Another reason I didn't go Sandy Bridge

**QuickLightning** · 02-02-11, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Kanati8869

Not much to see except a BILLION DOLLAR problem for Intel. Even intel says it's unlikely you'd see the issue, but if you are like me and have a bunch of sata drives, you would. So it's best to not touch sandy bridge motherboards with a ten foot pole until you can be sure that you can get one that's fixed.

They are replaced free of charge to any customers who had previously bought a potentially buggy motherboard. I'm not seeing where the danger lies here.

Guess I am a little biased though.

**dex71** · 02-02-11, 06:50 PM

A few things we should do in a situation like this.....

First.....take the advantage of the Intel stock prices that will result. I'm sure that it will drop quite a bit when the billion dollar loss gets reported.......and I think we know that it will go back up. Look at it (if you don't own one of these) as an opportunity.

Second....We will need a local scape-goat. We need someone from Intel that we can bash, trash, and ridicule. Preferably an Engineer. Maybe one who has a bunny.

**QuickLightning** · 02-02-11, 06:52 PM

Haha. I've never touched a chipset design thankfully.

The stock price has remained surprisingly stable. Even when Intel reports record breaking quarter after record breaking quarter, we don't really notice it changing much. Seems even bad news doesn't even phase it for some reason.