, even today. "potentially" iffy Sata ports don't bother me, thats what warranties are for.
your not the only one, i'm "trying" to wait till April for a new cpu stepping, yet ive had the kit in my basket a number of times allready, even today. "potentially" iffy Sata ports don't bother me, thats what warranties are for.
Thats my personal view on it as well, I'd read it and move on, its certainly not worth all this panic when the chances are it will never effect them.
Thanks Gibbo will wait for the info now.
Not at all, this would have no impact on me buying one at all. This issue would never effect myself and as such I'd not care at all about it. At the same time those who are worried, well we got plenty of the older 1156 and 1366 kit available.
This is where I kind of agree with you keeping them on sale. Every competing site seems to have removed them, some have even removed the SB CPUs as well
your not the only one, i'm "trying" to wait till April for a new cpu stepping, yet ive had the kit in my basket a number of times allready, even today. "potentially" iffy Sata ports don't bother me, thats what warranties are for.
Agreed
What's this CPU stepping business? Is it just another chipset revision?
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I realise this is a hypothetical question as there is no definite action plan yet but if the boards are to be replaced with like for like or alternatives, how are purchases of the overclocked bundles likely to be affected by this in terms of the guaranteed overclock.
This is where I kind of agree with you keeping them on sale. Every competing site seems to have removed them, some have even removed the SB CPUs as well
Agreed
What's this CPU stepping business? Is it just another chipset revision?
That was the case, but I've seen two sites now put boards and CPU's back up for sale, talk about confusion.
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Remember SATA III ports are fine as are ports 0 and 1. Just 2-5 are affected.
Then if you need more, just buy a cheap SATA card, they are like £15-£30.
Then remember press makes something seem far worse than it is, if Intel had to increases voltages and temperatures to get this problem to show itself I doubt most end users will witness the issue.
Gibbo,
With respect, you can't expect someone thats spent say £200 on the top of the range board, to go out and spend an additional 15-30 quid on a controller card. Its like buying a car as I said, and only being able to use the first three gears.
Yes it only MAY be a problem but at the end of the day, what happens if a year down the line when the warranty has expired it goes faulty - I don't see ocuk accepting a return then.
Presumably the boards will go back to ocuk? We built a SB system for a friend, though he's seriously tempted to DSR it now
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Because of something he read on the internet or because of problems he has personally experienced?
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Most boards have a 3 year warranty so check before you buy
If a manufacturer issues a recall you will be dealing with the manufacturer not the reseller as the manufacturer will be setup to swap/repair in the quickest time possible, the reseller can't do this as the reseller is not a manufacturer and the manufacturer will have new B3 revision before resellers do.
Also were not expecting customers to buy a controller card but as there is no immediate fix it is an *OPTION* not a *MUST*
Also its nothing like buying a car and not been able to use the first 3 gears as that would make a car un-usable. Sandybridge systems are still fully usable and this issue will only effect a very small percentage of users. Wheras a car that did not have its first three gears working would effect every customer hugely. So sorry but its nothing like having a car where you can't use the three gears.
OcUK will honor the warranty period and all motherboards have 2 or more years warranty.
Assuming it's way too early to find out if this will be an advance replacement program ( send us a new board, then we send them the old one back )?
Probably worth your while encouraging this since otherwise it's probably in your customers best interests to order a new board then ask for a refund on the old one.
Probably worth your while encouraging this since otherwise it's probably in your customers best interests to order a new board then ask for a refund on the old one.
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