14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that, as is no doubt the sensible thing to do, Micro-Star International did what certain other motherboard makers already did and stopped selling Intel 6-Series mainboards.
Intel's newest chipsets definitely grabbed attention when they were finally made official at the start of January, but it seems some problems have been spotted.
Just a short time ago, Intel issued a press release in which it said that it found a design flaw in its 6 Series 'Cougar Point' Chipsets.
Apparently, all motherboards sold after the 9th of January were affected, or may have been at least.
The problem is related to the SATA ports, which can supposedly degrade over time, leading to functionality issues with storage devices.
In the wake of this revelation, Gigabyte was quick to announce that it had stopped selling 6-Series motherboards and was planning an RMA strategy to repair or replace the items already purchased by customers.
Now, Micro-Star International is said to have decided the very same thing, since it too has sold a fair number of affected boards.
Basically, all platform powered by the P67 and H67 chipsets have been halted while the outfit investigates which batches were affected.
Included in the list of possible affected products is the GT680 notebook as well. Ironically, that this is the only laptop known to be subject to the flaw is owed to how MSI has no other Sandy bridge notebooks on sale yet.
Considering the magnitude of this development, it is safe to assume that Micro-Star International will eventually set in effect an RMA strategy of its own.
Nevertheless, the outfit still has to make some investigations before it can come up with a suitable solution for all consumers that purchased 6-Series-based MSI products.
What remains to be seen is how long it takes for all others on Intel's motherboard partner list to take similar measures.