Gigabyte Talks About Intel 6-series B2 Stepping Flaw – Promises Fix with B3 Stepping
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GIGABYTE sent over an e-mail tonight letting Legit Reviews know that they have received an official announcement from Intel about the 6 series chipset flaw. By know we should all know that the Cougar Point chipset has a design-flaw and that a silicon fix is needed. Intel has learned that in some cases, the Serial-ATA (SATA) ports within the chipsets may degrade over time, potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives. This is not a good thing and both Intel and Gigabyte have halted the shipment of these boards.
Announcements:
- GIGABYTE has stopped shipping and selling all Intel 6 Series B2 stepping chipset based motherboards.
- All GIGABYTE Intel 6 Series B2 stepping chipset based motherboards are being retrieved from our distributors and dealers.
- Any sold GIGABYTE Intel 6 Series B2 stepping chipset based motherboards should be returned and accepted from authorized Gigabyte dealers.
- The new B3 stepping chipset should be available toward the end of February. GIGABYTE will work with Intel closely to make the new motherboards become available to customers sometime in April.
- GIGABYTE will introduce a brand-new 6 Series motherboard line based on the Intel 6 Series B3 stepping chipset.
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