Intel Identifies Chipset Design Error, cost of repair and replace will be $700M

[pietrofmaggi]

http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/01/31/intel-identifies-chipset-design-error-implementing-solution

[yread]

See also http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/31/intel.cougar.p...

apparently it's only the desktop chipset. Still, it's not entirely clear what does the bug actually cause-will there be errors on the disks? Or just slow down? Or will it outright kill the SATA device under certain conditions?

[markkanof → yread]

Sounds like it could cause slowdown and eventual inability to communicate with the drive, but would not damage the drive or cause data loss.

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