Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Flaws found on some Intel based motherboards for Sandy Bridge

Currently Intel had said that they have found a certain flaw concerning some P67 chipset motherboards that have a degrading SATA speed issue.


Read on for more information:


Discovery of the flaw and news release from Intel.


  1. http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/31/intel-finds-sandy-bridge-chipset-design-flaw-shipments-stopped/
  2. http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/intel-sandy-bridge-chipset-flaw-identified-as-a-rogue-transistor/ 
  3. http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/intels-partners-can-resume-shipping-sandy-bridge-laptops-if/ 
(Intel Newsroom)
  1. http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/01/31/intel-identifies-chipset-design-error-implementing-solution
  2. http://www.intel.com/consumer/products/processors/chipset.htm?iid=en_US_01_chipset+gg_headline
Intel is handling this issue systematically and I hope to hear more good news from them soon.

About Desktop Rigs

Good day citizens of the internet!

Desktop Rigs is about showcasing your desktop PC (internal or external shots), current PC modifications, battlestation showcase (taking a current picture of your desktop table area), news on current desktop PC modding and the latest news on PC parts.

So if you have that wonderful desktop PC in your house why not show it with other people and hobbyists out there! I am sure that there are many of us around the globe.

So how can you showcase your own desktop rig?

Just E-mail me a good to great quality photos of your current desktop rig (it may be internal, external, new moddifications, etc.) or your battle station shot (your current Desktop PC table arrangement - what you have on your computer table with other stuff).

E-mail them here - persocomprigs[at]gmail[dot]com

Make sure that the picture is recognizable so that other viewers would appreciate your desktop rig.

Also attach the following information:

Name / Alias:
Country:
Personal Website / Personal Blog: (if any)

A brief description of your rig: (Outline the components currently present on your rig - Motherboard, RAM, GPU, chasis, etc. etc)

(the following are optional)
Notes:
Future modiffications:
Price range of your desktop: (an estimate only)


If you have not provided any of the information I would still show your desktop rig but I will name you anonymous.


Thanks!

Random Battlestation Shot



So what is a Battlestation?

Defined by the Urban Dictionary as:
A term referring to a desktop computer setup. Includes the tower, monitor, mouse, keyboard, mouse pad (if applicable), Audio playback and recording devices (if applicable), and even wires/cables.
If you have the coolest Battlestation and want to share it just snap a great picture and e-mail it to: persocomprigs[at]gmail[dot]com. Don't forget to attach information about yourself and your rig, check out this post for further information, and we will hook you up.