AVADirect Responds to Intel Sandy Bridge Chipset Flaw
AVADirect sent us an e-mail with their response to the Intel Sandy Bridge Chipset flaw that we wanted to pass along to our readers. The press release talks about the problem, but fails to mention what current customers should do with their flawed Sandy Bridge systems!
Intel disclosed yesterday that a flaw has been discovered on a support processor that correlates with SATA port functionality on Intel’s Sandy Bridge based motherboards. This issue will not be affective immediately, rather the course of weeks, months, or years depending on different variables. The code-named Cougar Point support chip is mainly responsible for full functionality of all SATA devices, whether the device be a storage or optical drive. The Sandy Bridge processors have been unaffected by this motherboard chipset flaw. Besides Sandy Bridge, no other components relevant to the chipset are impacted by the flaw discovered by Intel. Intel has already begun a campaign to correct the issue for end-users and OEMs throughout the world. Intel discontinued and seized all production of current affected motherboards shipped after January 9th, 2011. Production on a support chip that does not feature this data-transfer rate flaw is in motion. Intel expects to ship revised chipsets by end of February and to fully recover by the beginning of April.
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