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Intel Recalls New Chipset-Based Motherboards
VD writes "Intel Corp., world's largest chip maker, has made a serious mistake, which led the chip giant to recall its recently launched 925 and 915 chipset based motherboards. Intel reported the problem to be with the ICH6 and requested that motherboard makers recall their motherboards from the channel. The chip maker has agreed to pay compensation to motherboard makers for the losses." There's also a Reuters story as well.
Right now, I wouldn't want to be in the pants of the engineer responsible for the gaffe...
It is not necesarilly an engineer who is responsible for the mistake. It is not a design flaw, it is a flaw in the manufacturing process. Guess this could possibly have been caused by broken equipment, possibly careless handling.
Do you care about the security of your wireless mouse?
A little more info here:Intel Grantsdale Recall
For one thing, this news is 2 days old now. Thanks for staying current. :rolleyes:
For another, this is not a design flaw, it was a manufacturing flaw- a thin film substrate wasn't completely removed from the chipset before the chips were sent out to the mobo manufacturers, and they believe that the "recall" will only affect, at most, 1000 motherboards.
Lastly, there are no video cards available on the market that can be used on these motherboards, as they can use ONLY PCI Express video cards, not AGP. Therefore, virtually noone can even use the boards yet. Early adopters? I doubt if there are any yet.
Oh yeah, one last thing- I'd like to know what manufacturer doesn't use chipset based motherboards???? The poster of this article sounds like he was just trying to raise a ruckus, without even being informed about the issue.
Listen to my experimental-industrial-techno!
ICH6 = Intel I/o Controller Hub 6. Basically it is the south bridge for Intel's new chipset.
Karma? Hey I just call it as I see it.
A small piece of foil which was supposed to have been removed during manufacturing may not actually have been removed. If it has not been removed, it will cause a short which will drain the CMOS battery, which will mess up BIOS configuration and halt the Real Time Clock.