[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Unusual problem...recalls likely.

[rarestia]

Whew! Good thing I’m on Westmere. SB is bringing 6 GBps to the SATA interface, but at what cost? My 1 TB WD disk runs great on SATA with AHCI enabled in the BIOS. It’s the “weakest link” in a system that otherwise runs 7.6 across the board according to Microsoft’s “Experience Index” in Win7.

[Zathras]

Sounds like an electomigration problem in the chipset.
This is not a cpu problem or a process problem.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From Marketwatch:

Intel discloses chip error; AMD shares jump

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By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Intel Corp. on Monday disclosed that there was a design error in a component of its new chip that will cost the company roughly $300 million in lost revenue.

The flaw involved a support chip used in the newly released second generation of Intel’s Core processor, the company said. Read “Intel’s new chip flaw a costly mistake.”

The announcement promptly sent shares of rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!amd/quotes/nls/amd (AMD 7.73, +0.24, +3.20%)  rising more than 4% to $7.79 by early Monday afternoon.

[PogySailor]

Why I am not an “early adopter”.

Still, I have my eye on a i5-2500 for the spring.

[epithermal]

"The announcement of the chip flaw—and the interruption in Sandy Bridge manufacturing—has has a significant impact on Intel’s financials: trading in the company’s stock was temporarily halted on the New York Stock Exchange prior to the announcement, and the investment community is less-than-pleased with a $700 million cost to implement the repair and replace effected systems already on the market, plus $300 million more in lost sales. From an investor’s point of view, that’s a billion dollars Intel had last week that’s gone today"

Intel reveals flaw in Sandy Bridge chipsets