Sandybridge Chipset Design Flaw and Recall- MUST READ

[repilce]

yes it will but you MUST entire bios on the new board before you ever let it try to boot and enable the raid function, or it could break your array

 

[henrikloev]

Buy this motherboard now?

Hello,

I want to buy a new system now, and the processor in mind is the i5, hence i need the Sandy Bridge motherboard.

My question is, given I know for sure, that I will never be using other ports than the two SATA 3, 6Gb/s, will I then have to change motherboard in april when the replacements are released? Or am I just fine, as I dont use the affected ports?

If the aswer to the upper question is yes, I will have to change in april, then are there any replacement, another motherboard I can purchase which has no flaws suiting the i5? Or any other recommendations?

/Henrik

 

[discman]

I have and affected mother board, but I don't plan on changing it out. Actually I turned them off in the bios. or (UEFI) because I don't need them. plus it's getting replaced eventually by faster Sata's in the future anyhow. So unless you need those ports, get a new system now. - Just my opinion

 

[EarthDog]

Hello,

I want to buy a new system now, and the processor in mind is the i5, hence i need the Sandy Bridge motherboard.

My question is, given I know for sure, that I will never be using other ports than the two SATA 3, 6Gb/s, will I then have to change motherboard in april when the replacements are released? Or am I just fine, as I dont use the affected ports?

If the aswer to the upper question is yes, I will have to change in april, then are there any replacement, another motherboard I can purchase which has no flaws suiting the i5? Or any other recommendations?

/Henrik

All the boards out now are flawed. its in the chipset. With that said, since you are not using the affected ports, there is no worry to buy now IF you can find a motherboard.

 

[turbohans]

yes it will but you MUST entire bios on the new board before you ever let it try to boot and enable the raid function, or it could break your array

hmmmm ok, so just go into bios and set it as raid. sound like a plan thx man

No biggie if I lose it, just got some VMware 7 and now I'm thinking about switching to Linux hehe

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

Hello,

I want to buy a new system now, and the processor in mind is the i5, hence i need the Sandy Bridge motherboard.

My question is, given I know for sure, that I will never be using other ports than the two SATA 3, 6Gb/s, will I then have to change motherboard in april when the replacements are released? Or am I just fine, as I dont use the affected ports?

If the aswer to the upper question is yes, I will have to change in april, then are there any replacement, another motherboard I can purchase which has no flaws suiting the i5? Or any other recommendations?

/Henrik

The problem is only the SATA 2.0 ports. If you disable them or are not running anything off from the SATA 2.0 port they you wouldn’t be affected by the issue at all. There are some system manufacturers who have been given the go ahead from Intel® to continue to make products with the old “B2” stepping as long as they insure that nothing is run off from the SATA 2.0 ports.
Intel would prefer that you return any board that you might have with the “B2” on it if only to get a board that there is no chance of having a problem with. For your Information you should start to see the new “B3” stepping boards hitting the market by mid-March.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[DaveHCYJ]

The problem is only the SATA 2.0 ports. If you disable them or are not running anything off from the SATA 2.0 port they you wouldn’t be affected by the issue at all. There are some system manufacturers who have been given the go ahead from Intel® to continue to make products with the old “B2” stepping as long as they insure that nothing is run off from the SATA 2.0 ports.
Intel would prefer that you return any board that you might have with the “B2” on it if only to get a board that there is no chance of having a problem with. For your Information you should start to see the new “B3” stepping boards hitting the market by mid-March.
Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Great news. Thanks for the update.

Any word on Z68 chipset boards or when they will be released?

 

[repilce]

hmmmm ok, so just go into bios and set it as raid. sound like a plan thx man

No biggie if I lose it, just got some VMware 7 and now I'm thinking about switching to Linux hehe

Well as i'm sure you know, there's always that random chance that you could.

Be it from some other factor or what not, if all your stuff is going to be the same (replacement board), it shouldnt be an issue, but I would recommend using some sort of backup software to backup your raid image.

I do this with my raid0 with acronis true image (very easy to use and versitle software), and use it to backup to a partion on my storage drive.

Just in case one of my raptors takes a crap.

 

[retsgtcas]

I found this:
http://www.amazon.de/ASUS-P8P67-EVO...1_3?ie=UTF8&s=computers&qid=1298828293&sr=8-3

And my question is this:

If I only run my my two HDs and DVD from the light blue SATA ports, I can bypass the troubles this boards are having and I can enjoy a nice new 2500k right?

 

[hokiealumnus]

If you only run your two HDDs and DVD from SATA 6Gb/s ports, you will bypass the troubles. Can't tell from those photos which are which. If you run any of the on SATA II ports, it's possible performance will degrade over time.

 

[repilce]

I stuck myself out there and are running my storage and media drive off the SATAII ports


we shall see

 

[doz]

Ive been running drive off of them since the beginning before the recall was announced. Its only a couple months, dont be so scared

 

[hokiealumnus]

I have an ASRock P67 Extreme 6 in review right now. It's quite impressive, especially for the price. It should be published sometime next week.

Great! I can't wait to read it!!

Just published, hope you like it.

 

[dudleycpa]

Just published, hope you like it.

Thank You Sir! Great Review.

 

[hokiealumnus]

Thanks!

 

[HaVoK C89]

Thanks!

Yea man great job with the review! Loved it and want the board so badly lol.

Btw, read around on a coupla company websites (gigabyte and asrock lol) and they're saying in their news sections that they are shipping the B3 boards out to retailers now....maybe we will see them as soon as the end of the week in stock? And by in stock I mean blink and you've missed your chance pretty much lol.

 

[Lutsk]

Just published, hope you like it.

So why getting this instead of asus p8p67 deluxe I ask?
Only did a quick reading as I don't have much time on my hands.

 

[hokiealumnus]

No particular reason other than ASRock sent me one and ASUS didn't. We'll be working on getting more boards in the future. Good things are coming on the GPU front right now, but no more boards are on-hand at this time. We'll bring more to you as we get them, rest assured.

 

[DR DEUCE]

I found a p67 biostar h67 biostar and a p67 msi on newegg.is this it? Are they coming out?

 

[DaveHCYJ]

I found a p67 biostar h67 biostar and a p67 msi on newegg.is this it? Are they coming out?

It does look like its the begining of the end for the dry spell.