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A few years ago I built a home PC for myself and bought an i5 sandy bridge processor with an appropriate motherboard. A few months later it was found out that a
by Morgawr 12y ago
A few years ago I built a home PC for myself and bought an i5 sandy bridge processor with an appropriate motherboard. A few months later it was found out that a huge batch of the SATA controllers shipped on those types of motherboards were faulty[0]. Back then, Intel made a statement recalling all faulty motherboards and shipping out new ones, I just contacted my retailer where I purchased my board, sent it for RMA and got a new one (different model, but that's another story). All of this for free.
[0] http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/pc-components/3259061/intel-sandy-bridge-recall-what-you-need-to-know-updated/ http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/pc-components/3259061/intel-...
- EvanAnderson 12y agoIntel has a good history of recalls and replacements of their motherboards and processors. The Pentium FDIV bug comes to mind immediately, as does the recall of motherboards with the faulty 820-series memory translation hub.
- pacificmint 12y agoActually, Intels behavior with the FDIV bug was originally anything but good. They downplayed the bug and refused to recall them. Then they started offering replacements if you could prove that the bug affected you. It wasn't until the whole thing turned into a giant PR disaster that they started a generous exchange program. That whole affair is basically the reason that Intel is much more forthcoming with errata these days.