ASUS to begin shipping updated Intel® 6 series chipset-based motherboards
Based on new information from Intel®, ASUS is happy to announce that updated Intel® 6 series-based motherboards will begin shipping this week*, immediately after the revised design is released by Intel®. This fast response aims to prevent any further inconvenience and interruption to customers.
Customers who already own potentially affected motherboards may visit http://event.asus.com/sg/2011/SandyBridge/ for product return and replacement details and registration.
Additionally, users can easily identify revised products by checking for labels showing “New B3 Revision” displayed on products and their packaging. The chipset version can also be verified through the onboard sticker, BIOS, ASUS SATA Verifier or CPUID’s CPU-Z utility.
As Intel® indicated the design error only occurs with certain SATA 3Gb/s ports, ASUS has created the SATA Verifier utility to help customers clearly identify all unaffected SATA 6Gb/s ports for each relevant product. This information can be found at http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/Identify_unaffected_SATA_port/
We would like to use this opportunity to encourage any current users in possession of affected ASUS products to carry out return and replacement promptly, so that the transition to the revised hardware is as smooth and fast as possible.
Quickly and Easily Identify ASUS New B3 Revision Motherboards
No.
Item
Example
1
Motherboard packaging
revision labels shown on every side of the box
2
Onboard sticker
affixed on the motherboard itself to assure you that you’re getting the new B3 revision chipset
3
BIOS
shows detected chipset stepping as B3
4
ASUS SATA Verifier
shows detected chipset stepping as B3
*Delivery times for revised products may vary by region.
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