Via AnandTech we received some information on what caused the issue with SandyBridge’s SATA 3Gb/s controller, in fact a legacy hardware issue.  While it is possible that the single transistor mentioned could be the root cause, Charlie from SemiAccurate does not believe that to be the case, he sites several problems with Intel’s explanation of how the root cause was discovered.

What we do know for sure is that NewEgg has pulled their stock of SandyBridge parts from their website.


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