More Info on the Intel 6-Series Chipset Flaw

This story is spreading faster than a movie star on a bender, goes to show that technology can be exciting too.

So as we have heard there is a "flaw" in the 6-series chipset that can degrade SATA performance over time.  Intel is claiming a 5% failure rate over 3 years with typical usage and a 15% failure rate for systems with a higher use pattern, for instance video editing. This is why they have issued a recall.

Reports are also claiming that the flaw is limited to the four SATA 3 ports connected to the MCP and does not carry over to the two SATA 6 ports.  The flaw also doesn't affect any additional SATA ports added to a system, either by PHY chip or addon card.

As you have likely figured out by now moving your drives to one of the "faster" SATA 6 ports will skirt around any performance issues caused by the flaw, and if you need more drive connections you have the option to add a cheap SATA card or something similar.

The TechReport appears to be spearheading this developing story, be sure to check out their coverage.

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