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    Sandy bridge cougar point issues and Dell's response

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by spawn782, Jan 31, 2011.

  1. spawn782

    spawn782 Notebook Consultant

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    spawn782, Jan 31, 2011
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  2. Thaenatos

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    That is unfortunate.
     
    Thaenatos, Jan 31, 2011
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    intel news for 01/31/2011

    Intel Corporation has discovered a design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel® 6 Series, and has implemented a silicon fix. The Second Generation Core i7 quad core based systems have this design issue. Intel has corrected the design issue, and has begun manufacturing a new version of the support chip which will resolve the issue. The company expects to begin delivering the updated version of the chipset to customers in late February and expects full volume recovery in April.
     
    RobbyMA, Jan 31, 2011
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    Your title is misleading, it has nothing to do with the CPUs. The CPUs are just fine, and aren't being recalled. It's just the chipsets, specifically ports 2-5 on the SATA controller. Some laptop models, ones with only 2 SATA channels (HDD + ODD w/o eSATA, or HDD + eSATA w/o ODD), won't even be affected by this.
     
    seeker_moc, Feb 4, 2011
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    Any more news on this guys? When are the new chipsets coming for Dell?
     
    gosman, Feb 15, 2011
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    BatBoy, Feb 15, 2011
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