Yeah I read that this morning... Just as I ordered a system to build for my dad too... But I also read that the 6GB ports aren't affected.
Here's more on it: The Source of Intel's Cougar Point SATA Bug - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
In time...so why start to panic? Most of the users will for sure upgrade in 2-3 years, Intel and AMD will take care anyway of that rate of upgrade by inventing new sockets-processors...
Yeah, just use Ports 1 and 2. Those are unaffected by the flaw. You can use Ports 3 through 6 but they just won't last "forever" - probably die in 2-3 years, so if you are one of those who have more than 2 hard disk drives, it would be a good idea to get the motherboard replaced when the new chipset C stepping ships. Most notebooks should not be affected by this problem, but you never know. Some manufacturers may, for some unknown reason, choose to use the affected ports, instead of SATA Port 1 or SATA Port 2. I'm going to avoid buying my replacement notebook until the new motherboards ship in April-May.
BTW, here is Intel's official response - http://forums.techarp.com/news/2629...ipset-design-error-implementing-solution.html
Me too, which is why if I want to upgrade to Sandy Bridge, I will wait until the C stepping chipsets ship. Sure, Intel's going to eventually replace the affected motherboards, but it's going to be a hassle to get the replacement. Better be a little patient and wait for the new stepping.
I bought an ASUS board and ASUS just posted a letter on their site. They seem to be commited to making things right (and the first tier 1 to announce it I think): Proactively responding to the Intel-identified Sandy Bridge chipset design error
I gave up on purchasing the Evo model from Asus and decided to wait a little longer...on almost every site I watch for the components the boards affected became unavailable overnight.
Well, Intel resumed shipments of the affected chipsets with the caveat that the affected ports must not be used. This would be for notebooks since most notebooks only use 1 or 2 ports. That should please Intel shareholders. I also believe notebooks that do not use the affected ports will not be replaced.
You should consider getting a SATA dock. That will allow you to support a lot of hard disk drives without actually powering them up. Just drop one in when you need one - it turns your hard disk drives into very large DVDs! You can even buy docks that support IDE.
i would be very very piss if i bought a product with such flaw..how can a flaw like this get escaped lol
still all the hassle like fix up everything nicely but have to remove again and wasting time, fuel, energy to get it exchange