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1 May, the United States on Monday, Intel Corporation officially announced in early January this year, just with Sandy Bridge Series “second-generation Core architecture processors’ launch of the 6 series chipset (codenamed Cougar Point) found a design problem. Although Intel has designed the chip level that has been amended, but the revised version of the chipset in the new pre-market, Intel has decided to suspend all around the world 6 series chipset shipments.
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The chipset in question covers all Couger Point products, including P67, H67, and other sections of the mobile, commercial model. Intel’s official description of the problem exists in the SATA controller modules, “In some cases, SATA interface degradation may occur over time status, affect the hard disk, DVD drive SATA devices such as the performance.”
In the ensuing conference call on a special, Intel further explained that this problem exists in the circuit design 6 series chipset provides four SATA 3Gbps interface, specifically the interface circuit in a PLL clock tree transistors. The very low voltage transistor can only switch, but for its Intel imposed in the design of high voltage, resulting in high leakage current. Over time, increasing the leakage current may eventually lead to complete failure interfaces.dell laptop battery inspiron 1545
From the user perspective, the problem is with the use of performance time, the board four SATA 3Gbps interface bit error probability may appear higher and higher, until the device is completely unable to connect.
It is noteworthy that the first 6 series chipset SATA 6Gbps interface, adding the two do not have this problem. Therefore, if the notebook design, using only two SATA 6Gbps interface (SATA 0 / 1), then the problem will not be affected. DIY user in order to avoid problems, you can also try to SATA devices connected to the two SATA 6Gbps interface, or a third party to provide the SATA interface on the chip.
Intel said in a shipment of more than 100,000 6-series chipsets, the company began to receive a chip set SATA interface for fault reporting. Until early last week,Toshiba PA2487UR battery
Intel has finally succeeded in the laboratory to reproduce the problem, and then after several days of research has identified the problem, come up with a solution. In the final on Sunday evening, Intel decided to suspend all 6 series chipset shipments, and publicly announce this event.
Since the problem is the chip circuit design level, can not drive, the software correction, Intel chips will be manufactured in the photomask stage, replacing the metal mask layer to be addressed.Inspiron 1545 dell battery In fact, due to problems inherited the old transistor design are non-essential circuits, Intel needs to do is to completely disable it in the circuit in a transistor only. And the problem is the circuit design in the latter part of the updated Intel in step B was introduced last year to provide testing of the product but there is no problem.
Updated design and re-create the new 6 series chipset will begin shipping the end of February, April, returned to normal production output. Future new products such as Z68 chipset release schedule will not be affected by this incident, is still expected to release in the second quarter of this year.
6 series have been sold for the chipset, Intel and OEM partners that will receive the returned product, and plans to pay all the affected chipsets, amendment or replacement costs. The user does not need too much tension, their hands of the 6 series chipset can be assured that the system is still normal, patiently waiting for manufacturers of replacement and maintenance program came out. Because although the problem has been confirmed,but in fact the user under normal use conditions, three years, there SATA interface failure rate of only about 5%.
As the machine, replace the motherboard product to be recalled, is expected to Sandy Bridge platform, PC, laptop or 6 series chipset will be out of stock at least until the end of March, the company originally expected to launch in February, a large number of Sandy Bridge platform for new products almost certainly will delay publication.
Reason: The chip giant indeed affect the whole body, and good public relations are handled properly the Intel crisis, swift and strong response to this tragedy as comedy becomes the ability to hope that everyone can learn.HP N193 Charger
