Failure of the 2nd generation "Core i series" compatible chipset, Intel schedule correspondence ahead of time

Intel's new CPU known as the development code name of "Sandy Bridge" released on Sunday, January 9, 2011The chip set "Intel 6" series compatible with "2nd Generation Intel Core" series has a problemWas revealed on February 1st in Japan time, but it became clear that Intel will move forward the correspondence ahead of schedule.

It is a pleasure to be able to respond promptly as it was a large-scale malfunction, such as all PCs that adopted this chipset are subject to collection and exchange.

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Intel Provides Update on Support Chip Design Issue

According to Intel 's press release, the company announced that it will ship the "Intel 6" series which fixed the defect initially in late February, but it is said that it will start in the middle of February.

The problem is that there is a problem with the serial ATA port of the same chipset, and as time goes by, the performance drops and there is a possibility that it may affect the connected HDD and optical drive. The CPU itself is not affected.

Also, regarding the version of the "Intel 6" series that has not corrected the problem, resuming shipment for a specific machine that adopts a system configuration that is not affected by this problem, in consultation with a PC maker It is said that it is.

Although it is unknown how much time lag will occur between the fact that the chipset with the defects corrected in the middle of February is shipped and the actual return and exchange of the main part of the personal computer and the motherboard, it will be unknown, but the user can not use the personal computer I would like you to keep time as short as possible.